Wohoo! So many questions and ranting at the same time!!!
[EDIT]: Just check this INTERNET ADDICTION article...
Internet Addiction
After the 53rd time of "five more minutes" I actually will start my homework.
Even poetry in your e-mail box isn't worth missing a final for.
ICQ is a tool of Satan -- eschew it.
I am not addicted! It just likes me... It's my friend...
I do not have an unhealthy obsession with my computer...now back away from my baby before I beat you.
I don't have a problem. I can quit whenever I want.
I have a life, dammit! Just let me check my e-mail first...
I have ten toes. When I look down and see eleven, I will stop writing and get some sleep.
I heard it call out to me! I swear!
The Internet WILL remain even if I don't spend my four hours a day on it.
It is WAY past time to sign off when you're still online and the sun is beginning to come up.
I will allocate time for other things while online.
I will allow myself at least four hours of sleep...per night (sigh).
I will check my e-mail in the morning. Then I will get off-line. I will not miss my 9 o'clock class because an archivist has updated an archive that I know perfectly well I can check after class.
I will control my Pavlovian drooling at the sound of a connecting modem.
I will devote at least three hours a week to maintaining a strong grip on reality.
I will give my brother money for the phone bill when it comes.
I will learn that there is no such thing as "only a couple of minutes" on the Internet.
I will log off in order to complete those thirteen questions for class tomorrow even though this picture is taking quite a while to download, but it looks so neat (oooh)...
I will log off to let Dad call his stockbroker, I will log off to let Dad call his stockbroker, I will log off to let Dad call his stockbroker...
I will never, ever again spend thirty-two consecutive hours on ICQ and mirc and then go to school immediately afterwards.
I will not become enraged if my siblings want to get on the Net too. Besides, hit men are very angry when you can't pay them the third time around.
I will not check all eight of my favourite sites for new material more than twice daily.
I will not choose a college solely because it provides free, unlimited Internet access.
I will not drool at my Ethernet connection that pegs at 300 K/s. That's Sprite on my keyboard...
I will not get defensive if people ask me why I've checked my e-mail for the fiftieth time that day.
I will not get impatient if I e-mail someone and they do not reply until the next day.
I will not get the shakes and go into a panic attack when my favorite BB is down for more than two days.
I will not get the shakes and go into a panic attack when Hotmail is down and I can't check my e-mail.
I will not go insane when my sister ties up the phone line while I want to use the Internet.
I will not hit that button more than once simply because it's taking to much time to load.
I will not miss meals because I'm talking to someone on chat. I will go to bed before three o'clock in the morning.
I will not overuse emoticons, no matter how cute they look -- that is probably why people invented the "Slap" command.
I will not read from newsgroups, message boards, and archives during class or any other time at school.
I will not refer to my favorite webpages as my "haunts."
I will not spend all day on the net.
I will not sit up till 4:30 am when I have a 9 am tutorial the next day just because that's the time the e-mail starts to come in on the computer. I will remember the shame of falling asleep in class and hitting my head on the desk. (It did happen. I ain't lying and I may never recover.)
I will not squeal and leap into the lap of someone doing a vocal impression of a modem connection. Sober. At a Christmas party. In front of my husband.
I will not suggest to my parents that we install a T-1 line in our house to replace our 28.8 modem more than once every 30 days.
I will not try to check my e-mail in the seventeen seconds I have before the bus comes for work
I will not use "It helps me concentrate!" as an excuse to look at fanart when I am supposed to be doing schoolwork.
I will not wait up to 3 am in the morning attempting to chat to Americans and then finding out that they're not even online.
I will, occasionally, get some work done on my story instead of checking USENET-- again.
I will remember that I need to get a job. That were is more to life then X-Men and fanfic...after all, I need to find a way to pay the rent and buy my GenX comics and pay off my debts to Bum...
I will remember that once upon a time, my house had two phone lines, so that if the first line was busy, calls could be taken on the second number.
