eLife.

[Rory Storm]

eLife is I term I use to describe the life that someone lives on the internet. A person can have a really indepth eLife that commence while online, or they could have a shallow network of people because they only browse casually. I tend to be more of the indepth sort of person because I find that it is easier to "be myself" on the internet. Why? I don't know, really, it could be because I am not all that great with people, I tend to avoid interaction with people. Why do I do this? I don't know, I just prefer the internet because I find it easier to come face to face with a person you don't know, and have no barriers between you, except the thousands of miles of land that seperate you. What kind of eLife do you live? Is it indepth? How would you feel if it was taken away?

'How would you feel if it was taken away?' This is the sort of question that has haunted me for a while. I always liked it here, I never really wanted to leave. Ever. This place always gave me comfort, it was my indepth eLife. I only ever visited this site. And now, my parents have made a decision, they are cancelling my internet connection. I will no longer have an access to the internet. Basically, this means, that eLife I was talking about, it's over.

As some of you know, and some of you don't care, I will also be starting college (:))! And I cannot wait, I intend on joining clubs and such things, and that also would have taken away from my internet time, and I will admit, I allowed for the internet to control me, it became a sort of...addiction...to my weak mind. Yes, yes, I am a fool.

I feel as though this cancelling of the internet is a step in the right direction: It will free up my time, I won't be bound to the internet, as I won't have it, and I will be able to discard my eLife to replace a real life. I am the sort of loser who hides all day in his room, in darkness, and types and types at his computer, I shall be that no more! Instead, I will focus with great power on my school work, I will succeed, and I will prosper. I know that all of you have made some sort of equilibrium with your eLife/real life, but I just couldn't do that, because, as I said, I am weak minded. If I were a drug addict, it would consume my life. And I am thankful that I never got into such things.

The lack of internet will mean all forms of connection will be cut off, with the exception of email, which I will be able to access from school. Everything else, however, I will have to stop, no more AIM, or anything, and I'm sorry.

I will have internet for the remainder of the weekend, and then, Tuesday, it will be shut off. But, as I will be busy at college, I figured I would make my final farewell. I have said this before, but when you continue to have access to the thing you quit, you will always go back, if you don't have any access, how can you go back? Thanks for the memories, the name calling, the fun, the laughs, the anger, the boiling rages, the sad moments. And now, to give to you a song that I feel fits my mood:

THE MUSIC! (http://media.putfile.com/Queen---Bohemian-Raphsody)

This thread, though the majority has been taken up by my drivel, is about you guys, how do you lead your eLives? In secrect? Are you open? Are you truthful?

With Much Love: Rory. :<3:

[RWaM Press]

WoW... thats alot of words... i didnt read any of that except the end
Summary: Rory's parents are evil and he has to go away forever

[Vile]

WAIT I NEED TO GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS SO YOU CAN SEND ME POKEMON AND BE MY PEN PAL.

[Davey Rootbeer]

I find that in college, you get more free time than you did in high school.

Or at least it works that way for me.

[Rory Storm]

New job, at least 5 hours a day, commuting, I already have a job, blah blah blah, plus this isn't about time, it's about costs, I'm living at home, and my parents are getting rid of the ineternet. I may be able to access from school. I'm not sure.

[deadish]

:C

[Urchin]

I cannot live without the internet. I can<i>not</i>.

It's a shame to see you go, Rory. You'll find yourself missing it after awhile though, so I don't really think this is the last time you'll be here and all.

[Neon Tears]

<:C
i never even talked to you, really, but your story reminds me of myself.
except for, i'm not going to college or having my internet taken away.
but i too, have an in depth eLife.
and i agree, it's far easier to be yourself when you have the anonymity the internet provides.

[ManiacTHP]

I'll miss you, Rory my love.

:<3:

Good luck!

