Failure? I say no… because I said so.

I made it 55 hours without using the internet for anything personal. Then I got bored. Then I discovered some things. First I discovered that we’re going to Portland this weekend and a long drive means needing podcasts. My “Buzz Out Loud only” rule thusly had to be abolished. Secondly I learned that Spore came out yesterday and not Sunday as I had thought. This means my preorder should arrive at some point today and I’ll be damned if I’m going to wait.

Therefore I must fall back on the theorem of 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2. Two+ days without internet plus 2 very good reasons to use the internet equals 5 days without internet. Success!

I actual have more reasons, but that makes my theorem more complicated. They include the season premier of Bones being available on Hulu, Friday company lunches with usually involve a fair amount of non-work related youtube, a need to brush up on my Perl skills, a largely empty DVR, and boredom. Oh the boredom.

Things I learned while not online: Aside from TV being far more insipid than I remember the last time I spent a fair amount of time devoting all my attention to it… not much. I played with the cat more than usual, which is good, and I finished (mostly) sorting all our CDs away space saving wallets.