Sadly, piracy was not an option, but I am online and I am happy. Showers and internet. I think we're going to make it.
Internet didn't come easy, though. The cable internet man didn't have a clue what Firefox was and told me I needed Internet Explorer. I told him I didn't have it, that I deleted it (yes, it is possible), and that I didn't want it back. I was nice about it, though, the poor man was dripping sweat and looking very perplexed about my unconventional browser. Then he spent about an hour on the phone on hold before figuring out the problem. Oh frabjous day! I have precious internet without compromise (I know, I know, no need to be dramatic about it). Right now, though, my computer is attatched to the umbilical cable. Gotta get a wireless router so I can be free to blog from the bathtub (our lovely apartment bathtub, which has claws on the bottom of it).
Posted by linnea at September 2, 2005 1:12 PMThat sounds splendid. Bathtub blogging.
Posted by: tuggy at September 3, 2005 3:20 PMCircuit City has a pretty good deal on a Netgear 802.11g wireless router this week, if you're willing to fill out, send in, and wait for the mail-in rebate.
Make sure if you're blogging from your bathtub that you plug in the computer. That way, if it falls into the water, you'll have a much more energizing experience! :)
Posted by: mott at September 5, 2005 5:08 PMDarling, don't listen to Mott! He is leading you astray! (about the bathtub, anyway - dunno about the validity of his Circuit City claims...)
Posted by: Shaw at September 7, 2005 5:38 PMIncidentally, DO you have an "iiiiitty-bitty living space"?
Posted by: Elliot at September 7, 2005 5:38 PMBarfhead, yes, in a way, when all of our stuff is in here it's pretty small. Also, I got a D-Link wireless router so we're cooking now, with gas. I don't understand that idiom.
Posted by: linnea at September 8, 2005 8:47 AM