[MST3Kakalina]

this doesn't deserve the mess of offtopic. to ontopic we go!

first of all, my "eLife" is very much complex and in-depth, that's pretty much a given, probably to the point where it's a detriment to my REAL life. oh well, i don't really care. i keep up in school, and that's all that matters.

maybe you can whore it up at the library, mr. rory? it would would be a shame to give up friends and such for X amount of years because your parents don't want teh intarweb anymore.

[whodaimen]

Guys, you can buy those pokemon in the pokemon.com store. Theyre from Pokecenter NY.


pffshaw.

[Vile]

Guys, you can buy those pokemon in the pokemon.com store. Theyre from Pokecenter NY.


pffshaw.


You're just jealous because you offered two hundred dollars and I'm still getting them for free.

[implode]

rory, you were a good person and you will be missed. because you were a good person. that is why. you will. be missed.

the internet <i>itself</i> means very little to me. i probably have used about .00047% of the internet's capabilities in the 6-7 years i've had access to it, and i doubt that number will ever raise above 1 for the next howevermany years i remain wired. i use the internet as a newspaper, an encyclopedia, a comedian, and a communications hub. but when you delve deeper into these subcatagories, you realize that i'd quickly shrivel and die were i ever to slip and damage the cord running directly into my frontal lobe.

<i>a newspaper</i> - in lieu of an actual newspaper subscription, i use such organizations as yahoo news, indymedia, etc... to make sure i know what people are talking about in the videostore later that day. although this is basically a tit-for-tat scenario - if i didn't have the internet, i'd have a hartford courant subscription - the internet is a little... god, i can't believe i'm saying this, but a little more <i>reliable</i> when it comes to these things. when the only perspective you have is a newspaper columnists, you have to apply critical thinking skills, identify potential flaws, and then stop, because there's nothing else you can do about it. you can't just shoot over to bartleby.com and check out a fact, or google "amplified ant conversation" to see if any other hits comes up. since the internet is basically one great big bucket of peer review, it's nice to know you have your hand on the plastic handle. just hope it doesn't snap off.

<i>an encyclopedia</i> - this is basically the same as the last entry - if there's anything that isn't too in-depth that you need to know, the internet knows it for you, along with the five most favorite things the person who knows it likes to do when he's at the supermarket. the internet is a great tool for those of us who always want to know <i>more</i>, and it can give hyperspecific examples of whatever you're searching for. the only downside is that a good bit of it is crap, and if you don't apply critical thinking skills and have never heard of snopes/unca cecil, you end up looking worse than a conspiracy theorist.

<i>a comedian</i> - the funniest people on the planet are internet personalities. you have access to anyone in the world who can successfully plug in a few cords, rather than just a chosen few who've sucked enough cock to get their ironic thoughts on comedy central. plus, the internet gives you that sort of taped-delay feeling that lets you sort and organize your thoughts, so basically any internet ramble can be as well thought out as a richard pryor skit. there are no downsides to internet comedy, excluding ytmnd sites and the word "c0ck."

<i>a communications tool</i> - the most important tenet of the internet is the ability to connect with likeminded people. in realtime reality, it's hit or miss. on the internet, the right search query and a few deft clicks can put you right in the middle of exactly where you wanted to be. from there, you can build beautiful relationships with beautiful people and shape your life like it were a lump of clay, rather than just rolling with the punches and going wherever your path happens to take you. the internet can provide with those sort of "lifetime friends" that are so very hard to come by in the real world. you've heard it spoken a million times - you only have a FEW true friends, the type of people who'll stand behind you no matter how many bodies that accidentally stumble upon in your cellar, one day - well, the internet changes that. i have made more "lifelong friends" on this messageboard alone than i have ever made in the real world, and i am eternally in debt to garf and al gore for providing me with that service.

there was going to be more, but ben just called and told me that some girl is at his house who thinks i'm cute, so fuck y'all niggaz.

[whodaimen]

actually im not jealous, i already ordered a FULL SET OF ALL THE POKEMON FROM EVERY GENERATION. so SUCK IT VILE. and it only ran me up 147 bucks.



Tsssssssssssssssssssssss

[KLEIN]

And thus, Cory's good post is negated by whodaimen's constant stream of shit. Further evidence that he should not be allowed to post in ontopic.