I will remember that when my mother tells me I should do something other then watch TV that she meant something outside.
I will resist the urge to check my e-mail or visit the bulletin boards when I am waiting for an important phone call, especially when that phone call is from a prospective employer who wants to set up a job interview.
I will restrain my right pinkie from automatically moving to hit the backspace whenever I make a mistake in handwriting.
I will spend less than eight hours online.
I will stop checking my e-mail while going to the bathroom at 3 am.
I will stop drawing keyboards on my desk at school so that I can postpone the daily withdrawal.
I will stop using the Internet after my "you've been idle, do you want to stay online?" message
Just one hour a day is sufficient for checking out the email and seeing if your favorite websites have been updated.
My modem is not a holy object.
My parents' admonition for me to spend only ONE hour a day on the Internet was a sensible idea.
Really dark, gory fanfics are not always the best to read before going to sleep.
Upon the click of the modem, I will not coo to my computer, "Come on, Hal. You know how I like my connections -- ringing and accessible!"
When I can recite the total address for all the sites I go to, I've had too much Internet.
When I come to visit my family for the weekend, I will visit my family. My website can wait until I return home.
When I return home from college and my Ethernet connection, I will not look down on my parents for having a 56K modem.
When my eyes start to close on their own, it's time to go to bed.
When my four-year-old says, "Mommy? Who's that?" it's time to log off.
When my mom starts shouting "GET OFF THE INTERNET! WE NEED TO CALL 911! WE'RE ALL BURNING TO DEATH!!!" I will not reply "Okay, just a minute! Let me finish downloading this!"
When the computer screen is nothing but a dull, white blur, it's time to go to bed.
When you find yourself bugging your sister to let you use the computer barely an hour after she logged on, get psychiatric help.
When your family tells you, "Hey there! Long time, no see!", you've spent much too much time on the Net.
You've been on the Internet too long when you know how many sites Yahoo has catalogued that are devoted to duct tape and bubble wrap -- and have visited them all.
You've been on the 'Net too long when you can name an Internet site (and its full address) for just about any occasion.
Ladies and ladies, I've done really good at math exam today! Wohoo!
...
I really thought I was going to be so lost I would have to ask for an extra hour which would be probably not given, but still... But guess what? I didn't!
The bad thing is that not everyone got the same luck as I did... Ana Cecilia, for example. She was presenting Physics and she was copying directly from her notebook and, she got caught
. She spent all day crying because, of course, she now had an official 0/20 on her 30% grade... I really tried to help her but I have to admit she acted stupidly:
A.C: Don't tell anyone Vero...
I: Promise.. won't tell anyone! But you have to admit that copying on Angela's exams is stupid. She checks your desk, calculator, even your pockets!
A.C: Yeah, but I really needed to have those factors! Anyways, thanks! I don't really want anyone, not even Mache, to know this.
I: Alright...
[Mafo, another friend, comes walking by...]
A.C: Hey Mafo! Guess what happened today at Physics exam!
I:
&!*_______{|}_______*&!
This. is. just. so. funny. I. can't. even. type. correctly.... Listen to me
...
Dad got a content filter on the house's net. I thought it was 'flexible', until now...
shagalote!!! Your user info is indecent for me! Can't see!
captain_muchiko!!! Your whole journal is prohibited! I wonder what insane content are you posting!!!! Just kidding
I thought this was worth posting because I really know your kind of entries girls and, honestly, it's not a slangy journal or anything realted to... that. So yeah, basically I was shocked!
&!*_______{|}_______*&!
It seems that memes are circulating around... I am so glad! It's like a fun way to meet your LJ friends... Coolness!
I actually did a meme... more likely a questionaire... Take a look at those creepy questions!
1) Ask me about ANYTHING.
2) I'll answer honestly...
3) 1 word that describes me?
4) 3 good things about me.
5) 3 bad things about me.
6) Say something...
Just give it a go... what else?
&!*_______{|}_______*&!
Ack. Who's got Literature exam tomorrow?
