"Doesn't sound strange," I say quickly, rolling my eyes and waving my hand. I'm not rolling my eyes at him, I hope he knows that. I am only rolling my eyes at the fact that what year I'm from always seems to become a topic with the people that I meet. It's like almost nobody here is from the 90s! It makes me feel old, it makes me feel slow, and even though I am trying to catch up as quickly as possible, there are some things that I can't know about because I haven't been in America in 2016. "I am from nineteen ninety-five. I am still learning how to touch the screen of my phone instead of looking for buttons. It is... a lot to learn."
I sigh, eyes narrowing. I will learn. Someday I will be one of the most technologically advanced in Darrow, because it is far too annoying to be left behind like I am right now.
"Does Darrow have something like YouTube? I will check it out. It is a good idea, letting people share videos of how they do things, because it is so hard to try to teach someone over the phone, and even worse when you have to pay long distance. Sometimes you just need to see something to know what to do," I say with a nod as I think about all the times I tried to teach Connie something. It almost never worked, and then she would complain I wasn't being helpful enough. I take another bite of my pie.
Even though she's annoying, I almost wish I had Connie here now.
"Anyway, yes, Evan is my youngest. Then there's Emery, and then Eddie is the oldest. In Chinese culture we like to have themes in family names, so I thought the closest thing was picking all names that start with the same letter in Western culture," I add. "And you know, even though I miss them all, I don't know that I would want them to come here. There's... too much that's out of our control. It felt more secure in 1995 in Orlando somehow."
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Date: 2016-08-29 10:29 pm (UTC)I sigh, eyes narrowing. I will learn. Someday I will be one of the most technologically advanced in Darrow, because it is far too annoying to be left behind like I am right now.
"Does Darrow have something like YouTube? I will check it out. It is a good idea, letting people share videos of how they do things, because it is so hard to try to teach someone over the phone, and even worse when you have to pay long distance. Sometimes you just need to see something to know what to do," I say with a nod as I think about all the times I tried to teach Connie something. It almost never worked, and then she would complain I wasn't being helpful enough. I take another bite of my pie.
Even though she's annoying, I almost wish I had Connie here now.
"Anyway, yes, Evan is my youngest. Then there's Emery, and then Eddie is the oldest. In Chinese culture we like to have themes in family names, so I thought the closest thing was picking all names that start with the same letter in Western culture," I add. "And you know, even though I miss them all, I don't know that I would want them to come here. There's... too much that's out of our control. It felt more secure in 1995 in Orlando somehow."