Angel

Don't call me angel

Because I can't save you

I know that you love me

But you're just gonna corrupt me

Brain Saver

I watch tv or put on a dvd
As respite from my own company
Because I'm much too scared you see
To spend a day on my own

I call up friends or log on the net
Just 5 minutes worth of time to spend
But none of it is ever time well spent
When I spend the day at home

I read a book or play a game
And feel in need of holidays
I'm wasting away in so many ways
I need some time alone

To think through where I am
To know just how to act
To be a mouse or a woman
To move ahead or turn back

I can't turn off my inactive mind
Or even make better use of my time
I would really love to receive a sign
To tell me which way to go

My ideas for making the internet less addictive

Number 1: Make everything black and white. That'll be much more boring and much less exciting.

Number 2: Don't count anything. Don't tell me how many views my blog has had, how many friends I have, how many emails I have. Because I will ALWAYS want to know, want to count, want to measure. Instead have three categories: More/Same/Less. I'll still want to try to make it say "More", ...but I'm sure with my shortened attention span I'll tire of it quickly.

Number 3: Switch it off periodically. This may not work because I may just stubbornly try to reconnect for an hour or two, but I'm hoping it might actually make me rely on it less. And I mean switch off the whole interweb. What can be that important?

Number 4: Don't update anything for a year.

Number 5: Don't let me personalise anything.

Hm... sounds like a newspaper. And you can always turn THAT into a hat. So... ignore everything I just wrote.