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sunshine_queenI'm at panera's, with internet! yay!
Things to be thankful for:
- America's Next Top Model marathons
- The fact that I have the better, bigger room.
- The fact that I have decided to stop being miserable and go with the flow.
Things to be annoyed by:
- Lack of internet in said better, bigger room.
- Lack of workable microwave to prepare my dinner, as I didn't want to leave in case the computer fixer man came.
- The fact that Chelsea, who doesn't care about the internet, got hers fixed, and mine is broken.
- The fact that the library was closed when I went there to use their computers.
- The fact that all my friends were/are busy and therefore unavailable to hang out with me.
I have officially been offline for over twenty-four hours. And I mean, I've gone longer- on vacation, during hurricanes- but at least then I was with my family, mainly, my mom and sister. I don't even have a roommate right now. And it's like, yes, I could watch DVDs, but I don't even want to. I'm an entire episode behind on
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the_retelling because I was packing and whatnot, but I don't want to watch Alias that I have to respond on while all riled up. And I'm afraid if I watch Buffy I'll just be all hateful and snarky and not enjoy it. It's a pity I don't own comedy shows. And the same goes for reading "The Bourne Identity-" I like the book, but the differences from the movie are great enough to irk me a bit, and the dialogue can be a bit insane, so I need to read it while in good humor. I guess I could watch 30 Rock on my computer, but I've seen all of those episodes, and... well, ANTM is pretty good, I got to see the Tyrant on my teeny postage stamp-sized screen. I even walked to the damn library, that was a nice walk. It wasn't too disgustingly hot today, but I am so glad for my dehumidifier.
I MISS MY FRIENDS. I MISS AIM. I MISS THE LJ PHONE SERVICE that for some reason no longer works on my phone. Like, at all. How can that be? The phone line doesn't work in my room either, the bastard. I'm living in a sad, sad place, guys.
DAY TWO
Sooo. It gets better.
Last night Monica, who is my BF of life, called me and we talked on the phone for hoooours. And then I went to bed around two.
At five in the morning, the fire alarm went off.
"Dude," thought I, "what is this noise?" And then I realized. So I got my glasses and my robe and headed downstairs.
Where no one else was.
"Um, okay," I thought, "I guess... there's no fire?" And got back in bed. The alarm stopped, I went back to sleep.
Six in the morning: Alarm goes off again. "SHUT UP!" I thought, but I got out of bed and went downstairs. At least, to the window on the stairs, where I could see no one was. "FINE." I thought in all caps angrily, "I WILL JUST BURN THEN." So I got back in bed and called my sister, who was up getting ready for her first day of school. After a few minutes, she passed the phone to my mom, who I was talking to when the alarm stopped. "OkayIloveyouI'mgoing backtobedbye." I said, and it was blissfully silent.
For ten minutes, until the alarm started again. It eventually shut up.
I look at it this way: I really wanted to live on campus again. And Sledd has welcomed me with open, wooden arms with rusty nails in them. "Here, you can have the room you want. Ooops, no internet! Oops, no microwave! Let's wake you up with pointless fire alarms! And also, THE SHOWERS WON'T DRAIN."
Thaaaaanks, Sledd. Thanks.
When I woke up, I called the computer people again. Apparently, they've gotten over five thousand phone calls of complaints, because, duh. The guy on the phone suggested I do a trick that fixed the problem for 75% of people.
Not surprisingly, I was part of the unfortunate 25%.
I should not go outside if there's a thunderstorm.
Things to be thankful for:
- America's Next Top Model marathons
- The fact that I have the better, bigger room.
- The fact that I have decided to stop being miserable and go with the flow.
Things to be annoyed by:
- Lack of internet in said better, bigger room.
- Lack of workable microwave to prepare my dinner, as I didn't want to leave in case the computer fixer man came.
- The fact that Chelsea, who doesn't care about the internet, got hers fixed, and mine is broken.
- The fact that the library was closed when I went there to use their computers.
- The fact that all my friends were/are busy and therefore unavailable to hang out with me.
I have officially been offline for over twenty-four hours. And I mean, I've gone longer- on vacation, during hurricanes- but at least then I was with my family, mainly, my mom and sister. I don't even have a roommate right now. And it's like, yes, I could watch DVDs, but I don't even want to. I'm an entire episode behind on
the_retelling because I was packing and whatnot, but I don't want to watch Alias that I have to respond on while all riled up. And I'm afraid if I watch Buffy I'll just be all hateful and snarky and not enjoy it. It's a pity I don't own comedy shows. And the same goes for reading "The Bourne Identity-" I like the book, but the differences from the movie are great enough to irk me a bit, and the dialogue can be a bit insane, so I need to read it while in good humor. I guess I could watch 30 Rock on my computer, but I've seen all of those episodes, and... well, ANTM is pretty good, I got to see the Tyrant on my teeny postage stamp-sized screen. I even walked to the damn library, that was a nice walk. It wasn't too disgustingly hot today, but I am so glad for my dehumidifier.I MISS MY FRIENDS. I MISS AIM. I MISS THE LJ PHONE SERVICE that for some reason no longer works on my phone. Like, at all. How can that be? The phone line doesn't work in my room either, the bastard. I'm living in a sad, sad place, guys.
DAY TWO
Sooo. It gets better.
Last night Monica, who is my BF of life, called me and we talked on the phone for hoooours. And then I went to bed around two.
At five in the morning, the fire alarm went off.
"Dude," thought I, "what is this noise?" And then I realized. So I got my glasses and my robe and headed downstairs.
Where no one else was.
"Um, okay," I thought, "I guess... there's no fire?" And got back in bed. The alarm stopped, I went back to sleep.
Six in the morning: Alarm goes off again. "SHUT UP!" I thought, but I got out of bed and went downstairs. At least, to the window on the stairs, where I could see no one was. "FINE." I thought in all caps angrily, "I WILL JUST BURN THEN." So I got back in bed and called my sister, who was up getting ready for her first day of school. After a few minutes, she passed the phone to my mom, who I was talking to when the alarm stopped. "OkayIloveyouI'mgoing backtobedbye." I said, and it was blissfully silent.
For ten minutes, until the alarm started again. It eventually shut up.
I look at it this way: I really wanted to live on campus again. And Sledd has welcomed me with open, wooden arms with rusty nails in them. "Here, you can have the room you want. Ooops, no internet! Oops, no microwave! Let's wake you up with pointless fire alarms! And also, THE SHOWERS WON'T DRAIN."
Thaaaaanks, Sledd. Thanks.
When I woke up, I called the computer people again. Apparently, they've gotten over five thousand phone calls of complaints, because, duh. The guy on the phone suggested I do a trick that fixed the problem for 75% of people.
Not surprisingly, I was part of the unfortunate 25%.
I should not go outside if there's a thunderstorm.
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Date: 2007-08-21 03:31 am (UTC)Dorms suck. Apartments rock. You can buy Draino and drain your own damn shower; it's awesome.
I went through the nocturnal fire alarm shit too, but mine was in January (twice in a week), so it could have been worse. Still sucks, though, I agree.