English You know you’re an Internewser when…
This morning I found myself waking up my 2.5 old daughter by singing her a lullaby and telling her a Lafontaine tale on Skype, wondering when she would be old enough to have a skype or FB account to check out what Maman is doing while she is travelling for her job…
Echoing to Inna’s post on what the spouse are doing when we are away, is this kind of behavior an Internews- special ? or is our group part of a broader sociological category with similar habits – or should I say neurosis 
?
Then I thought about the facebook groups listing “you know you are an X when you…”. Has anyone done that yet ?
My own list would be : You know when you’re an Internewser when
1) You sing lullabies to your kid on Skype;
2) You hold Skype conference calls with DC, Bangkok, Yerevan, Colombo, and your boss sitting 2 meters away from you in Paris;
3) Outsiders tell you that they have never had people chatting with each other during a meeting;
4) You stare at people without understanding when they ask you how can FB be a working tool;
5) You realize you are the fastest hand-typing person in your family;
6) Your cannot imagine to leave your laptop at the office;
7) Your spouse is so beyond being tired of seing you with your laptop on your lap every evening that he starts doing it too, especially when you decided you would do an exceptional laptop-free evening;
Your 1.5 year old steals your laptop and mimes you typing on your home couch;
9) Your 10 year-old does care about chat anymore (for you Eric)
to be continued…
10) your son calls you at 4:00AM to say good night and it doesn’t bother you a bit.
11) your 9 year old has his own flip camera and digital camera and uses them more creatively than you do
12) Mix am and pm
13) Forget how old is your daughter and surprised that she is already 25 and she lives 3500 miles far form you but you still talk with her by Skype
14) Your life is the chain of deadlines
15) Countries are differ only according to the complication to get visas
What a cute photo! She is just adorable.
Yeah, I have to add that Alma is the cutest thing ever.
You hear your daughter repeating the Internews elevator pitch.
16. The only live interaction you have with your son in 10 days is a short but vivid negotiation in front of the bathroom – who gets in first – at 3.a.m – he coming from clubbing, you coming from Azerbaijan.