...you try to figure a way to convert your lottery terminal at work to allow you email access.
...you get home from a long day at work, and put off actually making dinner for an hour, because you have to check your e-mail.
...you look forward to long car rides, because it means you have lots of uninterrupted time to plan out character interactions and plots.
...you log in at a friend's house just to check your e-mail at the regular time.
...all your English assignments in school start centering around your characters.
...it takes you two hours to get dressed because your computer is in your room.
...you remember email addresses of writing partners better then the names of immediate relatives.
...you get up 15 minutes earlier in the morning just to have time to use the computer.
...you growl at your parents or other family members when they want to use the computer.
...you go into withdrawl because there aren't any new postings to the threads you're involved in.
...despite running a fever and barely staying awake, you give up sleep to read email so you won't fall behind.
...when you fill out a survey asking your greatest fear, and write in the name of a mail-list character.
...nobody can get in contact with you while you're posting, except by E-mail.
...you go to school, recruit the only friend you know who can write well AND use a computer, and convince her to join the Nexus.
...you come up with a list like this!
