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Okay office hour of boredom (i.e. I don't wanna grade). To expand on last night's debacle, at dinner time the broad band worked fine. At 9 it did not. I called Verizon and for hours we batted this around. he scared the death out of me saying it was a virus (which I still think is possible but NOT the cause of this issue) because of how much usage I'm showing in a month. Apparently I'll not be doing many games on facebook anymore. sigh. ONE month. This thing lasted ONE month

However, when i put it in Bean Ed the netbook, it still did not work and I said well that should prove it's not a virus (since the tech dude was NOT going to put a work order forward on my problem because it was a virus). he finally agreed that was unlikely. He asked how long this was going on I said just today like a dozen times, he didn't listen to me well. Then he started in about another work order that got closed out because they couldn't reach me and I went off. They were calling during the day even though they knew to call at night and I couldn't reach that person. I hate Verizon I really do

So I have no idea when I'll be back online at night. i don't want to connect how i did last night since they track that. I'd rather not get in trouble but I do have to pay bills...


Then as if that wasn't enough, the storm last night brought hail. LOTS of hail. My car was too wet to access damange this morning but it was crazy bad last night. I tried to get the boys in. I saw kanda streak by and under the porch. He was safe enough there.

Speaking of that brat, as I was trying to bring in groceries, he did his best to trip me three times. THe neighbors were laughing

there was some good news last night

1) got a stack of manga to review. WHee manga

2) rain_oubliette's gift came. She knitted (crocheted?) me a beautiful red shaw. it's nice and heavy. THANK YOU so much. I'll try to play with that computer game after I'm done murdering verizon.

3) got the galley proofs for my sexy threesome story.


my cough got way worse last night. ugh. Hope that means it's breaking up and coming loose

Dear Verizon

Bite the fattest part of my ass

Tonight they called (on time) and said they didn't follow thru on the claim because I was on line last night. YES using a weird ass code that they used to jump me on line. morons. I can't use that. the tech told me so. It would not connect the way it's SUPPOSED to.

However, today it's working (who knows why) but they want to rule out that it's my computer so I had to put the broadband in my netbook and wander around trying to get a better signal (I didn't, will take it to work tomorrow just to prove my broadband is defective) They're doing everything they can to avoid actually helping with the problem. But in Bean Ed the signal was worse than it was here so it's NOT Alphonse the Tower that's the problem.

Naru the Honda has a dent in his roof from the hail. Tiny but still, has a few scratches too. Die mother nature.

( return of the writing meme )

27. Along similar lines, do appearances play a big role in your stories? Tell us about them, or if not, how you go about designing your characters.


Absolutely. Nothing makes me quit reading faster than characters that are not described in the least. I want a pictured painted. I might not tell you every detail about them but you will know hair/eye color, general build, age and any pertainent scars/tattoos.

You'll know that Makai is thin and gangly and sensitive about it. Maddelena has unruly curly Italian hair. Tarran has mismatched eyes and bi-colored hair. Placid is short with a prosthetic leg. Temple is a flaming redhead. Killian has suicide attempt scars on his wrists. Yukio has a tattoo of a dragon wrapped around an hourglass. I think these details are all important in their own way.