[whodaimen]

Ah but don't you see it KLEIN, this thread originated from OFFTOPIC, so. duh.

[whodaimen]

but, vile started it.

[Rory Storm]

I cannot live without the internet. I can<i>not</i>.

It's a shame to see you go, Rory. You'll find yourself missing it after awhile though, so I don't really think this is the last time you'll be here and all.
I never intended this to be my absolute last time being here. In fact, some good news. I've decided to use the money I have been saving for internet:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/RoryStorm/internetmonies.jpg

It will be enough for a few months, by then I should have gotten enough time to be able to access regularly from school.

The money was to be used for some sort of trip, and I have been saving up, but it's only a few weeks worth of change, so I can get more, and the trip isn't until possibly my senior year. It's this Digital Trek thing from my college I am going on, it takes the class to Europe.

So I will use this, it will get me far enough, I hope.

[MST3Kakalina]

but, vile started it.
well i'm ending it. don't be a retard, mmkay?


keep reaching for that rainbow, rory! what are you going to major in?

[Rory Storm]

Computer Graphics and new media/design.

[Hork-BaJuggalo]

Rory, if you're ever in Colorado, pm me. We'll throw down some Meteos.

[Takker]

rooooory. stay with us forever

[Rory Storm]

I could have gone to Colorado for school, Johnson and Wales, but I'm going to the Providence campus, and Takker, I intend on doing JUST THAT.

[tater]

hmm. elife.

it used to consume me. after high school, i was pretty much left by myself. i went to the community college and my friends went off to live their lives. it became my connection to the world. i can remember spending every available moment in the library at school so i could sit and surf the web, mostly hanging at out ITM. i never posted there because i was a wuss.

then i found the moose. silly, playful, fun and intelligent all at the same time. i was addicted. my mother worried about me because i would stay up until 5:30 in the morning just ... talking to people. it was great.

interestingly enough, the internet was the thing to bring me back into the real world. it was a relationship that developed first at the moose and then through other mediums, that now consumes my life. it's amazing what falling in love can do to a person. the power can be awesome.

now, my elife consists of keeping in touch with friends and family and keeping them updated on my life. i keep a journal and hang out here and check the occasional webcomic. that's ... pretty much it.

if anything i feel i've been neglecting my online life for the real world. i'm never around to post anymore and i've got a huge list of people that i haven't talked to in ages. the balance is hard to find, but i have full faith that it can be reached. at least i'm still trying.

[robot]

rory don't spend your money on the internet please go outside and do something i promise you wont regret it.

you can always come back later just try something new

seriously, the internet is a silly thing to spend your savings on

[when you are the moon]

I find that in college, you get more free time than you did in high school.

Or at least it works that way for me.
I hate you. SO much, now. :(

Rory, if you're going into any kind of digital media program and it's not a complete fuckoff college, you will have no free time. You will borrow time from sleeping and eating just to get projects done. And god help you if you don't live right next door to the school.

[Rory Storm]

I hate you. SO much, now. :(

Rory, if you're going into any kind of digital media program and it's not a complete fuckoff college, you will have no free time. You will borrow time from sleeping and eating just to get projects done. And god help you if you don't live right next door to the school.

University, Johnson and Wales, attendance policy, I commute for right now. And I have like...Fridays off. All Fridays, except if there is a monday holiday, then monday gets moved to friday. Four day week. But yeah, it's been busy.

[when you are the moon]

Just wait until your sophomore year. You will <i>weep</i>.

[Davey Rootbeer]

WELL YOU GET TO GO TO COLLEGE WHERE IT'S SUNNY ALL THE TIME AND 80 DEGREES ALL YEAR ROUND SO THERE.

[when you are the moon]

I would gladly trade you a nice summer shower for all this sunshine right about now. I miss my summer monsoon season in Arizona. :(

[MST3Kakalina]

who has the music in the signature? it's not funny or cool, take it out or i will.



or. ahah. culprit found.