anonymouse

I no longer have the luxury of waking up, brushing my teeth, making coffee, heading over to my computer with my coffee, and surfing the internet in my pajamas and/or pantsless. If you've read my journal since I've started it, you'll know that Adelphia Powerlink hasn't been working properly since December 23rd. I don't know if this has anything to do with the former CEO imprisoned for white collar crimes or the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy they filed shortly thereafter. I do know, however, that their tech support and maintence crew is inefficient. For the past three months, we've had 20 different people come into our homes. Each person hasn't been briefed on the situation. They have no idea what the problem is, and they don't have a record as far as we know, because they come into our house completely clueless. I hate it. A guy came to the house to check it out, and he looked outside and said we have low signal. We've already been told that. He said he was going to report it. I can't remember if any of the other maintenence techs said they were going to report the low signal. If they did, then... Well. A fat lot of good re-reporting the low signal will do, right?

I'm currently researching T-1 availability. Because my dad works at home as a journalist and has to do research, he's willing to pay as much as a couple thousand bucks a year for a home office connection. That would be sweet. He'll probably use the money we make off the building to finance that. Or the money he makes translating for Japanese businessmen. Or the money he makes writing snarky restaurant reviews. Et cetera.

So I'll be spending my Spring Break at the school. It's a 20-40 minute drive depending on what time and day it is. Of course, I can't stumble out of my bed at 2 am and hop on the computer to look at porn or read the news or... anything. Which kind of sucks.

I fucking HATE Adelphia Powerlink. Do not, under any circumstances, sign up for their "service." Yes, I used quotation marks! If I was speaking aloud, I would use finger quotes! I would! FUCK YOU, ADELPHIA POWERLINK. I get so angry when I see commercials for their services. I hate it. It's false advertising. That's a crime, you know. And it's not like any other cable or DSL company offers services in our area. I just hope that we can get a T-1 connection.

You know what? I kind of wish I hadn't spent 10 hours painting my room yesterday. Because I sort of want to move to a place where they offer internet service. Not fakey-jokey-ha-ha-you-signed-up-for-crap internet service.

I found some T-1 websites that offer a $600+ loop fee. I don't know what that means. Is that yearly? Or monthly? Because that's fucking ridiculous if it's monthly. If I was in a good mood, I would've typed "riduckulous," but I'm not. Hm. I have money. I could probably go buy some bread and feed the ducks. That cheers me up sometimes. I feed the ducks after I take a test. I head over to Lake Toxicola on campus, and I feed the pretty mallards and those weird black bird-duck things with the red beaks.

Awww. Duckies.

I'm still cheesed off about Adelphia. I want to be at home. Pantsless. Surfing the internet with a cat on my lap. But, you know, I'd be wearing boxers. Because... ew. I don't want a cat sitting on me while I'm naked because that's weird. I would pet a cat while I'm naked, but I would not snuggle it. I'm uptight like that.

You know what? There aren't a lot of people in the computer lab. I'm going to look at Lucille's set, and if someone walks by and complains? I'll just say that there isn't a rule prohibiting nude art. There isn't.

Anyhow. Sorry about the kvetching and kvelling, but whoever reads this will understand what Adelphia "Power"link is all about.

There are certain things to be happy about. The furniture I want just went on sale. About $200 was dropped from the price of each piece. Kitzy, the lady from Ethan Allen, is going to come over some time during Spring Break for a free consultation. She'll measure the room, plug the measurements into her computer, and figure out what will fit and calculate the best layout for the furniture I need. I think I wrote about this yesterday, but talking about quality furniture is like a soothing salve for me. Maybe I should've written that into my DWR resum. "I will be able to work under high-pressure conditions because quality furniture is a soothing salve." Well. If I don't get the job, I could try hanging out at the store. And if I hang out enough, they might give me a job. Or a restraining order.

Speaking of restraining orders: There's an interview with my wife Lisa! YAY! And no, she hasn't issued a restraining order against me. I haven't even contacted her, nor will I ever attempt to do as such. I just have a little fantasy life, wherein we live in Vermont and live with kitty cats and drink maple syrup. Plus, we totally wore the same outfit at the Miami Film Festival. Come on. That's fate, right there.