Here is a fun little post. Mabel’s Label is having a blog contest, and when I read the entry details this is what came to my mind. You can find information on the blog contest here at “Mabel’s Labels BlogHer ‘10 Contest”.

Enjoy…

Twitter was the first to go–three hours ahead of the communicated deadline. Things were expected to go black at noon. I checked Twitter on my phone. There were no updates since #unmarketing updated three hours ago, “Not sure how I will handle this. Duration still unknown. #GoingBlack,” it said. I attempt to access it from my desktop, but still nothing. Instead I turn to Facebook. A group of loyal Facebookers are updating their status. Many are more optimistic than I am. They think everything will be back up after a few days that the government will realize the negative impact to the economy outweighs any sort of security issue.

I check on my five year old son, Reese, who is in our rec room blaring the TV volume. Today is not a day he is allowed television or video games, but it didn’t take much to convince me. He is playing an online game his uncle showed him. It’s a Disney creation. A game used to solidify children’s love of their copy written super heroes and prince obsessed heroines. He seems unphased by the Blackout. Perhaps rightly so, Disney was brainwashing long before the Internet.

After peaking in on everyone, including my napping two year old–oblivious to this silent stress–I sit in front of my own Mac. I check my favourite blogs: social media, parenting, photography, and Canadian news. Will I still be able to access this? I laugh out loud; I won’t need to follow social media news. There won’t be any. I’ll find other venues. I’ll subscribe to that parenting magazine again, maybe even get the newspaper.

I shut my computer down. Because what else can I do?