Where's my internet?

[ximen]

My internet at home has been down since Tuesday night. I called Clearwire Wednesday morning, and they promised to look into it. Nothing happened. So I called them Thursday afternoon and asked them again, and they said there was a problem with my tower and it would be fixed the next day. Nothing happened. So I called them this morning, and after spending nearly an hour on the phone (not on hold, just trying everything), they promised to send someone in to check things out. But the soonest this person can come is Tuesday, meaning that I get to spend a week without internet. This is really annoying, since the times I like to use the internet are in the morning and at night, which are also the times when the library and all the nearby coffee shops are closed, and also when fewer of my friends are on chat. Plus, I can't try QQing with Jiang Lian, because the times I'm at a coffee shop are the times when she'd be asleep.

Despite this, things could be a lot worse. For one thing, being in China for a few weeks has moderated some of my internet addiction, so a few hours at a coffee shop leaves me feeling completely full of internet. I was motivated to go to the library and pick up my holds, because I wanted to place more hold orders and I couldn't do it at home. And because I'm in Seattle, there are tons of places with wifi that is either free or comes free with a cup of coffee. If this were Boston, all the coffee shops would charge extra for their wifi and be miles apart from each other, the library would require a library card to access their overloaded internet, and I would be once again reduced to huddling outside the Pizzeria Uno just to check my email. And I have various library holds coming in, so I have things to read. So I'm not all that upset.

But that said, if for some reason you need to get in touch with me, use the phone or be willing to wait a day for me to check my email.