Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label computer. Show all posts

Sunday, January 15

Hoping for Internet


It’s been one week that I’ve been living with my new roommate JC, my friend and boss! And, every day, I am cracking up with laughter at the hilarity of our friendship and the mountain, farmland environment we are living in. I know more about the livestock I’m living near than my human neighbors.
“Two months ago, living together with just a two text thought,” JC said. “Now it’s for realsy.”
…Yes, he actually said “realsy.” 
A neighbor. I call him Bruce
Tonight is just another night of me reclining in my bed and JC sitting on the cat hair-covered ottoman at the foot of my bed because my room next to the window is the only way to get Internet around here! Well, make that Justin just fell off the cat hair-covered ottoman! He has a habit of leaning back in his seat, which is quite impossible in the overstuffed handcrafted birthday gift from my grandmother.
Tonight, I decided to satisfy my sweet tooth and brought out a large bag of Jelly Belly beans that I bought at UNCG when I was trying to spend my declining balance points. Unfortunately, this bag isn’t an actual Jelly Belly bag; it’s a plastic bag that I shoveled unidentified and unlabeled beans into with a large metal scoop. There’s no flavor key to look at. We’re looking at the colors and hoping for the best! It’s not going very well…
Twice, JC has run out of the room to splash chocolate milk down his throat after eating a bean that he described as having “a kick to it.” I’ve spit out quite a few. Don’t trust the orange!!! It lies every time!! The flavors aren’t even starting to make sense anymore.
I handed JC a red bean with white dots. Watching him chew with a disgusted face, I asked him what it tasted like.
“Dirt!” he promptly answered. “I’m going to add banana!” Then, he popped in a yellow dotted bean into his mouth.
Like I said, it’s just another night gathered around the window hoping for Internet…! So much for “quiet hours” after 11.

Thursday, August 26

When Life Gives you no Internet

Dear Management of my Apartment,
 Hello, it's me again. I know we've had a few run-ins so far what with the shower door leaking all of my water onto my bathroom floor and my mail key not working, but I think we've gotten on well together. There's just this one thing: Internet speed.
 You should know, I am in absolute love with my apartment. I do not miss walking through the rain, the cold, and the snow plus a long, giant staircase to get to my breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I much prefer and adore my cute, little kitchen just a few feet away. I love the small balcony outside my door where I place a dining chair to sit and read in the fresh mountain air. I cherish and almost worship my private bathroom where I can constantly keep my toiletries instead of shuffling them back and forth from my dorm room to my suite bathroom where seven other girls clog the drains with their hair and "unmentionables." The fact that I can call something mine, a private place with no roommate shuffling above me throughout the night as I try to sleep for the next day of grueling classes is amazing, and I couldn't ask for better housemates. Kayla is an amazing, cheery, outgoing gal with a huge heart and bright personality. CC is laid back, cool, and unruffled by the little things. I can't wait to get to know him better. Then, there's my little brother Cody, who is actually older than me. He has such thoughts and notions about this world; I find them all fascinating! I love this apartment life!
 There's just that one thing: this Internet speed.
 I am a multi-tasker. If I'm not doing more than one thing at a time, I'm bored or it's an unproductive day. Well, while I'm excited I no longer need a long, twisty blue cord to connect to the Internet thanks to Wi-Fi, it is rather slow. I mean, we can agree on that, right? I know you secretly play FarmVille and it doesn't quite load as fast when you're at the office. So, when I'm trying to play Happy Aquarium, upload photos, write a blog, and play a YouTube video... well, my patience is tried time and time again. So, is this a server thing? Or is it the Internet company you guys use?
 It's not that it's necessarily a big deal! It's most that when I'm exhausted and not feeling well and just want to feed my CG fish before I go to bed but it takes five minutes to load and then some... well, it gets a bit frustrating and I want to toss my computer out the window. Actually, more like I want to toss the Internet out the window, but that is an intangible thing, and I'd hate to blame my computer for something it can't help.
 Anyway, let me know if you think about fixing it. Otherwise, I'm gonna have to head down to Waynesville where the closet Best Buy is located and figure something out. Because if I can't multi-task... I'm not a happy person to deal with in the office!
 Hope you guys are having a great start to the new semester with all your other grumbling tenants, and talk to you soon I bet!
 Sincerely,
   Resident A of Apartment #101

***No direspect intended whatsoever toward the management of my apartment! :) They're nice ladies!