I was recently suspended from TV.com for 5 days. I won’t say that I didn't deserve it; quite honestly, I think I had it coming. The post I was suspended for wasn't very offensive, but I've been building up my -ness over a number of weeks and I guess it finally caught up with me. From now on I'll have to try extra hard to keep my flaming subtle and well above the level where the flamee would notice.

Anyway, I’m not too bothered by my suspension. I’m also really touched by the fact that people actually noticed I was gone and seemed to miss me. Thanks, everybody! Having internet friends is now 75% as good as having real friends!

I may not have been able to browse the TV.com forums over the past 5 days, but in a way my suspension was a good thing. I got so much work done, I'm actually ahead in some of my classes! My attention span actually increased.

See, for someone who typically spends an abnormal amount of time on a website devoted to TV, I very rarely ever actually watch TV. That’s because, thanks to the internet, my attention span is so low that I actually can't stand to sit still for a whole half-hour.

I've made a graph chronicling the inverse relationship between severity of internet addiction and attention span.



Point A is where I was prior to my suspension, point B where I am now: above the bare minimum attention span required to watch TV. Eventually I hope to move my way back up to point C, where I will be able to read books again (for fun, not for school work), but I don’t see that happening any time soon.

Of course, I'm rapidly moving back down the scale, now that I'm back. Oh well.