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My mum is entering a new phase in yelling at me. Now itís the ënerdí accusation. To give her credit, she hasnít actually used the word yet, but itís only a matter of time until she does. The point here is, sheís getting tired of how much time I spend at the computer. This is understandable. She doesnít want me to become a hacker or something.
But what I am constantly telling her is that itís something I enjoy. Doesnít she see that this is hobby of mine? When Iím on the computer, Iíve usually got about 5 windows open. Three are SR ñ FOG Prime, as I am a WLTer, DVD, and Life. Then Iíve got mIRC, the IRC engine I use, and MSN, although I much prefer mIRC. ( If the good people at mIRC would like to acknowledge this endorsement, I will accept money ). Anyway, the point in me saying this is that she walks in, sees little bars in the taskbar that says ëmIRC32í and asks what this is. My retort of ësomethingí is bewilderingly not good enough for her, so I elaborate.
ì Itís a social activity mum. As are the restî
She looks stern.
ì This is not healthy!î
So I wander down to breakfast the next day to receive a lecture. They ignore the fact that my sister spends almost as much time on the computer as I do ñ she only uses MSN, and they vaguely understand that. The limit for them was my use of morpheus, the download engine.
They ask me where I get my music from. Other people, I say. They look confused again. So I tell them about file sharing of mp3ís. This is, of course, terrible.
ì VIRUS!î They shriek.
This is what they think happened when my computer slowed down dramatically when my sister used Napster. I tried to point out that his could be because of her filling half the memory with her tracks, but no, it had to be a virus. I sighed, and duly checked, and checked again. Stupidly, I also deleted most of my sisters mp3ís. They insisted I had found a virus and that had caused the computer to free up again, and instantly banned us from Napster. Now I have morpheus, which is another evil. So, they lecture me about this as well.
The first problem came from the fact they had no argument beyond ë We donít think itís good for youí. An outline of their arguments :-
ì Itís not productiveî. This caused me to dash up to my room and grab my three FAD wins, explain that another will be coming as soon as itís released, and wave them in their faces.
ì Itís distracts you from your homeworkî. This was rich. I pulled out my latest History and Politics essays, both of which got full marks. Sigh, go parents.
ì You donít get enough exercise!î. This was my favourite. I pointed out my avid love of squash, and challenged my dad to a game to show him how ëunfití I was. He declined.
This was their major arguing points out of the way, and my dad, who is a laid-back sort of bloke, seemed happy with this. Or this could be attributed to the fact he loves Fight Club, which arrived from good old SR about three days ago. My mum, however, lacking support from the Husband, deciding to launch an independent attack, which failed due to the fact I went to school.
So, I await another questioning tonight. But I have plenty of debate points armed and ready. She doesnít like arguments. I do. If it goes the way I hope it will, I wonít be accused of being a nerd for quite a while.
What about you guys? Those of you still living at home who are young enough to be though of as ëunder parental controlí, do you get these sort of accusations for being on here or MSN? Does socialising now mean we have to by face to face with the person we talk to? I consider the people I talk to on mIRC friends, and think I know them well enough to have good chats with them. Is this not good enough? I enjoy these talks as much as I would a chat with a friend whoís come round to hang out for a while.
Donít get me wrong, I do plenty of stuff off the computer. I love sport, watching films with mates, going out, getting drunk, all of that. But chatting online is another one of my hobbies, and if she thinks thatís wrong, then let her. Sheís right about a lot of things, but not this.
But what I am constantly telling her is that itís something I enjoy. Doesnít she see that this is hobby of mine? When Iím on the computer, Iíve usually got about 5 windows open. Three are SR ñ FOG Prime, as I am a WLTer, DVD, and Life. Then Iíve got mIRC, the IRC engine I use, and MSN, although I much prefer mIRC. ( If the good people at mIRC would like to acknowledge this endorsement, I will accept money ). Anyway, the point in me saying this is that she walks in, sees little bars in the taskbar that says ëmIRC32í and asks what this is. My retort of ësomethingí is bewilderingly not good enough for her, so I elaborate.
ì Itís a social activity mum. As are the restî
She looks stern.
ì This is not healthy!î
So I wander down to breakfast the next day to receive a lecture. They ignore the fact that my sister spends almost as much time on the computer as I do ñ she only uses MSN, and they vaguely understand that. The limit for them was my use of morpheus, the download engine.
They ask me where I get my music from. Other people, I say. They look confused again. So I tell them about file sharing of mp3ís. This is, of course, terrible.
ì VIRUS!î They shriek.
This is what they think happened when my computer slowed down dramatically when my sister used Napster. I tried to point out that his could be because of her filling half the memory with her tracks, but no, it had to be a virus. I sighed, and duly checked, and checked again. Stupidly, I also deleted most of my sisters mp3ís. They insisted I had found a virus and that had caused the computer to free up again, and instantly banned us from Napster. Now I have morpheus, which is another evil. So, they lecture me about this as well.
