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< "the only way to win, is not to play"
> Nevertheless, the online comrades I've met, and keep, > and people's opinion of the WWW, in general (observations > that I've read of others, people's candid candor online, > a "fuck it all, this is MY online hub" attitude) shows me > that it all was worth it (writing/being online, that is).
There are times when it definitely feels in the "necessary evil" zone.
> Though I digress, because it ("it" being the "days
> of blogging") are a time-and-place thing for me
> now. Like Minor Threat (Washington DC punk band from
> the early-1980s) had a time and place in history, or
> the campground that I grew up in love with, only for
> it to be leveled and turned into a GM lot - I have (or
> still am) compartmentalizing my time spent in the past
> several years to just "that was there, this is now",
> and I'm happier now, so on I go! :)
Familiar. But I think oscillations through what I want to call obsession cycles are roughly the regardless "what it's about" details.