When I was little I used to run into my parent’s room and dive onto their bed where they would be reading the Sunday paper. It was a Sunday ritual that would consist of me lying on the top of their bed reading the comic section, whilst mum read the headlines and dad read the sports section. It’s a pretty cute little memory and one that I would love to pass on and recreate for my own child one day. But like many things, it won’t happen. I’m not being pessimistic, I’m being realistic.
I know there’s that whole debate that rages between journalists across the world. The idea that newspapers are the dinosaurs, that some deem are destined for extinction. I am a believer in that idea.
It’s 2011 and by the time I give in to the idea of having a soul-sucker (aka a child), I pray that it will be AT LEAST 2021 and by that time we would have seen at least 9 new updates to the Apple Ipad and of course a few other tablets and notebooks released by competitors. These new technological devices are already able to download fashion, lifestyle, sport magazines each month, as well as of course news and books. They are easily portable, sleek and a lot easier to scroll through.
In 2021 I envision myself to be lying in bed on a Sunday morning finger scrolling through the latest headlines on my Ipad 9.3. But I’m still unsure as to how I am going to be able to recreate my childhood Sunday morning memories with my own little soul-sucker.
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