The first problem came from the fact they had no argument beyond ë We donít think itís good for youí. An outline of their arguments :-
ì Itís not productiveî. This caused me to dash up to my room and grab my three FAD wins, explain that another will be coming as soon as itís released, and wave them in their faces.
ì Itís distracts you from your homeworkî. This was rich. I pulled out my latest History and Politics essays, both of which got full marks. Sigh, go parents.
ì You donít get enough exercise!î. This was my favourite. I pointed out my avid love of squash, and challenged my dad to a game to show him how ëunfití I was. He declined.
This was their major arguing points out of the way, and my dad, who is a laid-back sort of bloke, seemed happy with this. Or this could be attributed to the fact he loves Fight Club, which arrived from good old SR about three days ago. My mum, however, lacking support from the Husband, deciding to launch an independent attack, which failed due to the fact I went to school.
So, I await another questioning tonight. But I have plenty of debate points armed and ready. She doesnít like arguments. I do. If it goes the way I hope it will, I wonít be accused of being a nerd for quite a while.
What about you guys? Those of you still living at home who are young enough to be though of as ëunder parental controlí, do you get these sort of accusations for being on here or MSN? Does socialising now mean we have to by face to face with the person we talk to? I consider the people I talk to on mIRC friends, and think I know them well enough to have good chats with them. Is this not good enough? I enjoy these talks as much as I would a chat with a friend whoís come round to hang out for a while.
Donít get me wrong, I do plenty of stuff off the computer. I love sport, watching films with mates, going out, getting drunk, all of that. But chatting online is another one of my hobbies, and if she thinks thatís wrong, then let her. Sheís right about a lot of things, but not this.
Meh... I get it form both my parents but I point out that I do sport 6 times a week for upwards of 3 hours a time. I even get it from my brother but it's easy to prove him wrong.
"You spend too much time on the computer"
"Says the lazy smoker lardy git"
:-D
"You spend too much time on the computer"
"Says the lazy smoker lardy git"
:-D
Peh!
I get the same from my parents - apparently im blocking up the phone line.
But yet they refuse to get that 1571 one thing, for no reason at all.
Apparently, I'm making our phonebill skyrocket.
But they refuse to acknowledge that we have BT Surftime, so I'm not costing a thing. They also turn a blind eye to 15 minute long reverse charge calls from Barbados.
What a world, what a world.
I get the same from my parents - apparently im blocking up the phone line.
But yet they refuse to get that 1571 one thing, for no reason at all.
Apparently, I'm making our phonebill skyrocket.
But they refuse to acknowledge that we have BT Surftime, so I'm not costing a thing. They also turn a blind eye to 15 minute long reverse charge calls from Barbados.
What a world, what a world.
I intend to ignore them ;)
My mum is entering a new phase in yelling at me. Now itís the ënerdí accusation. To give her credit, she hasnít actually used the word yet, but itís only a matter of time until she does. The point here is, sheís getting tired of how much time I spend at the computer. This is understandable. She doesnít want me to become a hacker or something.
But what I am constantly telling her is that itís something I enjoy. Doesnít she see that this is hobby of mine? When Iím on the computer, Iíve usually got about 5 windows open. Three are SR ñ FOG Prime, as I am a WLTer, DVD, and Life. Then Iíve got mIRC, the IRC engine I use, and MSN, although I much prefer mIRC. ( If the good people at mIRC would like to acknowledge this endorsement, I will accept money ). Anyway, the point in me saying this is that she walks in, sees little bars in the taskbar that says ëmIRC32í and asks what this is. My retort of ësomethingí is bewilderingly not good enough for her, so I elaborate.
ì Itís a social activity mum. As are the restî
She looks stern.
ì This is not healthy!î
So I wander down to breakfast the next day to receive a lecture. They ignore the fact that my sister spends almost as much time on the computer as I do ñ she only uses MSN, and they vaguely understand that. The limit for them was my use of morpheus, the download engine.
They ask me where I get my music from. Other people, I say. They look confused again. So I tell them about file sharing of mp3ís. This is, of course, terrible.
ì VIRUS!î They shriek.
This is what they think happened when my computer slowed down dramatically when my sister used Napster. I tried to point out that his could be because of her filling half the memory with her tracks, but no, it had to be a virus. I sighed, and duly checked, and checked again. Stupidly, I also deleted most of my sisters mp3ís. They insisted I had found a virus and that had caused the computer to free up again, and instantly banned us from Napster. Now I have morpheus, which is another evil. So, they lecture me about this as well.
