So I thought I was somewhat capable when it came to technology. I’ve smirked at the teachers who can’t seem to grasp the leap from Mac to PC, who go into a state of shock at the idea of a mouse with more than one button. I can do pretty much anything I need to do on a computer, or at least I thought I could. But now I’m in Internet-land, creation rather than navigation, and it is a very scary and lonely place to find yourself lost. I have been reduced to a tentative clicker, which is annoying. I have become the person who asks stupid questions which I could easily answer if only I had looked at the right part of the instructions. It feels somewhat like walking with cement shoes. On my feet and my hands. In a foreign country. And I’m deaf.

So, we’ll see how this works out. It may continue to look exactly as it looks right now, or I might gain some bit of vital knowledge that makes the whole thing seem intuitive. More likely, it will be somewhere in the middle, with me nervously pecking at keys and scrutinizing the screen, keeping my toes crossed that I don’t make the whole thing implode.