| Well, what do you know, there *is* a problem with my connection. | 12:21 am |
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right.
Had to reboot it two more times, so I braved another call to Comcast.
I got an amazing woman named Michelle who knew my problem the second she loaded my account.
My modem isn't getting a signal. Either it's a problem with the line, or it's a problem with the modem. A tech will be here on Monday around 1PM. He's going to test the line/cabling first, and if it still fails, give me a new modem.
honestly, I'm not surprised. This modem is at least six years old at this point,and don't they usually die after five or six years?
I told Michelle about the problem with the first person, and Michelle said that that person shouldn't have even suggested there was a problem with my computer, because as soon as she brought up the connection to my modem, it was obvious it was receiving no/sporadic signal. She further said that the person probably didn't look up my modem, because as soon as I unplugged it to try another reboot, she received a message on her end that it had gone offline.
She told me I could reboot it each time it disconnects, and I might get 15-20 minutes of time out of it before it loses signal again. I might try to see if I can't mooch off the neighbor for the weekend, but if I'm not on, this is why.
It's just a big pain in my ass though, because I need to be able to plan out all the directions and stuff for next week and I need to be able to make plans with SA, and now I'm reduced to sending 133 character messages at a time through my cell phone. (which, btw I'm in AIM as BeccaOnCell)
I feel bad for the tech though. He's going to have to crawl around UNDER my house, and probably need me to show him how to remove the skirting.
Anyway, posting this before I lose connection again.
This also kinda screws SA and my plans for Monday. We have to go letterboxing later in the day, and have to make sure we don't fall asleep when we arrive back from BWI. Ah, well. At least I got an appointment on Monday. I told Michelle I was going to be Out of Town starting Tues, and while that's not entirely true, it's closer to the truth than anything else.
Sadly, the tech for tomorrow was all booked, or she said she'd have made sure he got here. Ah, well. Just sucks because I'm trying to re-download the fiesty DVD and get the old laptop set up to man my download while I'm in and out with this laptop next week, and now I can't download the updates! |
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Apparently last night my connection stayed until 2:18AM, but I went to bed around 1230 because I was just fedup with the whole thing. I temporarily cancelled my large download, on the off chance that I'll keep my connection longer if it's not trying to suck that down. We'll see.
Yesterday I got up bright and early and went down to Central Market. Central is apparently the oldest Farmer's Market in the country/world! I picked up veggies for next week,and walked through market a few times, took some photos, and then decided to walk downtownish and see if I could find anything worth photographing. I went too far though. I wound up having to walk through parts that are considered "bad". Oops. But all in all, I walked about two miles, so that was a good thing.
Came home to discover that Sixthman apparently teamed up with Paste magazine to send a free issue, and an offer to get Paste for $9.95. I have no interest, but if anyone wants the deal, let me know and I'll make sure you get the subscription information.
Then had to deal with the internet mess while doing some cleaning.
Washed all my bedding to discover that something weird happened to my comforter in the dryer. At the bottom, the stuffing all bunched up and got real stiff. :( So, I'm using it for now, but as soon as I see a new Sun/Moon comforter, I'm going to get it. Since it's at the bottom, it won't bother my feet, but when I have taller people over, it might.
Plans for today....hopefully finish cleaning in the kitchen. Hopefully. Maybe I'll read a book and ignore the internet and only reboot things when I really need it.
If you need me, e-mail or AIM on my phone is probably best. |
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I know i said on syrg's journal that I was tired of reading all the "moving to greatest journal" posts, but I discoverd that I already had a greatest journal out there, as annaonthemoon. Beats me when it was created though. Anyway. I spent most of the day using LJ-Sec to move my entires from here over there. Am I leaving LJ? No. But some of you who write fic are, and I want to make sure I have a way of continuing to read your stuff. So..if you ARE moving over to GJ, please add me and/or let me know. |
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