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[sunshine_queen]

So, I wrote a pretty amusing post (I thought) detailing both Dr Quinn squee (SHE AND SULLY GOT MARRIED, it was as crazy and delightful as you might expect) and the drama involving my phone (my unlimited web is not at all unlimited, it fact it is very limited, and I'm almost done FOR THE MONTH and I have to believe they mean 'some four-week period that ends soonish' rather than 'the whole month of November,' but who even knows. I certainly didn't intend to leave France being all 'AMERICA IS THE GREATEST' but goddamn, there have been so many little inefficiencies or just plain *lies* that I've never dealt with in the US and it makes me want to scream.

I also can't believe that the people dealing with our internet situation just have no idea when France Telecom is coming, because what kind of company just says 'oh, we'll come construct a line sometime' and then I think, no, it's totally possible, because: France. And then I fume.

So on one hand, I love being here- I have a lot of fun when I'm with my friends, and I love going into Paris and just hanging out or trying to find things and wandering around and accidentally stumbling on really historic things- and on the other I'm counting the days until I get to go home (forty!). This is so unlike when I went to college it's ridiculous.

Since I'm sitting here waiting to go to class (and then between those classes I plan on posting this, and then going into Paris!) I just looked at my contract and it looks like I signed on the 10th? So maybe the month ends then? In which case being near the end wouldn't be too awful, it would be bearable and in fact understandable? Sweet god I hope so. (I mean, unlimited should still mean unlimited, but whatever, I'm okay being at 160/200 'Mo' if it starts up again soon. I wish I knew how to look this up! I'm going to try going on the website and if I can't figure it out there I'll call them.

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[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Yay, wedding! I'm so glad you are still enjoying the show!

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

YOUR ICON!!!!

I lost this post I wrote before hand where I wrote down a bunch of tweets I wanted to send, and like 75% of them were about DQMW and most of those were about Sully and Cloud Dancing's bromance and how I want a show of just their hijinks; also, CLOUD DANCING IS AMAZING AND I WANT HIM AROUND ALWAYS.

I love this damn show. Even if it's ridonk. #especiallyifitsridonk

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

One day I have to link you to that Cloud Dancing/Sully/Michaela porn fic. I was scandalized when I first read it because DQ:MW was so wholesome. But the fic is hot. ;-)

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

OMFG that fic exists? I am scandalized.

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Okay now I must link you to several things. Because who else can I talk Dr. Quinn with? No one, that's who. So you're it and you get a couple of links!

- My Posts on Canon OTPs Past and Present. (http://daybreak777.livejournal.com/188016.html) (Of which Michaela and Sully are one. :-))

- THE FIC. (http://38gnihsurc.livejournal.com/118792.html)

[xenaamber.livejournal.com]

American customer service is the single thing I miss most about being away (other than my dog). Americans get spoiled compared to the rest of the world in this regard. The French, however, do have a particular knack for being unhelpful! Just be patient. ;-)

Yeah, your month will probably end on either the day you signed the contract (possibly the day before) or whenever your bill is actually due. It's usually not the calendar month. What's your data limit, out of curiosity? The US "unlimited" plans all have informal caps as well; if you hit the limit, they start to throttle your connection speed. You'll probably have to pour over the terms and conditions of your contract in great detail to find this info, as it's usually hidden pretty well.

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm realizing America is ridiculously awesome in that respect, it's hard to deal with this.

Apparently the month starts on the 15th or something, so it's not quite so tragic! The data limit is '200 Mo' but I don't know what that means and I was at 160Mo... I really don't know what counts for it or how much each action takes up. I'm sure there was limit on my internet on my American phone too and I just never reached it, but ugh. Uncool.

[xenaamber.livejournal.com]

Probably 200MB/month? That would be my guess. It's low, so if you're doing anything data-heavy, try to limit that on the phone. Anything text-based is probably fine. Ugh indeed.