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January 26, 2010 | rants

You know those people who are all “omg I unplugged from the world this weekend and it was amazing!!!!!” Well I’m here to tell you my thoughts on that…

THEY ARE ALL FUCKING LIARS.

It’s not awesome or amazing or even slightly cool. It sucks a lot.

For almost a whole month I’ve been without internet at home. Our internet company sucks so it barely worked half the time. Then we couldn’t decide if we were going stick with said company or switch to another who isn’t that great either so that took awhile. And then finally deciding to switch companies and then them not being able to come until February 1st.

One month. Without internet. #incrediblystabby

Let’s talk about how I dealt with it. Read books. Watched bad Lifetime movies about Pregnancy Pacts (HILARIOUS). Painted my nails a pretty color. Repainted my nails a pretty color. 500 Days of Summer. Hacked my iPhone to turn it into a modem.

Yeah, you read that right.

I hacked my iPhone to turn it into a modem for my laptop. (Guys, you should be incredibly turned on right now. Hell, even you girls should be.) And that worked really well most of the time. I mean, I did have issues, got kicked off a lot and issued many an apology via gchat because I missed the rest of what they were saying and can you please resend that last im?

But then gmail and reader decided to no longer work for me which is a huge pain the ass. Especially since I have to email out resumes to get people to realize exactly how awesome I am and to just HIRE ME NOW DAMMIT (interview tomorrow. holler!). Then the connection became even less reliable making it hard take care of other things I need to do like be managing editor for NextGen Chicagonista (adding new writers soon!). Posting pretty things to OHL Shops (award winning blog!). Post things here. Gchat with favorites. READ BLOGS.

Basically my life was in shambles. And still is for a few more days.

It led me to where I am now. At the library. Interneting it up with the unwashed masses. Trying not to stab teenagers in the face for giggling and trying to get boys attention by “whispering”, HEY COME HERE JOHN! Dealing with creepers lurking in the stacks. The occasional person from high school. It’s a mess but it’s five minutes away from my house.

And then, THEN my headphones busted but I still have them in my ears WITH NO MUSIC PLAYING to stop creepers and people I went to high school with from approaching me and it also helps drown out some of the sound from the teenage girls who I might stab.

So yeah, I’m still here and will be as long as I don’t get arrested for shanking someone or spontaneously combusting from Lack of Internet. But I will say, when I get said job and am finally able to get the eff out of the south side, a nearby bar with internet access will be high on my priority list for new apartment. Because it’s a proven fact that creepers are far more pleasant when drunk.

The things I do for the internets…

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An Iphone as a modem? I have such an e-boner for you right now. Can’t wait til you’re back, full time.

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