we make hope from every small disaster
My Internet has been down at home for SIX DAYS, Team Blog. Six Days! Blah blah blah, I ended up changing service providers and it's not like I've been without entertainment or anything. a) I started the BBC show called Coupling on DVD. People always say it's the British Friends, and I get that, but it's funny in a different way than Friends and also kind of dirty. b) It snowed. Enough snow, in fact, for Amy and I to spend hours sledding. It's supposed to snow more this weekend. c) Little League basketball. We have three games left, and then my little girls will be all grown up and too old to play for an elementary school. This year some of them have boyfriends and I spent the whole second quarter of our last game telling one of my girls that was in foul trouble (and therefore on the bench) why she should break up with her boyfriend. (He's mean to her friends.) d) The Collective. This week we did book reviews. Abigail wrote about The Playboy Mansion. Kat wrote about her lover, Fitzgerald. Jennie wrote about alcohol and why you shouldn't run with scissors under the influence of it. Today, you can write your own book review. Do it! Next week we're writing: Why You Should Love [fill in the blank]. Except, um, we'll actually be filling in the blank.
"Blank" is one of those words you can say over and over really fast and it loses all meaning. Like blog.
Happy weekend.
Edited to add: I really hated to do it, but I had to put comments on moderation. I am getting spammed out the wazoo and my new Internet at home won't be up and running until Monday. I'd hate to open my email Movable Type and have a hundred thousand spams. I would have to kill a person. Or bot. (If you've commented before, you should be on the Trusted Commenter List, and your comment will be posted right away.)
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I'm pretty sure if my internet went out for six days, it would lead to me running naked down the middle of the street. I'm not sure how those two things are related, but for some reason they are in my head.
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My real confusion came when I needed to order a pizza and pay bills. I had to call my sister to log into my Papa John's account and order the Heather Special. And bills? Some people mail, like, paper checks. Weird.
Posted by: Jennie! | January 18, 2008 02:49 PM
yeah, i'd end up bringing a sleeping bag to work and camping out.
you could say i have a problem.
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Pajama party at Kat's office! (I call scooter!)
Posted by: kat! | January 18, 2008 03:06 PM
If the internet went down in our house I would have to find somewhere else to stay because I think my husband might become murderous.
Oh, and I got laughed at when I went on a tour of the Labor and Delivery Unit at the hospital where Bug is going to be born because I asked if they had Wi-Fi. They assured me that I wouldn't want to be checking my emails (how should they know?) but I was more concerned for poor Charles during my hours of Labor. How will he keep up with the outside world? What will he do?
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What if you're one of those crazy-angry labor women and you throw Charles' laptop at his head? Better leave it at home, for both your sakes.
Posted by: Jenn (the not-sister) | January 18, 2008 03:09 PM
Um, OK, Kat's plan makes more sense than mine.
Posted by: Jennie! | January 18, 2008 04:00 PM
Can you believe it is supposed to snow up to four inches in our little Georgia?? Too bad I'm leaving town for San Deigo!!
ALSO - better charge up the laptop battery. We are destined to lose power for days and days.
Posted by: Courtney | January 18, 2008 04:24 PM
I am testing the Trusted Commenter thing on account of it has never worked on my blog.
Posted by: Abigail | January 18, 2008 05:45 PM
Mmmm, Jack Davenport is in Coupling and he's dreamy.
Posted by: Ashley | January 18, 2008 09:05 PM
I think about writing my review of Three Cups of Tea more than I actually work on writing the review. I need to get away from the internet.
Posted by: Elisabeth | January 18, 2008 09:36 PM
You would go mad in Oregon. My internet goes down a few times a month. Makes me crazy...
Coupling is one of my favorite programs. Brits are too funny.
It's way better than Friends.
Posted by: Mad William | January 19, 2008 02:41 AM
No snow, but it's friggin 1 degree out.
I'm not sure what I'd do without the internet at home.... maybe I'd get something productive or creative done, for a change.
Posted by: Sally | January 19, 2008 04:59 PM
Six days of no internet AND snow? It's like the apocalypse down there.
Posted by: Heather B. | January 19, 2008 08:39 PM