I had some work I wanted to get done this week, some emails I wanted to send forth into the ether. So, of course, my internet decided it was time to bug out. This is the third time this has happened. I'm beginning to think my interwebz know something I don't. Julie, can I get a ruling on this? Third time's the curse, right?
Anyway.
I am currently seated at that mecca of all things delicious and interwebby, Panera Bread. Phoebe Snow's Poetry Man is playing. Does it make me old that I know this? Eh. Either way, I'm here to get some work done (unless my curse has followed me and the whole of Panera connectedness meets a gruesome demise), so I'll keep this short.
I'm offline. I'm likely to continue being offline until mid-late week when my new DSL modem is due to arrive. I will do my best to catch up with all of you once the situation is remedied (please God, let it be remedied).
No parties while I'm gone.
All right, you can party. I can't, because Natalie Merchant is coming through the speakers now. Decidedly not party music. And can someone please tell me, when did she start turning into Eddie Vedder?
You work on that, I'll work on my emails. If you hear of a Panera exploding, you can send the donations to my family.
Hope it all gets worked out. I hate computer problems.
ReplyDeleteEvery year that I enter the Golden Heart contest at RWA, you can guarantee that my computer will do weird stuff. Why is that? Is it my own nervousness causing problems? Hmmm. This year I printed up the ms in advance, and the six synopses, then on the day before I was to mail the package, I printed the six copies of fifty pages. I was calm. Smooth sailing. ; )
*sighs with envy that you have a Panera nearby* hope everything is up and running again soon, Delia!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what a Panera is, only heard of it through Crusie, but I DO know that you are a Virgo and we are retrograding with Mercury right now.
ReplyDeleteSo... be as slackerish as you like DearHeart, you are STILL under the ruling guise of the communication planet, and what else do we do with the interwebz beside communicate? Pretty much nuthin' if you break it down.
You've solved the problem as much as possible right now, ordered a new part/server/dealie-bob thing and you've taken your tall self elf off to a place where you can connect (and apparently eat much yumminess).
Keep your head down, walk quietly, don't make any sudden movements. You should be fine. (Eventually, it always ends.)
Julie
I won't have any parties without you. Who could?!
Phoebe Snow and Natalie Merchant and Panera Bread and the web. I believe that means you just had a very good morning or afternoon.
ReplyDeleteJulie, Panera Bread is a restaurant with yummy food. There is one in Lynwood, just north of Seattle. Maybe there is one in Portland, maybe. Have Dan google it.
Stay warm, winter is coming fast upon our heels.
ya know, if you were one of the kewl kidds you woulda gone to starbux. ha. i don't think the people there, on their computers, are even working; just drinking coffee and looking intimidatingly kewl. (<- lol, i am sure i used all those commas and semi's wrong. my gift to you. enjoy.)
ReplyDeletebest of luck on get them there interwebz fixed. Speedy Delivery!!
Yeah I've been having computer type issues, too. My laptop is dying, sigh.
ReplyDeleteI'll miss your wit until you come back up.
Don't give too much to those Panera people. Save some for us cause we'll need an extra dose when you come back.
@Robena, This happens every time I try to send out something to do with my novel. If I were a paranoid person, I'd wonder how bad my novel would have to be to break the internet. Good thing I'm not a paranoid person.
ReplyDelete@BarbN, It's a bit of a drive, but then so is everything around here. Small price to pay for that Asian chicken salad. And their bear claws. And broccoli cheese soup. Damnit, now I'm hungry. ;)
@Julie, It would seem all the Paneras in Oregon are out at the coast, you poor thing. As for Mercury, my troubles started before the whole retrograding thing, so it doesn't count, right? Also, if this is how it's going to be, Mercury can kiss my ass. You hear me, Mercury? Pucker up! That's right. Don't make me have to come up there and cut you.
@Carol, Night. I closed the place and still didn't get my work finished. *sigh* Well, I'm back now, so it'll get done regardless. :)
@Magoo, Starbucks was across the street. I totally would have gone there, it was my favorite place to write before they got free wi-fi and people started taking up the tables to surf, but they lack dinner service and I was hungry. It's too bad, because they have this one table that's tucked off in a nook, backed up against the wall with an electrical socket right behind it. Perfect. Oh, PS and btw, I'm cooler than the cool kids. ;)
@Judy, Noooooo! Not a dying laptop! That's the worst. I hope it revives for you. :(