The first problem came from the fact they had no argument beyond ë We donít think itís good for youí. An outline of their arguments :-
ì Itís not productiveî. This caused me to dash up to my room and grab my three FAD wins, explain that another will be coming as soon as itís released, and wave them in their faces.
ì Itís distracts you from your homeworkî. This was rich. I pulled out my latest History and Politics essays, both of which got full marks. Sigh, go parents.
ì You donít get enough exercise!î. This was my favourite. I pointed out my avid love of squash, and challenged my dad to a game to show him how ëunfití I was. He declined.
This was their major arguing points out of the way, and my dad, who is a laid-back sort of bloke, seemed happy with this. Or this could be attributed to the fact he loves Fight Club, which arrived from good old SR about three days ago. My mum, however, lacking support from the Husband, deciding to launch an independent attack, which failed due to the fact I went to school.
So, I await another questioning tonight. But I have plenty of debate points armed and ready. She doesnít like arguments. I do. If it goes the way I hope it will, I wonít be accused of being a nerd for quite a while.
What about you guys? Those of you still living at home who are young enough to be though of as ëunder parental controlí, do you get these sort of accusations for being on here or MSN? Does socialising now mean we have to by face to face with the person we talk to? I consider the people I talk to on mIRC friends, and think I know them well enough to have good chats with them. Is this not good enough? I enjoy these talks as much as I would a chat with a friend whoís come round to hang out for a while.
Donít get me wrong, I do plenty of stuff off the computer. I love sport, watching films with mates, going out, getting drunk, all of that. But chatting online is another one of my hobbies, and if she thinks thatís wrong, then let her. Sheís right about a lot of things, but not this.
But what I am constantly telling her is that itís something I enjoy. Doesnít she see that this is hobby of mine? When Iím on the computer, Iíve usually got about 5 windows open. Three are SR ñ FOG Prime, as I am a WLTer, DVD, and Life. Then Iíve got mIRC, the IRC engine I use, and MSN, although I much prefer mIRC. ( If the good people at mIRC would like to acknowledge this endorsement, I will accept money ). Anyway, the point in me saying this is that she walks in, sees little bars in the taskbar that says ëmIRC32í and asks what this is. My retort of ësomethingí is bewilderingly not good enough for her, so I elaborate.
ì Itís a social activity mum. As are the restî
She looks stern.
ì This is not healthy!î
So I wander down to breakfast the next day to receive a lecture. They ignore the fact that my sister spends almost as much time on the computer as I do ñ she only uses MSN, and they vaguely understand that. The limit for them was my use of morpheus, the download engine.
They ask me where I get my music from. Other people, I say. They look confused again. So I tell them about file sharing of mp3ís. This is, of course, terrible.
ì VIRUS!î They shriek.
This is what they think happened when my computer slowed down dramatically when my sister used Napster. I tried to point out that his could be because of her filling half the memory with her tracks, but no, it had to be a virus. I sighed, and duly checked, and checked again. Stupidly, I also deleted most of my sisters mp3ís. They insisted I had found a virus and that had caused the computer to free up again, and instantly banned us from Napster. Now I have morpheus, which is another evil. So, they lecture me about this as well.
The first problem came from the fact they had no argument beyond ë We donít think itís good for youí. An outline of their arguments :-
ì Itís not productiveî. This caused me to dash up to my room and grab my three FAD wins, explain that another will be coming as soon as itís released, and wave them in their faces.
ì Itís distracts you from your homeworkî. This was rich. I pulled out my latest History and Politics essays, both of which got full marks. Sigh, go parents.
ì You donít get enough exercise!î. This was my favourite. I pointed out my avid love of squash, and challenged my dad to a game to show him how ëunfití I was. He declined.
This was their major arguing points out of the way, and my dad, who is a laid-back sort of bloke, seemed happy with this. Or this could be attributed to the fact he loves Fight Club, which arrived from good old SR about three days ago. My mum, however, lacking support from the Husband, deciding to launch an independent attack, which failed due to the fact I went to school.
So, I await another questioning tonight. But I have plenty of debate points armed and ready. She doesnít like arguments. I do. If it goes the way I hope it will, I wonít be accused of being a nerd for quite a while.
What about you guys? Those of you still living at home who are young enough to be though of as ëunder parental controlí, do you get these sort of accusations for being on here or MSN? Does socialising now mean we have to by face to face with the person we talk to? I consider the people I talk to on mIRC friends, and think I know them well enough to have good chats with them. Is this not good enough? I enjoy these talks as much as I would a chat with a friend whoís come round to hang out for a while.
Donít get me wrong, I do plenty of stuff off the computer. I love sport, watching films with mates, going out, getting drunk, all of that. But chatting online is another one of my hobbies, and if she thinks thatís wrong, then let her. Sheís right about a lot of things, but not this.