in 200 years...

my computer will be an artifact and the text here will be converted for new forms of readable [or non-readable?] displays. if, that is, anyone [or anything?] is interested in reading [or non-reading] this. with that in mind, it seems silly to write. but also, it feels important right now. the papers (today) run stories about moments (half-a-century-plus ago) when cultural ministers urged citizens to write so that future generations would be able to know what it was like to live “then.” the implication: we’re at an equally significant hatch mark on the timeline. take out your diaries. get to work. no pressure though...you’re just trying to capture this particular snapshot for all of the rest of time.

so, what would my entry be? and yours? ours?