I am in a similiar boat Ara. I was happy to give up a lot of the modern "conveniences" that seem to end up taking over your life, but after almost three years without anything but internet, I caved in last month and got a TV with cable, plus an answering machine. It feels decadent, but I am really enjoying it I must say. I am not watching excessive TV, and much of what I do watch is the discovery channel, which I really love. In Armenia the discovery channel shows primarily nature shows and great documentaries, not like in America where I rarely caught anything of the sort on. Same with MTV. It always has music on, never weird/stupid shows. I admit I also try to catch Simpsons and Seinfeld, but otherwise I am very well behaved. I will hold out against the cell phone as much as possible, I really hate them and will only get one if forced to by a job. Last Christmas time I had to resort to using a cellphone for the first time in my life because I was not staying in the same place for more than a couple of weeks at a time, and I couldn't stand it. I wonder if I could just cut myself off completely, from everything. I may have a chance to try and see this year.

For those wondering how many hits cilicia.com gets a year, it is over 3 million. I just got the tools to check the traffic properly. This page gets over 150 a day, but I suspect these numbers will grow as more people find us...

Not too much else going on. I want to play a game of Settlers, which I have been hearing about for months now. Maybe this weekend which is supposed to have rainy, bad weather...