Cyclic time
May. 16th, 2006 19:12![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI just signed up for a UC Davis email account. ("astewart" was, amazingly enough, not yet taken.)
Back when I was applying for college in 1993/94, one of the perks I was really looking forward to was getting an email account. It was something that only college students and some employees got to have; my brother had one, plus access to the school mainframe, and I thought it was soooo cool. I couldn't wait, and filled in the spot on the (paper) college application with excitement.
Then I got a xocolatl.com address the next year, and I had my choice of email on a (seriously outdated and overworked) VAX cube, or a little BSD box running in a friend's house. I learned the joys of Pine, and I was one of the geeks because I had two email addresses.
Signing up for an official Davis account gave me the same excitement. I have, what, four email addresses, not counting the official ones (admin@, webmaster@, etc.) already... but I filled out the form with glee. Okay, it's another step to establish me as a member of the student body -- but it's also that I have an official university email address again! squee!!!
*deep breath*
We are marked by the era we pass through. Yea, truly.
Back when I was applying for college in 1993/94, one of the perks I was really looking forward to was getting an email account. It was something that only college students and some employees got to have; my brother had one, plus access to the school mainframe, and I thought it was soooo cool. I couldn't wait, and filled in the spot on the (paper) college application with excitement.
Then I got a xocolatl.com address the next year, and I had my choice of email on a (seriously outdated and overworked) VAX cube, or a little BSD box running in a friend's house. I learned the joys of Pine, and I was one of the geeks because I had two email addresses.
Signing up for an official Davis account gave me the same excitement. I have, what, four email addresses, not counting the official ones (admin@, webmaster@, etc.) already... but I filled out the form with glee. Okay, it's another step to establish me as a member of the student body -- but it's also that I have an official university email address again! squee!!!
*deep breath*
We are marked by the era we pass through. Yea, truly.
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I understand completely...
Date: 2006-05-17 09:45 (UTC)My email addresses went from .edu to .mil to .com to .org -- I didn't register my desired .net in time so I missed out but maybe I can get it if I am lucky.