Azizi,
I was not being serious about waste of time. It is of course the same kind of waste of time as any socializing type activity. It doesn't get my homework done, it doesn't make me well rested in the morning, but since when does that ever stop me from doing something? It is necessary to life. Well, not necessarily mudcat itself necessary to life, but activity other than those specifically required of me. For my 'lonely heart.' Or possibly my lack of spatulas.