Exodus be gone
The little green light is illuminated under the three letters I've been staring at with a piercing gaze since last Monday, willing the darkness to accumulate a greenish hue. DSL.
You guessed it. I'm back online.
Never mind that over 80% of the US adult population is online. Or that more and more households in Germany are hooking up their lives to what many consider a life line.
Offline you're a nobody.
You can't look up the tips the newscaster promises to find in full detail on the corresponding Web site. News itself takes on a different meaning. You are no longer in the know unless you read the paper.
I'm happy to have left my Brave New World in which I snatched Internet access at local cafés, spent too much money on cappuccinos while attempting to do my job with frozen fingers poised as the outdoor café cum hailstorm retreat nearly blew my laptop and its dying battery to Portugal.
Today I bantered with my virtual team members. It felt good not to count the minutes I had left on my account.
Exodus be gone. Mission complete!
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Welcome BACK! Your disconnected story is the stuff of nightmares for me...
Posted by: Jamie | May 07, 2008 at 05:59 AM
So glad you finally made it back to the world ;0)
Posted by: Sara B. | May 08, 2008 at 04:19 PM