Done, and done.

Flat (appartment) - Check.
Tuition - paid in full.
Courses - enrolled and processed.

Let the parties begin.

Leaving the IM on

This one is dedicated to all those people out there who've ever tried to talk to me on Google Talk or MSN and end up "nudging" me and waiting there feeling like idiots going "Yo. What's up. Dude, you there? Hello. You there?"

I have this tendency to leave IM programs running, regardless of whether or not I'm at the computer.

Maybe it's a constant need to feel I'm in touch with the outside world, living in constant dread of what might happen if I go offline, so much so that even being away from the computer I canno overcome this compulsion.

Maybe it's my desire for control over my environment and my peers; by being the only one who really knows whether or not I'm actually here, I manage to hold people at a perpetual disadvantage, thus dictating the terms, the time and the place of interaction.

Or maybe I'm just a full-of-shit lazy fucker who can't be bothered to switch-on-switch-off programs that run automatically, and they're hella more convenient than email when it comes to leaving quick messages, like "dude, call me when you get back from work."

Those were your daily 30 seconds of mindfuck. Thank you for listening.