A buddy of mine tells me I have a problem. I don't agree. He says that I am addicted to downloading. He thinks I have a big hard drive for all the wrong reasons. I think having a big hard drive is a good thing. It means I can download MORE! I don't have a problem, downloading this much is a normal and healthy thing...isn't it? For some reason, I get weird looks all the time. I even changed my hairstyle several times, but I guess that isn't the reason I feel like a digital freak of nature when people look at me with disgust. Is it the persistence of black apparel and snarky attitude in my wardrobe? There is no way I'm changing that. Maybe I do have a problem. Isn't being an obsessive downloader normal? I guess I download more than others I know. They don't download so much, but I don't know why. I just thought they were naïve. People tell me that I babble incoherently about "del.icio.us" software that I digg, but so what? Perhaps the fact that I seem more in tune with software than with people has something to do with it. I guess people can spot a chronic downloader when they see one. I thought I had it so well hidden. Apparently not. Maybe I just have "a quality" that gives it away. I must admit that downloading makes me feel good, no...really good. I suppose it is the exhilaration of finding a new utility, or a new productivity app that makes me talk at a sustained high frequency and get all excited. I suppose I could have a problem, but I don't think it is so wrong, I mean, is everyone else content to use boring applications and let things be the way they are? What kind of a life is that? I don't think I would be true to myself if I didn't download things that add functionality...oh, sweet functionality. I crave functionality, I need to have it, and if I don't get it, I will... Okay, you got me, I have a problem. What's that? I forgot to say what? Oh, right. Hi, my name is Ryan, and I am a chronic downloader. (This is the part where you say "Hi, Ryan." all monotone like.)