I do! I do!
Going to study then....
Veronica.
Internet Addiction
After the 53rd time of "five more minutes" I actually will start my homework.
Even poetry in your e-mail box isn't worth missing a final for.
ICQ is a tool of Satan -- eschew it.
I am not addicted! It just likes me... It's my friend...
I do not have an unhealthy obsession with my computer...now back away from my baby before I beat you.
I don't have a problem. I can quit whenever I want.
I have a life, dammit! Just let me check my e-mail first...
I have ten toes. When I look down and see eleven, I will stop writing and get some sleep.
I heard it call out to me! I swear!
The Internet WILL remain even if I don't spend my four hours a day on it.
It is WAY past time to sign off when you're still online and the sun is beginning to come up.
I will allocate time for other things while online.
I will allow myself at least four hours of sleep...per night (sigh).
I will check my e-mail in the morning. Then I will get off-line. I will not miss my 9 o'clock class because an archivist has updated an archive that I know perfectly well I can check after class.
I will control my Pavlovian drooling at the sound of a connecting modem.
I will devote at least three hours a week to maintaining a strong grip on reality.
I will give my brother money for the phone bill when it comes.
I will learn that there is no such thing as "only a couple of minutes" on the Internet.
I will log off in order to complete those thirteen questions for class tomorrow even though this picture is taking quite a while to download, but it looks so neat (oooh)...
I will log off to let Dad call his stockbroker, I will log off to let Dad call his stockbroker, I will log off to let Dad call his stockbroker...
I will never, ever again spend thirty-two consecutive hours on ICQ and mirc and then go to school immediately afterwards.
I will not become enraged if my siblings want to get on the Net too. Besides, hit men are very angry when you can't pay them the third time around.
I will not check all eight of my favourite sites for new material more than twice daily.
I will not choose a college solely because it provides free, unlimited Internet access.
I will not drool at my Ethernet connection that pegs at 300 K/s. That's Sprite on my keyboard...
I will not get defensive if people ask me why I've checked my e-mail for the fiftieth time that day.
I will not get impatient if I e-mail someone and they do not reply until the next day.
I will not get the shakes and go into a panic attack when my favorite BB is down for more than two days.
I will not get the shakes and go into a panic attack when Hotmail is down and I can't check my e-mail.
I will not go insane when my sister ties up the phone line while I want to use the Internet.
I will not hit that button more than once simply because it's taking to much time to load.
I will not miss meals because I'm talking to someone on chat. I will go to bed before three o'clock in the morning.
I will not overuse emoticons, no matter how cute they look -- that is probably why people invented the "Slap" command.
I will not read from newsgroups, message boards, and archives during class or any other time at school.
I will not refer to my favorite webpages as my "haunts."
I will not spend all day on the net.
I will not sit up till 4:30 am when I have a 9 am tutorial the next day just because that's the time the e-mail starts to come in on the computer. I will remember the shame of falling asleep in class and hitting my head on the desk. (It did happen. I ain't lying and I may never recover.)
I will not squeal and leap into the lap of someone doing a vocal impression of a modem connection. Sober. At a Christmas party. In front of my husband.
I will not suggest to my parents that we install a T-1 line in our house to replace our 28.8 modem more than once every 30 days.
I will not try to check my e-mail in the seventeen seconds I have before the bus comes for work
I will not use "It helps me concentrate!" as an excuse to look at fanart when I am supposed to be doing schoolwork.
I will not wait up to 3 am in the morning attempting to chat to Americans and then finding out that they're not even online.
I will, occasionally, get some work done on my story instead of checking USENET-- again.
I will remember that I need to get a job. That were is more to life then X-Men and fanfic...after all, I need to find a way to pay the rent and buy my GenX comics and pay off my debts to Bum...
I will remember that once upon a time, my house had two phone lines, so that if the first line was busy, calls could be taken on the second number.
I will remember that when my mother tells me I should do something other then watch TV that she meant something outside.
