I tried going without internet when I first moved out, but since I wasn't getting cable TV, it pretty much cut me off from news, and the rest of the world... and since you can't really invite people over to a one-room Efficiency, I got pretty lonely pretty quickly. I might advise reconsidering the stance, unless you're also trying to cut yourself off from it for a time.
Ding!
I don't worry too much about the inability to invite people over, since to be frank I pretty much never have anyone over anyhow. I shall take advantage of the math department's bi-weekly teas. Hooray for anti-social people milling about and looking at each other's shoes (provided that they're extroverts. The introverts keep to their own footwear, thank you very much)!
Meh. In more seriousness, I've realized that most IMing just makes me feel unhappy and hollow (since I have Thyme and Glory's addresses, and I only talk to Thyme and Ebony on any sort of regular basis, anyhow...). Sad as it is, I can feel Thyme's life beginning to fall apart, and I really don't want to have to pull her through it. I've given her my advice. If she's going to pick the "play now, pay never" plan, I don't want to deal with the aftermath. She's adult enough to make her own shitty choices without my needing to help her keep things together, and for goodness' sakes, I don't need to deal with her defensive sassing when I give her advice on what looks like an explosive situation.
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In other words, I'm making a conscious effort to go connect with people in my classes and be open about who I am, rather than just hiding behind a screen of passive "but it'll be easier on the yinternets!" Yes, it would be easier on the internet. I'll still be living quite close to campus, within quick biking distance, with roommates and lots of pretty paper to write letters on. Plus, there's a lot of campus computer labs, and the entire thing is wirelessed up if I ever feel a really pressing need to IM people.
Thanks for the advice, though--I will think about it.
My mom says my short story is pretty good
It has twists, it has turns, and she likes the way I wrote it. Mostly. There's still maybe four or five little action segments she thought were kind of dead in the water, but she seemed to have a lot of fun with the rest of it.
I figure that anything where I get to insert this exchange is, at the very least, worth the time it took to write:
"So, Margaret, how long would you say you've been... existence-challenged?"
"You really can't remember our wedding?"
Pffft. What an ass. But I am having a lot of fun writing him.
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