2. You feel completely disconnected from the world when the internet is down.
3. You get gaim so its easier to check people�s away messages.
4. You get annoyed when you friends don�t change their away messages and you know its incorrect.
5. You freak out and want to run out of class to put up an away message when you realize you forgot to put one up.
6. You get really anxious when you realize you forgot to change your away message.
7. You hear the im sound in your head.
8. You im with someone(or several people) that you are in the same room with.
9. You change the settings in your laptop so it can�t go into standby mode(which turns off IM).
10. You have tons of sns that people don�t use anymore or of people you don�t talk to anymore just so it looks like you have a lot of buddies.
11. You check the away messages of people you don�t really talk anymore to know what they�re up to.
12. You know more about people�s lives from their away messages than from actually talking to them.
13. You get worried when a friend isn�t on IM for a while or doesn�t change her away message for a long time.
14. You do the little I-need-to-talk-with-this-person-but-i-have-other-things-to-do-way-from-the-computer dance, running to the computer when u hear the sound to read and type, then running back to what u were doing until you hear the sound again
15. You take the time to put up an away message when the fire alarm is going off. (Not safe, but hey, people need to know why you disappeared suddenly!)

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