Painfully Slow
On Saturday, Cox shut off our cable services because apparently my Mom’s payment to them did not go through. For shutting off all of our services, they forgot to shut off the TV and we still receive, but not send, e-mails from our cox.net addresses. Cox wanted over $100 to turn everything back on, but my parents were like, “fuck it,” and we went with a new service for Internet. They got a wireless card through Alltel. It is so slow. Average speeds are 351kpbs when I’m used to 3.1 to 5.0 Mbps. Of course, it’s better than nothing. I won’t be able to get online with my video game systems until I get my own place and my own Internet. As for TV, they’re looking into other providers.
If you didn’t see the update on the main page, there is a new short story online, Entering a “Do Not Enter” Room at Work. It follows Danny after a typical day at work, when sees a mysterious door with a “Do Not Enter” sign that he disobeys. What’s in the room? When did the room appear? Is he going to get in trouble? Will he die? Read the super short story to find out or don’t and be curious forever.
I have the next three days off from work. I thought about flying to New York City to do some shopping, but it would cost me $1,000 for plane and hotel. If I did, I would so totally call work and say, “Guess where I’m at?” I figure I’ll just head south to Texas for some shopping. I just want to get out of the state, you know, travel really while gas prices aren’t killer.
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