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Writer's Block: Cold turkey tremors
Feb. 26th, 2010 10:48 am[Error: unknown template qotd]
anytime i go downhome. my parents are still on dialup, so internet is not only painful, but ties up the phone line as well. it's also one of the only times my phone is not on me. i'm used to being in a one-room apartment, cubicle, or rehearsal space. these are places where my purse (home of phone) is in the same room with me, or very nearby. my parents have a house. i generally dump my purse in the guest room. so if it rings, i might hear it, i might not.
all this makes me a little unreachable when i'm there.
withdrawal pains? actually no. i mean, i jump on the computer the minute i'm back within reach of a connection that will actually support gmail in the form god intended(i can only read it at my parents' if i switch to html *shiver*). but it's actually nice being at their house and not having that every-minute pull to the computer. i sit in front of a computer all day at work and love the one i have at home...sometimes i think i will look back on my life and bewail all the time i wasted in front of a screen. at least if i'm working i have an excuse. at home, i try to stay off the web as much as possible and use the machine for media. but at my folks', why bother? it's a nice break, and just one of many reasons the ranch is so relaxing for me.
like the wide open space. and the absolute quiet. and sporadic drop ins from both deer and ultralight pilots. and that you can see the milky way at night. in the summer, when it's sunny and breezy and green, it's the most beautiful place on earth. i sit on the stone porch and take in the warmth and watch the corn tassels flutter...or bean leaves, whatever's planted in the field next door. you don't need or want internets on a day like that.
eeee! i get to go this weekend!
anytime i go downhome. my parents are still on dialup, so internet is not only painful, but ties up the phone line as well. it's also one of the only times my phone is not on me. i'm used to being in a one-room apartment, cubicle, or rehearsal space. these are places where my purse (home of phone) is in the same room with me, or very nearby. my parents have a house. i generally dump my purse in the guest room. so if it rings, i might hear it, i might not.
all this makes me a little unreachable when i'm there.
withdrawal pains? actually no. i mean, i jump on the computer the minute i'm back within reach of a connection that will actually support gmail in the form god intended(i can only read it at my parents' if i switch to html *shiver*). but it's actually nice being at their house and not having that every-minute pull to the computer. i sit in front of a computer all day at work and love the one i have at home...sometimes i think i will look back on my life and bewail all the time i wasted in front of a screen. at least if i'm working i have an excuse. at home, i try to stay off the web as much as possible and use the machine for media. but at my folks', why bother? it's a nice break, and just one of many reasons the ranch is so relaxing for me.
like the wide open space. and the absolute quiet. and sporadic drop ins from both deer and ultralight pilots. and that you can see the milky way at night. in the summer, when it's sunny and breezy and green, it's the most beautiful place on earth. i sit on the stone porch and take in the warmth and watch the corn tassels flutter...or bean leaves, whatever's planted in the field next door. you don't need or want internets on a day like that.
eeee! i get to go this weekend!
