A lot. Literally my whole life. It isn’t all web/graphic design though. A lot of, *gasp* real world problems, have taken me away from the internet. Namely–mothers’ computer problems, brothers’ computer problems, house repair/upgrade, legal and official shit, and etc…
It has come to my attention a few people are unhappy with my lack of talking or general communication with them. There are only THREE people I have been talking with the past 3 weeks. That is Lance, Adam, and Lynne. I.e., all work related or future-related. I simply do not have the time to get side-tracked with chit-chat stuff. I let everyone know that during the couple weeks prior to my moving out to Denmark I will be extremely busy and will likely NOT talk. Some have forgotten this.
It isn’t anything personal, I do not hold grudges for no reason, I do not decide “oh, I decided not to like you!” and I do not try to make anyone feel like shit. I am working my ass off with so many different things right now I have no time to get caught up in drama, life, or any other normal social behaviours, as sad as that may be. When everything cools down, you will hear from me like normal.
I leave AIM and IRC on 24/7 (AIM time online right now is 5 days - does that say anything? I am surely not active for 5 days straight), and sometimes Gaim is set to show no idle when I’m working to allow co-workers or clients contact me and I see the message at a later time. Normally it’s set to show idle by X Usage, and whenever I get new mail KMail pops up, and makes me un-idle, even though I really am idle. Do people not understand away messages anymore?
It is really annoying. I already have a lot on my mind–leaving the social world for awhile was supposed to take away all that nonsense so I could focus on getting a project finished (which, I may add, is currently behind schedule! Crunch time!). Instead, Lynne tells me some persons are whining to her that I cannot talk. Pushing the drama unto me, making me feel guilty while already stressed. Thank you.
Must I be defending myself because I’m not talking casually on AIM or IRC all the time anymore?
For the record, you could always just look here because I usually try doing updating every few nights or so if it matters enough.
Now, I must get back to work.
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