| And this is the way you check your email And this is the way you check your email: routinely, though you just did it five minutes ago. You sit in front of the screen And put your hand on the mouse You think for a second, �Ok, What am I doing again? Oh yeah. Checking my e-mail.� You type in the user address You know it by heart Even though it�s long enough to strangle someone with You press the keys to your user name The name that isn�t REALLY your own Like Jane becomes poppyseed85 Who knows where that came from. The Sign-In screen pops up Man, you�ve seen that page so many times, you�re hoping that the more you see it, maybe you�ll find something changed, or discover something you never noticed before. No luck at the moment. You press the letters of your password, and watch attentively as the asterisks magically appear in the blank space. Wow. You think. I wonder how they do that. You hit enter. And this is the way you anticipate getting a new message, even though you just checked seven minutes ago. Maybe in that time span someone actually thought about you to send you a little �Hello.� Your eyes widen in hope, your heartbeat accelerates in eagerness. Waiting. Waiting for the moment of truth, 3�2�1� NO NEW MESSAGES And you fall, Fast and Hard. As you read the depressing three words that you read ten minutes ago. Damn. No luck at the moment. I�ll try back later. It�s a routine, a vicious cycle� And this is the way you check your e-mail. |