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acmespaceship ([personal profile] acmespaceship) wrote2009-01-22 02:38 pm
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Catching up to the 20th Century

OK, so entire lives -- births, deaths, marriages, divorces, nifty new restaurants -- are transpiring among my friends and I have been missing it all because I was not *gasp* ONLINE. 

It's not that I'm new to computers.  I was once the go-to person in Arthur Andersen's tax division for WordStar support and I am not making that up.  And yet... I have no web site.  No blog.  No (so help me god) Facebook or MySpace page.  A tiny handful of Ravelry projects, yes, but that's it.  Why not? 

See, every morning I wake up and get my husband and son off to work/school.  Then I feed the cats, one of whom needs repeated feedings throughout the day because he is 16, has bad kidneys and bad teeth, but will not die.  Then I check on the ferret who gets twice-daily meds.  I water the plants.  I check to see that the birdbath has water.  I water the garden in season.  I check email and cajole my clients.  And then I want to find a puppy and kick it because I am well and truly sick of nurturing things. 

Friends have tried to give me sourdough starters and I beg off politely... while wondering why in the hell would I want to take on the responsibility of caring for a living ball of flour!? 

And now I have taken on the responsibility of caring for a blog.  Like I needed this?  But hey, it's time to man up.  So here we go.  Thanks for listening.

[identity profile] liveavatar.livejournal.com 2009-01-23 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
Hi there -- I don't know you personally, but if [livejournal.com profile] beamjockey vouches for you, how can you be bad? Also, I like everything on your interest list.

Post as often or as little as you want -- I'm not posting much myself lately because at the moment I'm taken up with school, worksearch, and a newish Facebook account. But LJ is a great place to explore.