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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Do you ever feel like just turning off the computer and walking away for a while? |
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Michael
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
LOL - I do if for months at a time, in case you hadn't noticed... And you know what, everyone who I truly consider a friend always understands - or at least forgives me if they don't. Michael |
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cherish Senior Member
since 2001-03-25
Posts 1639swimming in fairy floss........... |
its an obsession with me i think. i cant go without my daily fix of the internet-especially when im away from my friends or am on holidays.but to answer your question- could i just up and walk away from the computer...i think if i didnt have sumthing to come back to yes i could..  |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Um ... do you mean the internet or the actual computer? I could do without my online time if I had to, but no PC games? *brrrr*  Linda |
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inot2B Member Elite
since 2000-09-18
Posts 2205Arkansas |
Yes, yes, yes!!!!! I feel it takes over my life. Then I remember that it is only an object and I am the one in control. At least I think I'm in control. |
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Ron
Administrator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-05-19
Posts 8669Michigan, US |
Yes. In the almost three years since Passions began, there appears to be something of a cycle. Long periods will pass as I struggle in the background, and then - boom - everything will come together and a LOT of different things actually happen. New software for the forums. A major update at the main site. A new web site, like 100-poems.com or poetry-magazine.com. Everything seems to happen all at once, I spend a few weeks (or longer) fighting bugs and forest fires - and then the cycle begins anew. I think, in the next few weeks, there's going to be a big boom. All these balls I'm currently juggling will find a permanent home, though I'm sure there will also be a settling period of several weeks (fighting those dang bugs). And I've already decided there will NOT be a new cycle beginning until at least the end of summer. I'm ready for some kick-back time, maybe a bit of traveling time, and a whole lot of writing time. So, yea, that feeling definitely arises. It just takes me a while to do something about it. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Yup - and I do it. Did it yesterday. But that's only short-time... Long-time...have only done it once. It was for three weeks or so last year...that was a long time too lol. High emotional duress... The computer is half my life rotf...but I needed to be away..  K |
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SEA 
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
honestly, if I didn't have Passions to come to.....I wouldn't be on at all. Ok, well, I'd play the card games, but as far as on line stuff.......Nope. Sometimes though, I walk away just for the break it gives me..... |
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catalinamoon
since 2000-06-03
Posts 9543The Shores of Alone |
After 2 years online now, I find cycles coming up. Never very long, but there are times when for a week or so I just don't want to use the computer at all. I think it may be just fatigue, cause otherwise, I love being on here. I did go on a so called vacation last year, and had to walk 2 miles for internet access, and I DID it, just to email a few friends. So I guess that constitutes addicted Sandra |
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LoveBug
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
Well... sometimes I get too many things to do and I have to take time off of the puter for awhile, and it really kills me to be away from my friends... but sometimes I would like to take a break from my online duties (the lazy side of me, I guess). "Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel."-Machiavelli |
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Alicat Member Elite
since 1999-05-23
Posts 4094Coastal Texas |
Heh...I hear ya Ron. Many is the time that I'm working away, or more to the point, playing away my day on the comp when I stop, look at the keyboard, look at the monitor, look at my bookcase.....and read. If'n I was more acclimated, insane, or if it was a wee bit cooler than 110 F, I would probably go exploring...lots of foothills and small mountains in this area, as well as gullies, saddles, washes and trails. |
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Dopey Dope
Moderator
Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I do get away a while.......I read so much here I go into burn out's REALLY quickly. In fact every single day I go into a burn out haha......so I get away for about 2 days and then come back..... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Looks like I'm going to have to...sigh...until I get the pc thing sorted out. Maybe I'll dust off some books. (anybody seen my remote control?) SIGH...e ya later! |
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Elizabeth
Moderator
Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
Most definitely. The weather's nice, and I don't want to be inside all day just lazing around. Though my family might not think so.....  |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ron, if anyone deserves a break it's YOU! I hope you have a great summer and enjoy your trip..may I suggest a cruise to Alaska!! |
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Acies
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
 hi Sweets, Kris, Lizzy, Ina, Erin, Erica, Minna, Kit, Kamie, Javi, Jenn, Sharon, Nan, Cawlee, Cherish, Ashley, Sara, Justine, Leah, Jess, Kimmie, Mare |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
haha acire.. ^_^ Mm, when I get ripped away from the computer without warning I fell completely cut off from civilisation..  but of course I don't spend my entire life on it.. my eyes won't let me! Yeowch.. |
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anonymousfemale Member Elite
since 2000-02-02
Posts 2797Limbo |
Yes! When shopping calls you have to answer it with your credit card. You wouldn't want the thing to be mad at you now.  GREMLINS ARE TRYING TO STEAL MY PANTS!!!!!!! *sobs* |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
At one point in my life, yes ... the online world had become an obsession, and I was spending my every spare moment (and no few moments that I didn't have to spare) on the Internet. As it is now, however, I think I would be hard pressed to stay interested in the computer for a solid hour unless I were writing something or playing one of the insipid games that I am so famous for becoming addicted to.  Linda |
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Temptress
Moderator
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
Err.. Turn it off? LOL! I do every day after the several hours I spend on here. I actually turned it off and took a nap today. Look where that got me! LOL! I'm back on, and its 5:30 am here! I could turn it off for a few days, but not permanently. I would also say that I have it under control now more than ever. At first, I wasn't even spending time outside my home with friends and family as much as I should have because I was on line. Now my obsession is my writing. What do I do about that I wonder.  |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
THere is nothing on the television, and besides at least here I am reading poetry, using my brain. Some times on those sunny days, yes then I step outside but not for long in case Roger my computer misses me. I am not spending too much time at my computer AM I? "Here I am in prison,here I am with a ball and chain There is whiskey in the jar-o" Traditional irish song. |
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Yu Lan Senior Member
since 2000-04-13
Posts 1462New Zealand |
Umm.. noo.. that sounds quite healthy to me Brian.. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Yes, and I should but for decades I had no adult to talk with, I stayed in the house and didn't have any social interaction at all and when I started writing it was looking at myself for the first time. The interaction at Passions has given me feedback and made me feel not so alone. I don't spend as much time but I don't think I could ever go back to being completely without my unseen friends! "It's easier to kill love than to nurture it" Fred Hardesty |
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