So I decided I needed a break from the Internet (by the way, the title of this post is obviousy just a joke, but apparently it’s not very funny).
Why, you ask? Well, first and foremost, I spend too much time sitting on my ass in front of my computer when I really ought to do something more productive, like working out or cleaning the house. I’ve been getting pretty annoyed lately with how messy and dirty my home is, and I’m really irritated with how lazy I’ve become. I hope that making a committment to spending less time on the Internet will help me to feel better about how I choose to use my time.
Second, I know I should never let anything that happens on Clubhouse54 affect me, but I don’t appreciate being called nasty names. It’s not that my feelings are hurt–my skin is thicker than that–it just frustrates me and makes the forum an ugly place to be, and I’d rather not contribute to it anymore than I already have. So a timeout was in order.
I don’t know what else to say. Hopefully, I’ll at least continue to contribute a few posts to my blog. Otherwise, I will see you all when I see you.
Comments
20 Comments
Well shucks.
I can appreciate the need to do other stuff though. I get that way too. Restless and antsy. A break isn’t a bad thing at all. I can’t really say that I’ve done it per se, but I do get wrapped up in projects from time to time and largely ignore the web. It has always been rewarding to focus my energy on something else that’s creative or productive.
Oh and those funkers at the clubhouse will be punished in hell.
I didn’t want to be the first to comment, so I waited.
Like roo I seem to get pulled away on different projects as well as find myself simply uninterested in participating in online forums.
This doesn’t necessarily get me away from the computer but it does tend to make me a bit more productive and apt to learning something new.
Yeah, I need to work on my Alien 5 screenplay, cause GODDAMNIT it’s gonna be good.
Jeez. I just signed up for this blog on my RSS reader… ;p
I could kick a few asses for you. Well, not personally, but I KNOW some people. ;P
Let us know when you’re back. And I’ll keep checking your blog. I NEED the next installment of your Alien dissertation.
Crabby, my love, you will be happy to know I’m actually working on Part III as we speak.
I can see your reasoning though, and I wish you the best in your quest. I would probably do the same thing, if most of the assignments in high school didn’t exclusively involve the internet (no joke – i had an assignment in spanish that was "reply to this topic using a post with 10 vocabulary words in a paragraph")
I’ve been missing your posts as of late pudds
Hope you come back soon
I am both saddened and supportive. I wish for whatever makes you happiest, even if that means sacrificing some Puddles’ goodness.
i saw you on IRC last night. that is all. unfortunately, i was unable to speak cause i was distracted, and only noticed you had signed on when i looked at the window several minutes later.
Yeah, I dropped in for a few minutes. I even posted in a thread the other day.
HOWDY PUDDLES!
Just a quick note to let you know that your blog is cool… so I’m going to bookmark it, k?
Hi Silas, and thanks! I need to blog more, but I’m consumed with part III of my Alien thesis.
Pudds, I love you! We can be on break together!
Peach, I love you! I hope your break is more productive than mine. Thus far, mine has been rewarding but not too productive.
Mine has been somewhat helpful. I’m finding myself more productive while I’m at school in the evenings, and that’s pretty important.
I miss everybody at the clubhouse so much. I feel like I could handle a day a week there, but I think that would be too much trouble for the admins.
What has been rewarding for you thus far on your break?
The reward for me is pretty boring, really: when I go to bed, I don’t feel that I wasted my entire night sitting in front of the computer when I should have been doing laundry, cleaning the kitchen, writing in my blog or deciding what to wear the next morning so I can get out of the house on time. I hope no one takes offense to that because I certainly don’t think spending time at the Clubhouse/IRC is a waste; I just don’t want to let my virtual life become more important than my meat life. I hope that makes sense. I have a feeling you understand, Peach. Like you, I feel more productive.
I tooootally understand. Sometimes I hate the fact that I used to spend entire evenings for weeks straight online doing absolutely nothing. My horribly messy room and growing pile of laundry are a testament to that! Now instead of being online all the time, I’m at school all the time. In a sense I’m getting more done for my academic career, but wow, my home life is suffering for it. Tonight I’m home and tomorrow night I’ll be home, so hopefully I’ll make both nights as productive as I can! Being away from the clubhouse has really made me focus during study sessions, though, and that’s definitely a good thing!
I completely agree with you, Monica.
Although I could still cut myself off some parts of the net that suck away my time, which could be used academically.
puddles! :wuv:
No More Comments!