- 8:45 PM, Saturday,
November 26th, 2018:
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- Every year this
weekend is about as good as it gets. I do a similar
mash-up of the events from Thanksgiving to getting the
tree, the Buckeye game... it's just the best kick-off
to the holidays ever. However something happened at
Thanksgiving that kind of stopped me in my tracks. I
put a 91 year old man (Talya's grandfather) in a
virtual reality headset (HTC Vive Pro to boot) and
made him cry. After showing him some underwater stuff
I let him do the entire Apollo 11 mission (a 90 minute
experience) and to say he was gobsmacked is to say the
least. It's probably the equivalent of someone seeing
moving pictures for the first time. I recorded a bit
of it...
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- ...and of course
had to throw in some Thanksgiving goodness and Cam's
adoration of Pumpkin Pie. Goddamn his eyes are funny
in that.
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- But, I left
out the other stuff for now. I have video of it
all, I always will... but sometimes something happens
that changes you a bit, and well that's the point of
this site: what changes my character. Basically,
I now know how I'd like to die and I'm excited
that VR is improving so much. Presuming I have my
sight and hearing, just plug me in for 8 hours a day
and let me go everywhere. Do everything. I feel bad
I can't set it up for Jack at his house.
I mean the Buckeyes just destroyed Michigan (how
the fuck?) and I still can't stop thinking about life
from his perspective. It's just such a sad time to
live through. So plug me in. If I'm in pain give me
meds. We have the technology to make your end of life
fucking awesome and we don't seem to use it. This
isn't even expensive. We're so busy trying to prolong
and fix shit due to some hippocratic oath that
couldn't see what the end result would be: misery. In
fact my grandfather is going through a constant back
and forth of curing one problem that will hamper
another when all he really wants is to eat potato
chips and drink wine. What are we doing? Why are we
worrying about someone's salt intake when he's pushing
90? Make him comfortable and fill him with whatever
media he likes.
Anyway, I hope I'm in a position to determine
this. Don't prolong my death, give me as much life as
technology can provide and let me pass. I just hope a
grandkid or someone will be able to keep The Journey
going. LOL.
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- Bring on the
Christmas season...
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- Adam
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