and so we begin

i am a self-admitted internet junkie. message boards, news sites, blogs, facebook (yes, i have been sucked in by that blackhole). so beginning monday, january 5, 2009, i will go 30 days without the internet. i will find other things to do in the hours i spend in front of this laptop. i decided, because i am odd, that i will keep a journal of this, here.

now, surely you are wondering, if i am not going to be on the internet, how will i post here? well, before bed each night, (or in the morning, if i forget) i will make some post about the day, and what i did, instead of wasting time online.

my groundrules for myself:
1. i will still be checking e-mail. this is how i communicate with many of my friends and family. my cell phone bill can't handle me cutting out email.
2. i have to use the internet in some forms in my work. this will continue. what i am aiming to do, is cut the socialization aspects, which suck so much of my personal time (and sometimes, my work time, too)
3. i am in the midst of some online guitar lessons, and i will continue to go to those sites, unless i decide to download them all, which i may do, just for this.
4. i will not be using instant messenger. i will be signed out of it, in fact, except for the one i use to talk with my wife, as this is often how we communicate while i am at work.

i welcome you to follow along, and join me if you wish. i will leave comments open, but will not respond to most, unless they seem to really need it, as that would sort of defeat the whole purpose of this exercise. and jim muglia, if you begin endlessly ranting, polluting the comment section, i will delete your comments. this is not the place for it.

and so, monday, we shall begin....