Friday, September 5, 2008

Please send me some Internets

It's been over a week since I've posted anything. Sorry about that, but it probably doesn't matter since no one is ready my blog except my Mom (hi Momma!). Not a lot has been going on, I've just been getting things done at work and then when I'm not here I'm not on a computer. That's for two reasons. Reason one is that I'm on one all day at work so the absolute last thing I want to do when I get home is get on another computer. The the second reason (the more likely one) is that our Internet is gone.

For the past year and a half I've been using other people's networks. My computer can pick up like 20 networks in my complex and I can usually find at least one that is not password protected. We don't do anything weird on the Internet so it's no big deal. Seriously we just check email, read the paper online and Jamie visits these Auburn fan sites for whatever, but they are totally harmless and not strange. For months now we've been using a network called Dlink. Well, Dlink moved away (I assume) and now it's hard to get on. And it's driving Jamie crazy (me not so much but I am annoyed that a luxury I use to have is now gone). And people are getting smart, almost every network is password protected (mine totally would be if I decided to pay for one). My computer is better than Jamie's so I can pick up networks he can't. I've had success getting on one called Big10Rocks (the things people name their networks is so bizarre) but it's a weak signal and you can only use it if you're sitting in a certain spot in the "dining room" (half of the "living room" which is really just the apartment but since there's a table you dine at that isn't the coffee table it's considered the dining room). But Jamie likes to use his computer (he has a PC and as I've mentioned I have a Mac) because he just does so I've caught him on the balcony a few times with his lap top. Hey, whatever works. So we're hoping that someone new moves in soon, and like really close to us and forgets to password protect their network. Until then we'll be wearing aluminum foil hats and dancing around with our computers stretched high over our heads until we can get a stronger signal.

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