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05:48 - 25 March 2005
its friday! yay!! all is swell!
happy friday!
well its good friday! its also the full moon! and, it quit raining! and i slept good! and my back aint sore no more!

i got my dsl up from at&t yesterday morning when the modem came. now, as it is in my life nuffin is simple. i dont like to read a whole shit load of directions, so i installed the software for the modem, and simply removed the offending qwest modem, and in its place put the champion at&t modem, and whammo, zingo......

NOTHING!

ya the power light was on, but the dsl light was blinking!
now that aint right! its supposed to be solid! and im not online!
after looking at all the connections, and seeing that everything was supposed to be where it was supposed to be, i sat here, miffed!

so, here we go, i have to call the dreaded tech support. now i called em the day before to see if i could use the evil qwest dsl modem with the good at&t signals, but as we all know, evil and good dont mix, and even though the tech support guy i talked to is from bombay, (sigh) he seemed to know what he was talking about.

so, i make the call. will i get someone who knows what they are doing? this is me we are talking about, ya know! so after 3 smokes, and a cuppa coffee, i get bimbo de simbo, the time wasting, script reading, dumbo, thick indian accent talking, low wage earner!
grrrrrrr!!! ok, art, dont yell, just hang up, deep breath now. relax. no stress. im seeing spots before my eyes now, the anger is starting to escalate.

ok. after 30 minutes or so, i calmed down. now when i was talking to the nice guy who knew what he was doing the night before, he had called me back and asked if he could help!!
YAY!

ok, so the good techie from the good at&t who knows what he is doing is now walking me thru this stuff. there was a coulpa things i done wrong.

1. i didnt use the phone wire they sent me, cause it wasnt long enuff.
2. i didnt bother with putting a filter on the line, after all, i didnt need a filter with the qwest dsl, so why do i need one with the at&t equipment?!?

so the smart techie told me to use the phone wire that was sent to me, and to put a filter on the line. now putting the phone wire on that was sent required me moving the puter and desk closer to the phone jack, and when i did this, and added the filter, viola!
im online!!! yay!!

now, for some strange reason, i have to use a username and password, just like dial up. o well. i got 3MBPS as compared to 1.5 and paying 10 bucks less!!! happy happy joy joy!!!

i got the super, new and improved, 2005 norton internet security, which protects my wal-mart bought computer here from all ends, email, browsing, and instant messaging! and scans automatically every day! the only drawback to it is it blocks me from using pogo games, so i have to shut it off, and when i do that, i have a choice as to how long, 15 minutes, 1 hour, etc. 20 bucks on ebay!

speaking of ebay stuff, i bought 2 games on ebay, mah jonn and poker, and those came in the mail yesterday also.
but, this being me ya know, i opened the package just to find that i now have bingo and morgage calculator! WTF?
so, i emailed the shipper, told them what was up, and i got a response within the hour! they sez sorry, we sent the wrong order, we will ship you the correct order today, so just write return to sender on the package, and send it back, so, that was good! (theres an ELVIS song in the previous sentence, can you tell me what it is?

so now, all is right with the world, i have real hi speed dsl for 10 bucks less, and hopefully they wont play billing games! we will see. i may even go food shopping today, i feel so spiffy!

hava slap-happy weekend, and if ya sick, i hope ya feel better, and hug ya kids, and feed the cat! they will love ya for it!



cat of the day!! yay!!





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