Horrible internet funk

I am seriously thinking about quitting the internet.

Comments

[michelle]

What brought on this funk?

I am seriously thinking I should've done that many years ago.

[georgie girl]

this must be like catching a cold. i have now read at least three blogs this weekend in which the authors said they need this sort of break. i read this after taking the past week off myself; it's the sort of thing i do sometimes to save myself from spending too much time in front of this screen.

is there some bad juju out there or are our eyes just getting buggy?

[satia]

Timing is peculiar because I was thinking this weekend that I really need to focus my online time. If you were to take a blogging break, then that would be one less temptation for me. But I'd miss your writing.

Here's a "funny" observation for you. I was reading Joyce Johnson's memoir in which she writes about seeing her own maiden name in books about Jack Kerouac--Joyce Glassman. As I was reading I thought, "Oooh. That must feel weird to see one's name in someone else's memoir or biography. That would be so strange to see myself in the context of someone else's life."

Then I realized, "Wait. It isn't that strange, come to think of it."

Really, how can someone as oblivious as I ever have survived growing up in NYC?

[Georgia]

I think about this constantly. Especially when I'm being barraged by ads telling me I need to lose weight/get botoxed/buy a house. Jerks.

[Luisa]

I closed my five year old blog on my birthday. It was liberating but it has been a tough withdrawal. A part from that, to go on internet diet must be one of the most difficult things to do considering it is everything at once: phonebook, map, source for research, entertainment, phone, doctor, jukebox, etc. Now I just keep my tumblr.. as a scrapbook. Have a good week!

[Linda Sepos]

Why??????????

[Christine]

Why? What happened?

[Vinny]

oh stop it, do you know the amount of paperwork that it takes to quit the internet?

[Kathy]

I, too, think about "quitting the internet." Honestly, internet breaks can be good for the soul.

[Bill Scurry]

We want the funk... gotta get that internet funk.

[Dana]

But why god why? Not when there are such amazing things like Cuteoverload.com and BWE's Texas Polygamist Wives Calender.

[Danika]

But who would make my day sunny and full of sarcasim?? Huh? who?...now I'm sad :( But do what'cha gotta

[Internet]

Was it something I said?

[Anne]

I wish I knew how to quit you, Internet.

[Cable Access]

I'm available..remember me?

[Janice]

It's not that I don't love the internet, and all the great people I have been able to meet because of it. It's just that my wrists hurt. And my brain hurts. And my eyeballs are chafed. And most of what I read upsets or depresses me. And I'm having trouble keeping up with my correspondence. And I'm feeling creatively tapped out. But maybe I'll just switch to a twice-a-week posting schedule, or something. And try to limit my time online to a half hour per day. If all the emails don't get answered, so be it. But thanks for the encouragement. Especially from you, Cable Access. You're tops, in my book.

[Neighborhood Laundromat Bulletin Boards]

..call me! :)

[shelley]

Man, if I wasn't work-required to be accessible I would join you. We could send each other postcards once a year, instead of emails, and there wouldn't be room to apologize for not writing sooner.

[Ann]

I understand where you are coming from as a writer. I use the internet and email to derail my writing hours. This week I decided to do all my writing on my desktop in my office. This way I have to get up and leave my work space to check my email or surf the internet on my laptop. It seems to be working. I've logged in 15,000 words so far. What prompted me to make this insane change? I really want to get into The Artist Residency Program at The Hambige Center in north Georgia next year. Before I apply I want the project I'm working on finished.

I've supplied a link. You might be interested. If you care to travel and be one with nature. Not everyone likes that stuff. The place is calling my name. Of course since I'm a city girl living in a urban setting, I may go bonkers! Good luck.

http://www.hambidge.org/

Ann

[Danika]

I completely understand the wrist pain and how it feels like if you don't stop & physically make yourself move out of the computer chair your eyes will burn up and disinigrate!! Get some creative rest and have fun...the internet and all it's problems will be here later, no doubt about that!!

[michelle (from the Easily Amused Department)]

Okay, I am laughing so much that Internet, Cable Access, and Neighborhood Laundromat Bulletin Boards have all made comments! You are loved, Juh-neece! I'm gonna send you an email now, which you don't have to answer. In fact, you'd BETTER not answer it! I'm serious.

[stana]

Take some time off to re-charge. Maybe some drops for your eyes so you can watch plenty of "reality" tv. I know Rock of Love is over but there's lots of stuff out there... American Idol, Survivor, Top Chef, Hell's Kitchen, Celebrity Fit Club, Big Brother
Plenty of junk to keep you busy.