• My cable versus satelite predicament or: the only truely evil thing about living in ottawa.

    When I shoved my entire life into boxes and got the hell outa Pembroke way back in December, I acknowledged then that my hockey watching days, unles I wanted to convert to being a Senators fan, were either over or extremely, extremely numbered. Which, naturally, pissed me right the hell off. But, the job was here, the paycheck was here, and considering my schedule now–hello, night shift–it probably wouldn’t make much difference anyway. Still, I had thought I was pretty much S.O.L. because the land lord didn’t want us putting up satelites and whatnot. That whole securing things to the building thing, and all that jazze. Then I find out I can, just as soon as I go over to the office and sign some stupid piece of paper or something that basicly says I won’t try to stick it on the roof. Not that the thought still won’t cross my mind to try anyway. So now, it’s not what to do since I can’t get satelite–it’s do I even want to pay the higher price for it, and which semi-monopoly do I want to support? Although, the second question will probably be answered when I figure out which higher price to pay and subsequently answer the first one. At the moment, my choices–neither of them pretty so far–are to give even more money to mother bell, who already has my landline and internet money (Rogers uses Bell’s phone lines anyway and I will *not* get cable internet), or Star Choice, who I had living with my parents, but the nasty rumor mill tries to warn me they’re expensive as hell. I dunno–I didn’t pay the bill the last time I delt with them. Or, I could always just stick with the other evil empire (read: Rogers), and put up with the fact they refuse to offer the channels I’m looking for in Ottawa, which is IMHO about the most ridiculous thing out there–but that’s a rant not suited for this non-ranting entry. My choices, of which there are so precious few, are also at the moment… quite crappy. And… quite dependant on me getting off my lazy ass and signing some “I’ll behave myself” document. Heh. The idea of me behaving myself is amusing. No snickering, people who know me. That is, unless you’re thinking the exact same thing I am–you will never know, for I will never tell. What I will do, though, is… contemplate maybe actually signing that stupid piece of paper. After I make some phone calls. Which I’ll do later. Translation: ain’t nothing getting done now on that front. So the point of me writing this entry was… oh yeah, right. There was none. Oh well.

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  • I never was much of a Mindy Mcready fan.

    On the one hand, she’s the only artist all of who’s albums I can safely say I own. On the other, that’s because she only ever made, like… one or two, tops. And I think I somehow ended up with both. At least one person reading this is probably going “Mindy who?”, and that’d be about right. Considering she hasn’t had anything new out in… oh… about 10 years, I had to take a second to remind myself who the hell she was, too. That is, besides the idiot who joined a growing list of cellebrities winding up arrested for alcohol related moronicness. I guess it’s like that one Brad Paisley song–when you’re a cellebrity, it’s adios reality. Do I have to make a stupid cellebrity category up here? Sheesh, and it all started with that damn Hilton mess. Every time someone gets booked for anything involving alcohol, I’ll now blame her. Hey, she apparently likes attention–we both win.

  • Things I didn’t know: She’s a year older than me?

    I practically grew up watching ‘Full House’. Well, okay, so I can’t think of anyone my age who didn’t. But even so, I had no idea Jodie Sweetin was pretty much my age. And… already, she’s been married twice, adicted to meth, and… um, God only knows what else. That’s the cellebrity life for you, I guess–just ask Britney. Hm, I wonder… do those two talk?

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  • Weekend in T minus 3 hours!

    And I never thought I’d be looking forward to it quite this much. Guess that’s what happens when you spend nearly 3/4 of an hour explaing that, no, if you power your computer off while frozen, the world will not, in fact, come to an abrupt and firy end. Curious minds can request specifics when I’m not working. For now, let me just say this. Paranoia on that level? Not healthy. Not even close. In fact… I think he’s on medication. Or, um, should be.

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  • *twitch*

    Waiting on a call. Been waiting for almost half an hour. Had a grand total of two calls all night. Did a really crappy quiz, got a really crappy result not worth posting. This is gonna be a long night… somebody entertain me.

  • Oh. Damn.

    This makes my work day. Oh yeah. I am now good for the next 4 hours of my shift. Suh. Weet.

    Warning:

    If you’ve never heard of Ventrilo, this may or may not be slightly amusing. On the other hand…

  • An open letter to Sympatico…

    Dear Sympatico,
    Kindly stop blowing sunshine up my ass and lower the bloody prices for a change, rather than continuing to increase them. I’ve noticed no significant improvement in my service since I signed up, and therefore left scratching my head as to what, exactly, this price hike is supposed to go towards–besides some CEO’s pocketbook, I mean. So, please, either start dropping prices, give me something to justify paying the higher prices, or kindly fuck off.
    Sincerely,
    Me.
    PS. I despise form letters, in any way, shape or form. Just for future reference.

    Dear Valued Customer,
    We would like to inform you that as of August 8, 2007, the regular monthly rate of your
    Sympatico High Speed Internet service from Bell will increase from $46.95 to $47.95, plus applicable taxes. 
    As always, your Internet access is never shared, even during peak periods of usage.1 Plus, you’ll continue to enjoy:
    • Automatically updated and fully supported security solutions, including Parental Controls, Email Anti-Virus, Junk Email Filter and Pop-Up Blocker 
    • Round-the-clock technical support
    • Multiple email addresses and access to Sympatico Webmail
    If you have any questions about your continuing service, would like more information about this rate change or wish to respond to this notice, please visit
    bell.ca/contactus
    . Otherwise, the new monthly rate will be reflected on the corresponding invoice.
    Sincerely,
    Ellen Malcolmson
    Senior Vice President, Customer Experience
    Bell

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  • Yeah, it’s a slow night.

    An hour between calls. Plenty of time to check on my Baseball Mogul Online teams. And, in doing so, I learn… I’m 17-6 in one league, 55-60 in another, 13-11 in another, and 56-42 in yet another one. Plus one that’s not full enough to start yet. I have too much time on my hands. Someone call with a busted up computer. Please.

  • The almighty coffee chain and me…

    … are having just a little tiny bit of a spat right now. It has decided, I will be paying more for my occasional doughnut to go with my coffee. So now, I have to spend the next few months writing an essay on exactly why we’ll need to rework our relationship. But first–one last coffee, for old time’s sake. Anyone going on a coffee run?

  • Back to the grind…

    A week’s vacation is still not enough. But, ’tis over… and now, back to the usual routine. Anyone with quiz ideas, fire ’em at me. I’m gonna be bored ’til things start picking up around here… at about, oh… 2:00. Ish. Maybe. On the other hand, it *is* July 4th… Okay, I definitely need entertaining.

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