When You Were Five Is Back

Yes, kidlets, WyW5 is back, after an extended hiatus imposed by a sudden disruption of internet access, now ameliorated by a spankin' new cable i-net hookup. So now WyW5 is coming to you 500 times faster than before. Neat, hunh?

What to say now, of course? Some amazing observations about life without the net from this interim:

1. I don't write when my blog is down. Ever. My creativity is hidebound to public viewing.

2. I read 10 times as much when my internet doesn't work. I've been to the library about 20 times since my dial-up went bye-bye.

3. I am more anxious without the internet. My thirst for knowledge is severely impaired when the internet isn't a chair swivel away.

4. I am more reflective without internet access. I tend to spend more time by myself, examine my life more thoroughly and am generally more active as a human being.

5. I am more frustrated without internet access. I wake up and spend the day with a weird "what did I miss?" tension flowing subconciously through my system that is only abated slightly by the fact I can keep up with e-mail through my work hook-up.

So there it is, kidlets. A toss-up, really. I'm less creative, but more thoughtful. Less informed, but more active. More frustrated and anxious, but somehow better focused.

Sociologists and technophobes, I await your interpretations. For all the rest of you blogophiles, techno-geeks, and surfer Rosas, Why 5 is back, faster than ever, and ready to invade an unstable Middle Eastern country.