tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14251491.post-21981158000997791762007-06-18T11:58:00.001-04:002007-06-18T12:11:18.935-04:00Crows and Computers<br /><br />Yesterday was my second day volunteering at the Prospect Park Zoo. I'm not really volunteering with animals so much as with small humans, but I've decided that's quite alright, and this still counts as "volunteering with animals" just by the fact that I'm volunteering <em>near</em> animals. I did experience a series of conflicting feelings about this volunteer gig, first by thinking "wow this is so freaking awesome I get to see the zoo behind the scenes hooray!" and then thinking "why the hell am I doing work for free on one of my two days off?" I finally found my middle ground when I decided that action is always better than inaction, and I can learn and grow only from experience rather than from sitting around on my butt all day, as much as I'm inclined to sit on my butt. Plus, there's this really friendly crow named Sammy who knows how to say "hi," and when I go to look at him he flies over to me and taps on the glass. I would go every week just to see Sammy the crow. Aw.<br /><br />Of course after wrangling 22 screaming kids at a birthday party, I ALMOST changed my mind. Almost, but not quite.<br /><br />Regarding computers: I understand that I have an Internet addiction. I didn't think it could happen to me! But there I am, spending all day long at work on my computer and online, and then I come home and spend more time online. Why, oh why, do I do this? Am I avoiding something? I realized this, ironically, by reading various posts on my various message boards. Online. So I've decided to try to stay off my computer as much as possible outside of work, unless it is for school or practical purposes. I will have to do something else, which is scary to me, but my options here are: reading, schoolwork, exercises, cooking, drawing, talking on the phone, playing with the cat, relaxing, watching a movie or tv show, or hanging with friends. Of course if I didn't use my computer at all, then why the hell would I have a computer? I just have to cut back. Unlike smoking, the Internet WILL NOT kill me. At least I don't think it will. Will it?<br /><br />The blog won't suffer. I mostly blog from work anyway. My summer certainly won't suffer.AmyFnoreply@blogger.com