The keys on the keyboard are in some sorry shape, the letters worn off of them from constant use. WASD is completely gone, a sign of my over-indulgence in computer gaming. My computer is my life, my connection to the outside world. It's both a blessing and a curse; it allows me to find so much information and entertainment that I would not have access to otherwise, but it also has pretty much made me a complete shut-in. I only leave my house to go to class. That's not to say that I don't talk to people, though. I have plenty of friends that I talk to online.
Some people consider online friends to not be "real" friends, and refer to offline interactions as "real life." I say, why? What makes the computer any different from any other form of communication? When you talk to someone on the phone, when you send them a letter or a text message, you cannot see them then either. You are not next to them. Why does the computer get treated as something less? There is a person on the other end just the same as any other form of communication. I suppose it's just a pet peeve of mine when I'm sort of looked down on for spending so much time socializing only on the internet.
So, this computer...it's everything to me. I constantly wish that there was more to my life than just this. But it won't let me change. I'm stuck in my ways.
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