I’m addicted to all the glittery, twinkling, chirping charms of the Internet.

I am not a math person. I’m a word person. However, even I am able to recognize the little equations by which our world works.  My most relevant pattern is the way in which pressing academic and professional demands ensure I will waste even more hours delving into the hyper-connective world of The Internets.

When I was an undergraduate, I dismissed facebook as “too creepy, even for me.” Know what’s creepier than social networkingn sites? Writing a (godawful) paper on Milton. I can’t even tell you what that paper was about, but I do remember that facebook is awesome.  If it weren’t for facebook, I’m sure I wouldn’t have friends at all. In graduate school, I’ve crept into last.fm and flickr,  I greedily hoard rss feeds in the basket of Google Reader and keep my film collection updated on DVD Aficionado (under the compulsion of a lovable if obsesssive film student). And this past semester, the final stretch of my M.A., has found me wallowing — gleefully — admist all the little wiki-widgety-real time wonders of the internet. I’m a twitterer for crying out loud.  So enters the blog.

I have a few and commendably legitamate reasons to commit to the blogging. most of which I’ll be keeping to myself and do not inlcude narcissism and over-stimulation — those are just bonuses.  The moment when I knew I could do this and keep it up and make it interesting enough came when I realized, “This would give me something fun to do.” And really, being the simple creature I am, that is all it takes. Let the shininess in.

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