internet is back!

Its been awhile since my last post, many reasons have contributed to this none more important than comcast’s lack of ability to maintain a strong cable connection at my new houston residence. In my last post [seen directly below], i talked about how this would be “the last time” i wrote “final days” or something of that nature (i’m not actually reading the last post to verify the wording so just work with me here). Naturally, the next day i got an email saying my start date was pushed back yet again, to the following monday on the 22nd. Actually, the email said “we’ll call you 3 days before you need to be in houston”, so i actually got more of “start date pushed back indefinitely” which ended up being the following monday. I guess you could say a one week paid vacation (which didn’t count against my vacation time) is a great way to start off my young career, but for some reason i feel i’ll forever be known and associated with the “start class of Hurricane Ike”. 

We (my sister and I, yes i live with a married couple, really freaks people out when i tell them) were one of the lucky ones to have power back almost immediately, just no cable or internet. For some reason, everyone else seemed to have cable and internet, just not the 77098 (specifically my street which will remain a mystery to all my readers (i think there are 2, and i dont blame anyone for giving up on me as my post rate fell to abysmally low). You never realize how much you love something, until its not there anymore. Being in a new city with very few contacts (okay i’ll call them friends) is tough enough, having no cable and internet to at least be able to check email / WATCH HEROES (still haven’t caught an episode because we got our cable back last tuesday, only to have it go out again the following monday). But enough about that, there were some positives such as i read my bible more, played guitar more, and have taken my (well my sisters but really should be considered mine because she works late and i’m lola’s primary caretaker for 90% of the day) dog in good long walks exploring the neighbor hood and admittedly taking advantage of Lola’s overall appeal to strangers (we seem to have the “old lady segment” of the population on lock down whenever we pass by, they love to stop and pet her and love on Lola, we’re currently working on the “early 20’s” segment without as much success)

I promise meatier posts coming soon, such as why i feel the US government should in fact pay 700 billion for SECURITY BACKED assets.