Short Story: The Benefits of Shopping Online

Maria�s new lifestyle: Short story about the benefits shopping on the Net has given to a dedicated artist. I�ve got this strange friend; her name is Maria. Maria�s always been a little weird but now things have gotten unworldly altogether. You see, Maria�s an artist; she�s into sculpture in particular, of which she specializes in the manipulation of Perspex with a blowtorch. Lately I haven�t seen too much of her as she�s hooked up the Internet. Actually not many people at all have seen her...