All this Internet shopping is pretty new to me, it sounds like it really could help a lot of people out. However for recluse artists it could be final straw for friends and family who may never see their buddies again! Nah, its cool-I just hope Maria’s new project isn’t a giant Perspex Donald Duck. I don’t think world needs any more Donald Ducks!

I just got back from Maria’s place. You’re not going to believe what I saw. She was actually having a party, and I wasn’t invited. Maybe she thinks I’m boring compared to her new friends. She says she met them on Internet, a whole bunch of people into Donald Duck! One guy was actually dressed up like Yosemite Sam-gun belt and all! It seems I’m odd one out.

Before I left her place she showed me her new sculpture. I underestimated her newfound love. It’s a giant computer; inside it is filled with heads of all her friends (me included). Of course none of us had human mouths, smiling duck beaks adorned all heads, a definite sign of Internet’s powerful influence, and of collective warping of today’s society!

Jesse S. Somer is a human hoping to show his fellow Earth citizens beautiful opportunities Internet is making available for all our lives. M6.Net http://www.m6.net

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