eskatological volumes

10.23.2002

 
12:34

well work was ok monday. for some reason shit didn't start hitting the fan till tuesday; still hasn't settled out yet. but monday afternoon i had a hankerin' to rent some movies, so i invited doug up. we watched nightmare on elm street part 3 (still truding through the series) and dagon. it turned out to be one of the few good h.p. lovecraft adaptations. it was genuinly creepy in parts at the beginning and middle. third act kinda fell apart a bit..as they always tend to do. but we..well he ate at olive garden, and i got a light bulb for my bathroom from target also. oh, and my cable modem was out and my tv reception was pretty shitty..just like it was a month ago. but with doug over, i had no big concern over it and figured it'd suss itself out as it did last time. tuesday morning it's the same; so i call comcast and dude says they'll send someone to check on it that day. i get home tuesday night and both are still not working. i've got a msg on my machine from comcast saying some monkey was there today and checked the box outside and everything looked kosher. so i'd need to call and have someone come by when i'm there so they can come in. *sigh* so i call them back and explain how it was mysteriously fixed last time..how some guy just called me at 9pm and asked if the tv/modem were working nwo (which they were). so anyway, i've made this call and i've told the dude my deal, and he asks me to hang on a sec. i can hear him typing. and typing. and typing. i'm hoping that perhaps he's looking up what was done last time. trying to cross-reference something, or just fix it himself. i have time to eat 1lb of grapes before he finally comes back and says, 'so, will you be available thrus the 24th?' *sigh* so some monkey is scheduled to come out between 8-10am this friday. i told him i really didn't think the problem was between the walls of my apt and the connection in my room. also, this will be a hassle because the cable is split right behind my row of 4 computers. hopefully he doesn't start with that 'you paying for an ip for all these machines' bullshit. and to top it all off i had to watch buffy last night with this shitty reception. ..at least i was able to watch it i guess. could have went to the mall to watch it at some store in there. oh, and kimberly came by last night after buffy; she brought me two pieces of pumpkin cheescake *yum* and we watched the real world. she was rather tired and left before 10pm.
also i called tues morning about my community service hours. turns out i have to find the place to work my hours; i thought they'd have openings..like an unemployment office or something. so i'm trying to put in my hours at the rape and sexual abuse center here in nashville. i called the lady there yesterday; she said she'd have to get back with me to see if there was anything i could do. haven't heard back from her. called her again today, but got her voicemail. guess i'll have to call again later.
not sure what i'll do tonight if the cable is still out. watch a movie or something perhaps. oh, well i do need to watch dawson's leak as tonight is the one misty is suppose to be on. hopefully i can make her out with the crummy reception.