absolute fucking outrage

I rarely sign on to messengers these days. it was a means of communication when I was in college, but now I find messengers annoying, an invasion of the intimacy that once existed between people and even excuses for laziness at times. A) if you're important then you have my phone number, and B) if you can take 5 minutes to send me a message online, then you can also take 5 minutes and call me.

well today I'm checking my email and a small message box pops up in the lower right hand corner of my computer from one of the people on my buddy list. YAHOO has installed YAHOO CHAT into my email and it automatically signs on in. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!????!!!!! I sign in to yahoo instant messenger for a reason, but I also sign OFF for a reason.

I seriously didn't realize the anger this induced until I started trying to deactivate this horrible invasion of privacy. I was nearly shaking. Yes, I realize this was quite an irrational emotion in response to something so insignificant, but for some reason it really struck a nerve. Of course some of my anger and frustration was geared toward the person who sent me the message. This person has my phone number, yet never fails to send me instant messages when I sign on.

ok I'm getting up, and walking away from my computer now, lest I scream.