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Finally I get to sleep in my own bed! Thank God for that! But things aren’t as rosy as I thought they would be. Tomorrow I must get down to work and finish my summer homework. I’ve neglected it off and on and now I need to crack down. I also need to call Cactus Shadows and figure out how I’m going to register, since I’ll be in Europe during the registration period. Great…school.
To top all this off, my dad got all urfie when some spyware thing started giving us all these pornographic pop-ups on our computer, so he installed some “privacy” software. Not only that, but he found out my Windows password (which is the same one I use for everything else, too.) Using that, he deleted the password protection on my Windows account, took away my Administrator status (I can’t even install regular games without his permission), and decided to make this “privacy” software block every website except those on his list of “good” sites. Yeah, that’s privacy. Who wants their parents to see everything they do? It’s not like I have anything to hide, but…eew.
I have several colorful adjectives I could use to describe the horrible McAffee Privacy thingy, but they would be terribly inappropriate for small children. Less powerful ones might be: annoying, stupid, pointless, unnecessary, angering, frustrating, dumb, a hassle, and useless. Luckily, I’ve found a way around all that.
TGFL! Thank God for Linux! Yee hee hee! Yes dad, go all power-hungry as much as you want. You can have buggy, annoying, controlling Windows all to yourself. I have my red hat to wear. With it, I am completely secluded and shielded from your restrictions…hah! Reader, this whole thing is the classic “parent wants more control but ends up screwing themselves” problem. Of course, there are some side effects to Linux, like having to figure out how to use it, and stuff. But at least I have a reason now. I won’t log in to Windows ever again.
And that’s my daily rant. Really though, this whole privacy thing for him is turning into no privacy for me. But at least I have a place to retreat to, unlike my poor friend Tyler whose semi-overprotective (anyone who places restrictions on the infinite bounds of the Internet is overprotective in my book) parents have Familink (spl?) internet access. Not only is it slow dial-up, but it blocks regular websites. That sucks.
I’m perfectly happy to have a “privacy” application on my computer to block the pop-ups and porn emails and crap, but not at the expense of my freedom. And definitely not if it means my dad is going to take away my admin status. That’s like impeaching a President. You take all the power away. He’ll soon find that even if he and my mom are technically the owners of our computer, they are but figureheads with me as the true power behind the throne. They might have blocked some of my normal activities, but I’ll win them back, slowly but surely. I have never been so mad or frustrated.
I guess this doesn’t matter much since I’m saving for a new desktop PC anyway. Then they’ll no longer have any jurisdiction…life will be good.