I(')M Away

So, the war may be dominating all the blog-watching sites, but the big news today is clearly the Times's recognition of our obsession with away messages. This made me think, maybe we need a purity test for IM.

Have you ever...

• ...procrastinated by...
  
  
  
  • ...reading away messages?
    
  • ...reading away messages about procrastinating?
    
  • ...writing away messages?
    
  • ...writing away messages about procrastinating?
    
  
  
• ...written more than 5 away messages in one day?
  
• ...written an away message about showering?
  
• ...written an away message to...
  
  
  
  • solicit pity?
    
  • confirm your popularity?
    
  • beg for help?
    
  • brag about your exciting life?
    
  • pretend to have an exciting life?
    
  • manipulate a MOS? (if you don't know what an MOS is, you need to stay in more)
    
  
  
• ...written an away message that...
  
  
  
  • ...quoted a real-life conversation?
    
  • ...quoted an IM conversation?
    
  • ...quoted an away message?
    
  • ...responded to an away message?
    
  • ...continued an earlier away message?
    
  • ...quoted a song?
    
  • ...quoted a web page?
    
  • ...quoted an email?
    
  • ...quoted poetry?
    
  • ...quoted your homework?
    
  • ...quoted your professor?
    
  • ...quoted an overhead conversation?
    
  
  
• ...left an away message up when you were actually there?
  
• ...responded to an away message?
  
• ...been sad that nobody responded to your away message?
  

I think I've done pretty much all of these. Good god.