By: Gabriela Yareliz
The other day, I opened my weather app and the image above popped up. I was nowhere near Chinatown, and the phone was clearly not registering where I was. This may have been a signal issue, or a loud sigh from my phone given I have refused to update the software for I don’t know how many months(my resistance MO) — regardless, it had no idea where I was. I was delighted.
My friend recently sent me a video of footage from a 2008 prom. Not a phone in sight, as this was pre-iPhone era for high schoolers. Just people living in the moment. I miss those days off the grid. We would run around, and if we were determined, no one could find us.
So when I saw my phone thought I was in Chinatown, I was filled with defiant delight. I felt human. Suddenly, without the tracking of a screen, life felt wildly real. We should go back to that.
GABRIELA YARELIZ 