i got online in about 1995.
I bought a new computer when I started graduate school and
It came with a disk to install Prodigy.
My first email address was a randomly generated list of characters @prodigy.com.
I played a lot of Tetris when I should have been doing research, and
I would dream about those shapes falling.
At some point I discovered a free download for Quake, and
I would play it a lot and I would get kind of flinch-y, and
I would delete it from from my computer.
I would download it again, and delete it again.
Eventually I learned how to play in 'god mode' and
I got way too familiar with the geography of the game.
I didn't know that many people with email addresses in 1995, but
I had a lot of fun corresponding.
I made terrible mistakes all the time, like
I sent a romantic email meant for my ex to her whole family.
Once I cc'ed my ex's mother in an email where I was talking about her.
She was always very nice to me and
All I was repeating was her strong opinion about how to use ellipses correctly.
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