I will resist the urge to check my e-mail or visit the bulletin boards when I am waiting for an important phone call, especially when that phone call is from a prospective employer who wants to set up a job interview.
I will restrain my right pinkie from automatically moving to hit the backspace whenever I make a mistake in handwriting.
I will spend less than eight hours online.
I will stop checking my e-mail while going to the bathroom at 3 am.
I will stop drawing keyboards on my desk at school so that I can postpone the daily withdrawal.
I will stop using the Internet after my "you've been idle, do you want to stay online?" message
Just one hour a day is sufficient for checking out the email and seeing if your favorite websites have been updated.
My modem is not a holy object.
My parents' admonition for me to spend only ONE hour a day on the Internet was a sensible idea.
Really dark, gory fanfics are not always the best to read before going to sleep.
Upon the click of the modem, I will not coo to my computer, "Come on, Hal. You know how I like my connections -- ringing and accessible!"
When I can recite the total address for all the sites I go to, I've had too much Internet.
When I come to visit my family for the weekend, I will visit my family. My website can wait until I return home.
When I return home from college and my Ethernet connection, I will not look down on my parents for having a 56K modem.
When my eyes start to close on their own, it's time to go to bed.
When my four-year-old says, "Mommy? Who's that?" it's time to log off.
When my mom starts shouting "GET OFF THE INTERNET! WE NEED TO CALL 911! WE'RE ALL BURNING TO DEATH!!!" I will not reply "Okay, just a minute! Let me finish downloading this!"
When the computer screen is nothing but a dull, white blur, it's time to go to bed.
When you find yourself bugging your sister to let you use the computer barely an hour after she logged on, get psychiatric help.
When your family tells you, "Hey there! Long time, no see!", you've spent much too much time on the Net.
You've been on the Internet too long when you know how many sites Yahoo has catalogued that are devoted to duct tape and bubble wrap -- and have visited them all.
You've been on the 'Net too long when you can name an Internet site (and its full address) for just about any occasion.
Ladies and ladies, I've done really good at math exam today! Wohoo!
...
I really thought I was going to be so lost I would have to ask for an extra hour which would be probably not given, but still... But guess what? I didn't!
The bad thing is that not everyone got the same luck as I did... Ana Cecilia, for example. She was presenting Physics and she was copying directly from her notebook and, she got caught
. She spent all day crying because, of course, she now had an official 0/20 on her 30% grade... I really tried to help her but I have to admit she acted stupidly:
A.C: Don't tell anyone Vero...
I: Promise.. won't tell anyone! But you have to admit that copying on Angela's exams is stupid. She checks your desk, calculator, even your pockets!
A.C: Yeah, but I really needed to have those factors! Anyways, thanks! I don't really want anyone, not even Mache, to know this.
I: Alright...
[Mafo, another friend, comes walking by...]
A.C: Hey Mafo! Guess what happened today at Physics exam!
I:
&!*_______{|}_______*&!
This. is. just. so. funny. I. can't. even. type. correctly.... Listen to me
...
Dad got a content filter on the house's net. I thought it was 'flexible', until now...
shagalote!!! Your user info is indecent for me! Can't see!
captain_muchiko!!! Your whole journal is prohibited! I wonder what insane content are you posting!!!! Just kidding
I thought this was worth posting because I really know your kind of entries girls and, honestly, it's not a slangy journal or anything realted to... that. So yeah, basically I was shocked!
&!*_______{|}_______*&!
It seems that memes are circulating around... I am so glad! It's like a fun way to meet your LJ friends... Coolness!
I actually did a meme... more likely a questionaire... Take a look at those creepy questions!
1) Ask me about ANYTHING.
2) I'll answer honestly...
3) 1 word that describes me?
4) 3 good things about me.
5) 3 bad things about me.
6) Say something...
Just give it a go... what else?
&!*_______{|}_______*&!
Ack. Who's got Literature exam tomorrow?
I do! I do!
Going to study then....
Veronica.