This is a scheduled re-post from Oct 7/09 to tie you over till I’m back from my Mexican vacation. I won’t be able to visit any of your blogs during this time, but I’ll make it up to you when I’m back. Promise.
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How can I reclaim all the minutes I’ve lost sitting at a computer – waiting? Whether it’s at work or at home – patiently waiting. Waiting endlessly for something to happen. Waiting for the damn thing to just start up in the first place. Waiting for the web page I’ve requested to load. Waiting for the application I’ve requested to open. Waiting for the report I’ve requested to run. Waiting, waiting, waiting . . . and sitting. On my now permanently flat ass. That’s how I seem to spend most of my life. It’s so frustrating. It’s making me crazy. I don’t know how much longer I can take it. How much longer I can go on.
So I think I’ll go back to pen and paper. To snail mail. To reading books instead of blogs and web pages. I’ll move to an Amish community where they don’t even know what a computer is, let alone how slow it can be. Where I’ll work the land. And I won’t have to worry about my grossly inadequate Fall wardrobe because they’ll give me those simple Amish dresses. And I won’t have to worry about my hair anymore because we’ll all just have the same braids and bonnets. It will be a wonderful life and I’ll have lots of extra time.
Anyone with me?
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January 21st, 2010 at 11:01 am
OH YES. I am totally with you. How did I fix it? I gave it to my daughter.
She can have the old piece of crap – I got myself a new netbook for Christmas.
Selfish? You bet – but I couldn’t take it anymore.
Hope Mexico is sunny and beautiful!
xx
Cristina
January 21st, 2010 at 1:02 pm
ugh. please come back from mexico, i don’t like leftover and i’m jealous that you’re going to be tan. i have to wait till MAY to be in mexico. not. fair.
have fun!!!!!!!
January 22nd, 2010 at 2:05 am
I think it would be cool to live among the Amish. Seems a lot less stressful than my life.
Most of my time at the computer is spent waiting for 5 o’clock.. but I guess that’s different to what you were talking about.