On Cutting Oneself Off.

I am going to take an internet hiatus. I realize that this will leave me with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO ALL DAY, but, you know, it might inspire some burst of creativity or something.

Let's see if I can go a week with no interwebs, effective immediately (ehem: immediately after I finish the episode of The Colbert Report I'm currently watching.)

In case anyone was wondering, this is what inspired my decision:

"I Cannot Help The Way I Feel" by John Isaacs. Currently displayed at The Welcome Center.

While I respect what the artist is saying with this piece (read the artist statement here), and think that his choice of materials and execution are brilliant, I don't need that image popping up on my screen when I accidentally click a side link on the page about that giant polar-bear-on-an-ice-cap that was floated downs the Thames that I'm trying to read.

So. See you in a week.

(Afterthought: there will be two exceptions to this rule: firstly, I will continue to download the torrents I started downloading today, and secondly, I will be on iChat so as not to severe the only means of communication I have with a certain individual who had his phone turned off.)