She just didn’t get it. Only recently, in my late twenties, did she come to realize that my excessive computer use is what led me to becoming the self-employed, almost-focused career woman I am today.
-- Issa (A/S/L)

Importance: Issa is referring here to mother’s strict patrol of her daughter’s computer time. Her mother is particularly irate when Issa uses the printer too much. Issa identifies herself as an early adopter of social networking tools and describes herself as swept up in online culture from a young age. Hers was the first generation to have online sociality introduced midway through childhood. Issa credits her forays into different online persona with preparing her as a writer, actor and director. Her remark here is partly humorous and self-deprecating, but it gives a sense of her trajectory. The irony is that Issa’s mother was concerned that Issa would be distracted from schoolwork.

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-- Issa's mom (FAT)