Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Techno Hermit

When I was a teenager, the first movie I saw by myself was The Net. I decided then that someday I wanted to be a techno hermit, that is the life for me. Get everything online, delivered to my door, don't have to deal with traffic or stupid people at a brick and mortar store, just me and my computer. With this in mind understand that I am ADHD, I treat it with diet and avoiding synthetic products.
I have a list of foods that I cannot have. Some of the products that avoid are not just food items, they're health and beauty products and cleaning products. I rarely use commercial products in these areas of my life. Most of them are all natural, but not necessarily organic. My favorite companies are Burt's Bee's, the Cal Ben Soap Company, and Melaleuca. I buy online and love having everything delivered to my door.
Now all I have to do is live in an area where I can have my groceries, Chinese food, pizza, and other restaurant foods delivered. I can say that I would want to get out some to see friends in person, go to a co-op and a farmers market. Ah yes, and though I can buy clothes online, I insist upon trying things on before I buy, so brick and mortar would be unavoidable there. Though accessories I could still get on the net.
I do keep in mind that there are a multitude of things that could go wrong, like identity theft and so on, but I think with the newer technology and my not having a computer geek job may help me to avoid the issues that the character in The Net ran into. Identity theft or being erased could be a problem, but this is all hypothetical, I don't think I will ever go through with it, no matter how enticing it would be to me.
I do have friends on the outside world, most of them I can contact on the internet. And in spite of the fact that I blog and divulge things online, I am a fairly private person. I believe that high fences make good neighbors. I don't like forced social functions, unless I can have a glass of wine. Voluntary social functions are great, so long as Io can keep my mouth shut.
Sorry bunny trail, even so I think I am done here.

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