I remember my Dad carrying a large box into our living room. After hours of setting it up, I finally got my chance to use it. I remember we had AOL and the sound of the connection, is a sound that I will never forget.
The Internet was very slow at this time, but I couldn’t have cared less. I found it fascinating to be able to log onto a website. I remember AOL instant messenger was very popular. The biggest contest was coming up with a better screen name than all of your friends. After much time, I came up with the name Loveablebug232. I laugh at the name now; I’m not even sure where I came up with it. It’s not like it was fascinated with bugs or anything to that sort. I actually hated bugs.
After creating the screen name, I remember having to sign off the Internet so that I could call my best friend Katie and tell her that I finally got a computer and my AIM screen name was Loveablebug232. Immediately, I hung up the phone and logged back on…again the buzzing noise of AOL will never be forgotten.
After logging back on Katie instant messaged me. There she preceded to i/m me everybody’s screen name. I thought I was so cool, having an AIM screen name. Even though my parent’s strictly told me “NO CHAT ROOMS!” I remember logging onto one. I kept turning my back to make sure that my parent’s weren’t coming into the room. I loved to make up who I was… I remember people would ask me “asl?” (age, sex, location) I always lied, I would say I was 18, female, and from Florida. (Kind of funny, what 18 year old would be in a chat room?) It was fun living in a fantasy world.
Oh, the days of fake names, ages, and locations... It still makes me laugh, how i thought i was so awesome :)
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