Ooof!! I woke up with a start... My older sister was sprawled on top of me after her swan dive onto my bunk(yea I slept on a bunk bed till I was 24 whenever I was home). I shouldn't of been so surprised. As long as I could remember EVERY Christmas morning my then 15 year old sister would wake my younger siblings and I up at the crack of dawn to open presents and eat pepper pot before my mom left to start her shift at 7am (My mom always worked xmas to have her bday off for New Years).
Being the loyal night owl that I am I would grumble for a total of 2mins before I realized it was Christmas (My favorite holiday with the exception of my birth date). I jumped out the bed and made a beeline for the living room ready to do my own swan dive under the tree only to notice these huge boxes blocking me. After annihilating the wrapping paper I realized it was a computer. But rather than get all excited with the computer I let my imagination run wild with those boxes while someone plugged in the ugly gadget... Oooo but when that welcome sign popped on the screen... It was love at first type.
The year was 1995. I was only 12 years old; a mere child. Once I got tired of that cat and mouse game and solitaire a month later I was over it... Until... This floppy disk came in the mail. I proceeded to pop it in set it up and after I first heard that signature: 'Welcome! You've got Mail' I was hooked.
14 years later and I'm still hooked to the contraption. I've never gone more than 2-3 days without checking my email. I've been spotted on numerous networking sites (PRE-facebook/myspace era). I've even got a Internet best friend (Shout out to Kentucky)And after that unfortunate incident in 1997 when one of my 'brothers' got our AOL canceled after cursing some random person out I still wonder about those friends I had online whose screen names I lost. I'm an admitted msngr and networking site junky.
Which makes the next 40 days and 40 nights THAT much more intense. For those of you who don't know today is Ash Wednesday; the beginning of Lent. Throughout the years I've given up so many things that I've been un mercilessly tied to (i. e. Chinese food, ice, soda, fast food, meat, etc.). I've always said that I will NEVER give up the chatting. It can't be done. I've never been strong enough but on this day February 25Th 2009 I think I can do it.
Now many of you may say "Chatting? Really? Ohhh your God is going to jump for joy at THAT religious sacrifice *insert sarcastic smirk here*". But blessed am I to not suffer from an addiction that could be far worse (i.e. sex, money, drugs). And I remind you naysayers that the bible reminds us not to look down on anyone else's temptations. We are all tempted by different things: This is mine.
My hope is that by Good Friday (the day AFTER my birthday!! I can't even change my status on facebook!) I will be able to indulge in these networking sites and msngrs in moderation. Those who know me best don't think I can pull it off. Well could someone let them know I've gone almost 24hrs thus far without checking my blackberry msngs, signin IN or ON! I'd do it myself but after about 7mins careful consideration I decided not to do so by updating my facebook status *insert self-satisfied smirk here*
Being the loyal night owl that I am I would grumble for a total of 2mins before I realized it was Christmas (My favorite holiday with the exception of my birth date). I jumped out the bed and made a beeline for the living room ready to do my own swan dive under the tree only to notice these huge boxes blocking me. After annihilating the wrapping paper I realized it was a computer. But rather than get all excited with the computer I let my imagination run wild with those boxes while someone plugged in the ugly gadget... Oooo but when that welcome sign popped on the screen... It was love at first type.
The year was 1995. I was only 12 years old; a mere child. Once I got tired of that cat and mouse game and solitaire a month later I was over it... Until... This floppy disk came in the mail. I proceeded to pop it in set it up and after I first heard that signature: 'Welcome! You've got Mail' I was hooked.
14 years later and I'm still hooked to the contraption. I've never gone more than 2-3 days without checking my email. I've been spotted on numerous networking sites (PRE-facebook/myspace era). I've even got a Internet best friend (Shout out to Kentucky)And after that unfortunate incident in 1997 when one of my 'brothers' got our AOL canceled after cursing some random person out I still wonder about those friends I had online whose screen names I lost. I'm an admitted msngr and networking site junky.
Which makes the next 40 days and 40 nights THAT much more intense. For those of you who don't know today is Ash Wednesday; the beginning of Lent. Throughout the years I've given up so many things that I've been un mercilessly tied to (i. e. Chinese food, ice, soda, fast food, meat, etc.). I've always said that I will NEVER give up the chatting. It can't be done. I've never been strong enough but on this day February 25Th 2009 I think I can do it.
Now many of you may say "Chatting? Really? Ohhh your God is going to jump for joy at THAT religious sacrifice *insert sarcastic smirk here*". But blessed am I to not suffer from an addiction that could be far worse (i.e. sex, money, drugs). And I remind you naysayers that the bible reminds us not to look down on anyone else's temptations. We are all tempted by different things: This is mine.
My hope is that by Good Friday (the day AFTER my birthday!! I can't even change my status on facebook!) I will be able to indulge in these networking sites and msngrs in moderation. Those who know me best don't think I can pull it off. Well could someone let them know I've gone almost 24hrs thus far without checking my blackberry msngs, signin IN or ON! I'd do it myself but after about 7mins careful consideration I decided not to do so by updating my facebook status *insert self-satisfied smirk here*
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