Ok, I was mad. Wait, I'm still mad. I'm so freakin' angry I could spit! But (because I don't have access to the web much... and whose fault is that?!), my Eircom rant went out without me having had a chance to blog earlier about all the cool things that have happened lately.
In the space of a week at the beginning of April, three great events occurred which made me very pleased with life. First, I passed my Irish driving test with flying colo(u)rs. Woohoo!! Then, the next day, I moved into my new apartment. Not quite enough space for my clothes (or my shoes), but it did prompt me to give away all the stuff that doesn't fit anymore, which is probably also a good thing. It's a great apartment and, despite the above mentioned drama, I'm glad I did it. I'm now right in the city and can walk to the gym, salsa classes, shopping (that I don't have space for), the English Market, etc.
Third, on Monday the 6th, the UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels male college basketball team showed why they're a DYNASTY and won the NCAA national championship. GO HEELS!!!!!
All in all, loads of good things happening lately. Including an upcoming trip home to the states for a friend's wedding and general having of fun :-)
Doesn't mean I'm not still pissed though.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
A little late, but still funny
I wish I'd seen this prior to the election, but it still makes me laugh.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/canada.png
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/canada.png
Monday, April 20, 2009
Unbelievable.... and not in a good way
What kind of ridiculous third world infrastructure do they have in this country?!
As you can tell I'm pretty pissed off at the moment. Sadly, I haven't had access to either the internet or Sky TV for 3 weeks now, ever since I moved into my new apartment. That's a really loooong time to be cut off from the world. No email, no websurfing, no Skype, no blogging(!) except for what little I can get done on my iPhone (which, amazing as it is, is NOT a longterm substitute for a full-size computer). And why? Because the waiting period for hooking up my phone line with Eircom is ridiculously and inexplicably long.
But I tolerated it because they gave me a specific date that it would be turned on. They lie!! When I called today to find out why the technician never came, I get some sorry ass story about it being a new building and the date they gave me was only an early estimate. Hah! That's not what you told me both times I called to verify my order!
The actual truth is that it could take up to JUNE before they get their apparently single technician for the whole damn country to saunter on by!!!
What am I supposed to do till then? Are they serious? Even Jamaica does better than this.
Can you tell I'm pissed beyond belief?!
As you can tell I'm pretty pissed off at the moment. Sadly, I haven't had access to either the internet or Sky TV for 3 weeks now, ever since I moved into my new apartment. That's a really loooong time to be cut off from the world. No email, no websurfing, no Skype, no blogging(!) except for what little I can get done on my iPhone (which, amazing as it is, is NOT a longterm substitute for a full-size computer). And why? Because the waiting period for hooking up my phone line with Eircom is ridiculously and inexplicably long.
But I tolerated it because they gave me a specific date that it would be turned on. They lie!! When I called today to find out why the technician never came, I get some sorry ass story about it being a new building and the date they gave me was only an early estimate. Hah! That's not what you told me both times I called to verify my order!
The actual truth is that it could take up to JUNE before they get their apparently single technician for the whole damn country to saunter on by!!!
What am I supposed to do till then? Are they serious? Even Jamaica does better than this.
Can you tell I'm pissed beyond belief?!
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