My experience with the web

I use the web for the same purposes today as I did in grade school. My first memory is sitting beside my best friend of fourth grade at her house playing on her father's computer. We only opened the browser, but we felt like we had done something really bad and immediately hit the x in the corner. My first use of the web was when I became a pen pal and e-mailed friends religiously. I soon began using the web for homework purposes, games, and instant messaging. Now that I'm in college, my use of the web is almost identical. I'm not sure if most technologically impaired people have the same experiences with the web as I do, but most college kids visit the same sites. I check my wvu e-mail and my facebook account at least twice a day, sometimes as often as 20 times a day if I'm expecting a message. I also check my work schedule online at www.hotschedules.com several times a week and send messages to coworkers in order to swap shifts. If I'm bored, I might surf YouTube or play games like Text Twist on yahoo or www.addictinggames.com. The only other occasional uses of the web is for homework purposes, when I become curious about something on the news or a celebrity, to search for music, or to search movie times in morgantown.
I hate my dependency on the web. I don't feel like I use it for many important purposes, but when I travel somewhere that I don't have access to the Internet, I am lost. I'm not sure that I'm a native of the web, but its appearance in most of my life has created a dependency to entertain myself.