w00t! Looks like I figured it out. Or rather, looks like I blindly stumbled on code which works. :)

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::OSCAR qw(:standard);

%signon = (
        screenname => 'myscreenname',
        password => 'mypassword',
        local_ip => 'myip',
);

$recipient = "myfriend";
$message = "mymessage";

sub signon_done {
        print "signed on\n";
        $online = 1;
}

$oscar = Net::OSCAR->new();
$oscar->set_callback_signon_done(\&signon_done);

$oscar->signon(%signon);

while(1) {
        $oscar->do_one_loop();
        if ($online) {
                $oscar->send_im($recipient, $message);
                sleep(5);
        }
}
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Apparently the $oscar->do_one_loop(); is a pretty important aspect. Thanks for your help!

- Justin

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