You may have noticed that I have been AWOL quite a bit lately.  There’s a reason for that.  I have been without a computer at home for almost TWO WEEKS now.  This post? Typed out on my LG Rumor’s tiny keyboard, which is just sad.  Such is my desperation.

You would think that a mere two weeks without internet access wouldn’t reduce me to a whimpering, quivering jelly composed of three parts boredom to two parts pissiness to one part blind panic.  You’d be wrong.  Despite the fact that I was one of the last anti- cell phone holdouts I know and despite the fact that I am old enough to remember a perfectly good life without the internet, I cannot take my motherboard’s defection.  Technology has won.  I’m totally dependent. I’m pretty sure there have been major world events since my motherboard fried, and I’ve even heard tantalizing scraps about some of them, but can I look up more? No.  I have been having all kinds of good ideas about how to spruce up my apartment, but I can’t get online to investigate the options.  I have no idea what’s going on with most of my friends.  AND I CAN’T SEE THE PRE-FALL LINES COMING OUT!

I feel a little like one of the poor generation of computer dependent kids that the newspapers keep telling us America is raising.  Shouldn’t I have the resources to go play outdoors like a good girl?  Apparently not.  Perhaps if it weren’t August, going outdoors might be more attractive, but August in the city?  It doesn’t exactly beg for a nice game of kickball.  I’m pretty sure, though, that the more time I end up having in my apartment with no computer, the more dangerous it is for my worldly goods and everyone I know.

Pity me, beloved friends.  If I retain my sanity until Dell deigns to return my laptop, it will be a miracle. Perhaps a beach vacation is called for in the mean time?  Wish me luck, and if anyone has any calming mantras for the woman in withdrawal, please pass them along.

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