An odd and unfortunate thing

by | Dec 4, 2001 | Imported Entry

An odd and unfortunate thing has happened. Excite has declaired bankrupcy. I know what you’re thinking… “so what?” Lemme explain. Excite runs Excite@Home, naturally. Excite@Home provides service for dozens of major cable modem providers across the country. When Excite declaired bankrupcy, they had to shut down their service, thus shuting down cable modem providers and cable modem users across the country. I have a cable modem. At the apartment, we use Comcast@Home. Comcast has signed a deal to extend the service, but only for three months. Meaning, if it’s not already disconnected, in three months it will be. Hense, by March, I’ll have no internet service. My only hope is that another company buys Comcast and continues service. But since Comcast is still a major cable TV provider, I doubt that will happen. I may have no internet connection soon. This is not good. If my roommates are reading this, we’re going to need to find an alternative within the next few months. Start lookin’ boys, I know I have.

It’s weird… I feel like

by | Dec 4, 2001 | Imported Entry

It’s weird… I feel like I’ve let myself and others down. But I don’t know how that could be. See, every year, around Christmas, I start to feel depressed. I don’t know why, I just do. This is the basic problem: I’m poor. Well, ok, I’m not “poor” but I’m a college student and I have no money. I also have a girl-friend, family and friends I would like to buy presents for. Presents are hard to come by for free. So I feel bad. I can’t get the important people in my life something nice. So, as anyone would understand, I try and consentrate the pathetic amount of money I have into finding something nice for the girl who will very likely be “Mrs Perry” in a few years. Again I feel sad. I can’t afford nice things. Here comes the speech about it’s not the gift but the thought that counts. You can save your breath, I’ve heard that one a few times. It doesn’t matter to me. I should be able to do something nice for the person I love most, and I can’t. I feel like an ungreatful piece of crap. So, I dip into my savings, or what little there is, realizing that this means I won’t be able to get myself anything for Christmas, that I’m spending birthday money given to me on other people, and this makes me feel a little better, knowing that I’m giving up something, or anything for that matter, for someone else. This also drains my bank account, and thus the vicous cycle repeats. Why can’t I have a nice job and make enough money to make others happy. I doesn’t upset me to have nothing for myself. What upsets me is to have next to nothing for someone else.

I’m sorry, I’m babling like an idiot. I’m going to go to bed now. Sorry to take up your time. Sorry. Sorry. Night.

Chip & Chris: Guys… how

by | Dec 4, 2001 | Imported Entry

Chip & Chris:
Guys… how would you feel about the idea of a group journal/site? We’re all opinionated, might be interesting… sort of usr/bin/girl meets movie reviews and mindless ranting. whatcha think? It’s been done before… but not by us. hehe.

What a random afternoon. After

by | Dec 3, 2001 | Imported Entry

What a random afternoon. After blabbering for a bit (see below) I got a call from my Dad. His truck wouldn’t start and he needed a ride. So, I went to pick him up. Unfortunatly, the directions I got from him weren’t even close and I ended up driving around for at least and hour and a half. After that we needed to run errands and since his truck wasn’t starting, I became the taxi. I didn’t really mind though, I didn’t have anything better to do. So, sometime around 3, he finished what he needed to do and I dropped him off at home, only to be bombarded with irresponsibility insults relating to my loan/school situation. This was something I did not need. I sat there being berated and eventually left the house around 4. I wondered over to the mall to see if I could find Lauren something nice for X-mas. I kinda-sorta found something but I’d like to get something else to go along with it. After that I stopped by EB and hung out with those guys for a bit, listening to Brent’s girl troubles and more district manager bashing. Ah, I miss the retail life… well, not really, but it’s still nice to visit. So, I got back a little while ago and help my Mom get down the Christmas decorations and now I’m taking a break for some dinner and some blogging. I guess thats about it. Later.