kids these days

technology is not my friend. we seem to not get along. the first time i used the new microsoft word and tried to print, i couldn't. the girl at school sitting next to me advised me to push "big button" then print. i felt depressed. now the new thing for kids these days is rockband/guitar hero. it is a video game where a group of people play different instruments (guitar, bass, drums and vocals) to songs both new and old. i have never played any type of musical instrument before so i had a feeling this game would be hard. as i started to play the guitar i found it extremely hard to coordinate the strumming and the pushing of my finger on the different colored squares. i lost every time and whoever i played with grew angry with me for losing. next came the drums. this was one of the hardest things i have ever done. trying to play on five (four with rockband) different colors with the sticks and use a peddle is challenging. every time i get off the drums sweet is profusely running down my entire being. my right leg aches and feels like it has been injected with 3,234 needles. after the night is over i feel exhausted but my satisfaction is high. i feel accomplished. i also feel down because i see many different people that have mastered the technique of rockband/guitar hero. they are so good at something that should be so simple, yet i struggle with it. the kids these days are really something special.