Addiction

The tomb at the Chinatown mausoleum has been secured. Everything went quite smoothly as opposed to yesterday's fiasco. The tomb ... errr, room ... is actually nicer than the ones I was shown back in August. The room is small, but modestly furnished. There is a nice vanity sink instead of the huge industrial sink in the other rooms. So, I will be moving in on Saturday in the morning as planned.

Typical Social Network Hotties

On a side note, I am somewhat appalled by the increasing Net addiction exhibited by the zombie population of empire. More and more fools are spending most of their spare time on the Net, most likely social networking, thanks in large part to the ubiquitous "smartphone." Of course, Net addiction is nothing new. I, myself, have been a Net addict for decades. And, I'm not proud of that fact.

Even now, with the impending decommissioning of the Nexus 7 tablet computer, I find that I still spend countless useless hours on the Net. I have already mummified all bit-torrent activities. The last two hurdy-gurdy video clips have been expunged from the device (although the latter now resides in the "cloud"). "Mainstream" flicks have also been expunged. Frankly, that was my primary activity (i.e., downloading and viewing) using the Net. Thousands of hours were devoted to the malignant hobby. Some expense was also incurred previously in a foolish attempt to archive the hurdy-gurdy video library (HGVL). Now, it's all gone. Poof!

I am using the iPad® mini 2 tablet computer almost exclusively now. As you may recall, I have whittled down my list of acceptable Web sites to barely nothing. So, how do I still spend hours on the Net? Well, I must visit the same Web sites over and over again, even though the content has not changed. Why? The most plausible explanation is that Net addiction conquers boredom, loneliness, anxiety, perhaps depression, amongst other maladies. The mind is distracted by numbing content. In other words, anesthesia by proxy.

Typical Emancipated Hotties

The mind senses that the body is enslaved in a prison-like society. The mind wants itself and its associated body to be free. Unfortunately, freedom is no longer an option. So, the mind must seek virtual avenues of freedom, which it subconsciously knows is an illusion. Net addiction is such an avenue. However, the mind can trick itself into believing it is "free" because of the recursive nature of  the Net. Yet, it becomes ensnared in yet another prison. Sheesh!