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Internet for Dummies, Wednesday 9/6, 3rd Period

Abby settled on the front desk in the computer lab and smiled at the class. "Welcome to Internet for Dummies. Which is not an insult or anything, just my attempt at being funny."

She looked out over the class. "This would be the part where you all agree and laugh along with me."

"Today we're going to take it slow. Especially considering that not everyone here knows how to use computers. So we're going to team up and do reports on what the internet is all about." Abby read off the groups lists and waited for everyone to move around.

"I want you guys to talk about what you already know about the internet. What it does, how it helps you and what you want to learn from it." Abby passed out handouts. "If you don't know about the internet, then you can use this handy piece of paper as a cheat sheet."

[ooc: ~~Wait for ocd!~~OCD up! Play!]

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Ray grinned at her. "Okay. Don't let me stop you. I'll sit back and bask in your technological goodness."

"Fine. I will." Evie gave him a determined little nod, then carefully used the mouse to take her to Google, then typed in "Library of Alexandria."

"There, see?" Unfortunately, Evie clicked on one of the sidebars about other kinds of libraries, and--

"Ack ack ack ohmigod what is that ack ack ack--"

Ray, whose attention had slipped away immediately, looked back towards her screen and immediately started laughing.

"Interesting choice of libraries there."

"Make it go away!" Evie flailed, stabbing at the keyboard, then the mouse, accidentally killing one image (yay) and enlarging another (woe). "Eeeep!

Ray's too busy laughing to really help. "It won't bite you, you know. It's knowledge at your fingertips...so to speak."

"I don't need to know that," Evie said, cringing a little, one hand still over her eyes as she tried to make the mouse close the window again. "That's an obviously very sad woman who has exploited herself for obscene purposes--" Some of the stabbing finally closes the window. Then another one pops up.

Evie's eyes open wide. "Ooooooooh my god..."

And now Ray's not even bothering to stifle his laughter.

"This is definitely something the internet is used for," he said through his laughter. "I'm learning a lot. Aren't you learning a lot?"

Evie headdesked. "Please. Help. Help. That man-- that's not real, is it? Not really? Because he's very, that's just-- no. He's very attractive, but that's not *real*."

"He's attractive?" Oh, that just made him laugh even harder. "I'm sure he has a mailing address and you can write to him," he said, still trying not to fall out of his chair.

"Naked men usually are," Evie blurted out, then banged her head on the tabletop. Several times. "...oh, God, why.."

She finally managed to turn it off completely, and sat there, hands over her head, facedown on the table, muttering, "Perhaps I shall explore the joys of the internet at some later date. Possibly, in the year 2106. That sounds about right."

"I'm sure we could find you a videotape if you're interested in what you just watched," Ray offered sincerely...mostly. "Comes with a video club membership."

"A... what?" Evie looked up and gave him the severest look she could, while her cheeks were flaming like that. "I have no idea if you're speaking English, but I know when I'm being mocked, Mr. Kowalski. Why on *earth* would I-- that was simply-- I don't even--"

Headdesk. Headdesk, headdesk, headdesk.

"Cheer up, Evie," he said and sat back in his chair. "At least you know where the good stuff's at now."

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