Not dead, just internetless

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Well, the move happened, and with very few hassles (yay for professional movers!). My poor kitty was traumatized, but she seems to have recovered after only one puking-in-the-corner incident. (Honey, I've felt like I was gonna throw up all week, so I'm right there with ya.)

My parents stayed for the weekend to help me get settled, and so I'm almost unpacked, except for my bedroom. We went to see fireworks for 4th of July at the Pointy Things (aka the Air Force Memorial), which, if you're not familiar with the area, is up on a hill in Arlington with an excellent view of the Washington Monument (where they set off the fireworks), as well as pretty much the whole city... which meant that we could see pretty much every fireworks display in the DC metro area, lol. I have never seen anything like it - about half an hour before the big fireworks started, we saw all these little ones popping up on the horizon. There must have been a hundred of them all over the place, and they continued on after the big show was over.

Anyway, we've been to DC a bunch of times, so our only sightseeing was the Pentagon 9/11 memorial, and other than that, we just drove around my neighborhood trying to figure out where things are. I have this week off, so I should have time to familiarize myself with the area, although I'm somewhat petrified to attempt to drive outside my immediate neighborhood. (GPS. Schizophrenic episodes. Not pretty.)

As I mentioned, I am currently internetless - the Comcast guy doesn't come until Saturday!! - so I've been using the business center in my building. I'm trying to keep up with my flist by opening tabs in Firefox, which I can read later without internet, but of course can't comment unless I save them for my next trip to the business center. So I've probably read your stuff, but if you think I've missed something that requires comment, let me know. I am also without cable during these dark ages, so I'll probably have a list of books and movies I've read/watched when I come back. :)

Comments

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Hope all goes well, and the Comcast guy comes when he's supposed to.

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Thanks! Weird creepy thing - I also posted this entry on my personal blog, and a Comcast rep REPLIED to it, saying they were sorry they couldn't get someone out sooner, and to contact them to see if we could get it pushed up. I mean, I appreciate the effort, but seriously, someone from Comcast is reading my personal blog and responding to complaints? I feel like I need to be more careful about what I say now...

[angearia.livejournal.com]

Oh hon, how the lack of internet must be killing you. I love your solution though, hee. Very creative. Just goes to show how far one will go for internet.

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Heh, and to make matters worse, we had a power outage yesterday that knocked out the internet all last night and this morning. I went to slaymesoftly's for lunch today, and I think she expected me to be gnawing my fingers off and offered to let me check my email on her computer. :) But it's up and running again, so all is well.

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

No internet?? I get depressed just thinking about it...

Glad the move was relatively hassle-less. Yay for professional movers! Hope the rest of the transition goes well!

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LOL, I don't know what I'd do if we didn't have the business center. I already feel so cut off without regular internet and TV.

[mikeda.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the Metro Area!

Glad to hear that the move went smoothly.

(Hope the cable/internet hookup goes just as smoothly.)

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Thanks!