Excerpts from a Diary

Instant Message THIS!

I really hate instant messaging. I am hooked to my computer and any new fangled gadget out there designed to make my life "easier" or "improve" my efficiency. I would hate to see what life would be like if my laptop were not here to make me more efficient. Anyway...I hate instant messaging. Although it is nice when you have someone as equally committed to your online meeting it is utterly frustrating when you come across the random fool that thinks that you can be placed on hold for FOREVER while he/she goes and prepares dinner. Instant messaging makes it 10 times easier to extend a conversation far past its limits until it not only become tiresome for the initiating party but for the person on the other end trying to keep up.

Take for example this one fool. I am online (MSN) for the first time in a long time, most of my people are AOL buddies. And I come across his name and he is online. I am all excited and the conversation starts off with a bang! "HEY how are you??? I missed you! How have you been?" and then nothing. I ask "What is up with you" and it has been 5 minutes and counting. I am sure he is somewhere hovering over a toilet bowl picking his nose. It is like having someone get up and walk away from you in the middle of a kiss. You are left like ....wahhhh?

And now his status is AWAY! He had time to say that he was away and not enough to say "Okay I am fine!" It just don't make no damned sense. I am so arrgh at this point that I can't imagine why I even bother anymore. I am just going to sign off and say to hell with the whole thing. That is the end of that, I knew there was a good reason why I did not bother signing on anymore.

posted by Onika @ 6:47 PM