Time: 12:08am
State of Being: I'm cool
Song lyric in my head: I feel alright. I'm gonna take on the world
current desire: work! and to finish my novel
where am I?: in the bedroom on the bed
what's that noise?: nothing but the fans. Russ isn't snoring. I wonder if he's asleep. Oh wait. there he goes.. just a little bit.
Do you remember the first time you used the internet? What was it like?
I remember when I was in fourth grade, there was this dial-up program called Quicken, or something like that, that my dad used at home. I remember he was using it to check the weather and stocks. At that time, it was as close to an internet-like-thing as possible. I remember being so fascinated by being able to check the weather online. There was an actual radar. Granted I think it was 8-bit, and not at all detailed, but it was something. and it was SO cool!
About two years later, I think in 6th grade, they finally got the real internet at school. Everything was Windows 95. lol! My dad taught at my school and coached football after school, so I'd go to the library and use the internet there. I watched a lot of Disney channel, so all I really remember playing games on disney.com. That same year, my dad got internet in his classroom so I didn't have to use the library anymore. It was then that I discovered chatrooms! and message boards! And AIM! And the madness began. I created my first screen name at 11. melm27cat, and it still follows me to this day. lol My dad had no idea I was talking to strangers on the computer. (hey little did I know, I would meet my husband online over 10 years later.  )
We didn't get internet at home until a couple years later. I think I was in 8th or 9th grade. My dad got AOL, so I just used my same screen name. The computer was in his room, so I didn't get to use it freely and very often. I finally got my first lap-top for my sixteenth birthday in 10th grade (the year, 2000), and I was so excited to be able to message my friends and chat with strangers in my own bedroom. Hey, I'm still friends with some the teenagers I met on message boards and websites back then. Those were the days of dial-up, and I tied up the phone lines ALL the time. My dad was constantly pissed, because he was expecting phone calls. lol.
It's so weird to think that teenagers these days have no idea what life is like without the internet.
peace!
-mel-
12:25am
If anyone is doing NaNoWriMo this year, and wants another writing buddy, find me here: http://nanowrimo.org/participants/melm27cat
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