writing isn't so easy anymore...

while writing my prophets paper last week, i realized i haven't written a real paper for 1.5 years. i had biblical foundations and comp 2 my 1st semester here and have only written lab reports, journals, and proposals since then. i also realized that i can't think in ms word. somehow the ideas come much better when i write it out on paper. and if i can't pull my fingers from my keyboard, notepad works well too. in fact, thinking in notepad works much better than the edit box i'm using now. i don't understand at all... what's the difference if i'm typing in a browser or in a simple window? the only thing i can come up with is that i'm using microsoft internet explorer to post blogs and microsoft word to write my papers. (i couldn't help but throw in a little ms bashing. :) )

this brings up another point...why am i still using windows? i'm sick of feeding the microsoft monopoly. i had the chance to use linux for the 1st time last spring break and fell in love! i haven't really used it since. at first my excuse was that the 4-gig drive in my laptop didn't have any extra room for a linux partition. but now i have a desktop with an 80-gig drive that isn't half full and 2 5-gig's just waiting to be used (i got them in the 2 133's i got for free last semester). what i plan to do when i have time is combine the parts of these ancient beasts to form something that will run decently and then put linux on those. that way i won't have to repartition my 80 gig drive or mess with dual boots (though i realize neither of those would be too tough to deal with). i've also thought about putting it on my laptop... hopefully this summer i'll have a chance to play with linux. i guess we'll see...