A Life Without Emoticons?

I don't think that I ever wrote a blog without including at least one type of emoticon since the first week of school... It's become part of my typing character now. :D (1) I even feel tempted to put it in serious papers that are due for class. It's like putting my emotion into it, I'm not too good at showing it with words. XD (2) Oh and you're wondering what those numbers are for, they're just there to keep track of how many emoticons I'm going to use in this blog. =w = (3) Surprisingly there's not as many in this one than some of the others. Maybe it's just because I'm aware that I'm keeping track. XD (4) yeah I need emoticons. o.o (5) They must express my "deepest" emotions!!!!!