so... apparently they've been providing me with internet service since the 9th... I just can't connect... and I've tried all the phone jacks in the house that I can find...

somebody's coming over tomorrow. If they do the "sorry we don't know what's wrong" thing the guy on the phone did to me today (granted, for my hour of conversation, he did do everything he seemed to be able to do to help me), I'll get really angry... and then I'll switch.

my modem functioned for all of a minute, and then the guy on the phone told me I had to shut it off and reboot... and then it never worked again, no matter what combination of connections, cables and jacks I used...

on the plus side, I get five bars of connection between my computer and modem via wireless, it just doesn't go anywhere!

next time, I'm going with Shaw.

Damn, Beck, I wanted to see a fight. But out of town until the 27th.

Also, really short notice: Bad Movie, Jere & Dana's, 9:30. Apologies for aforementioned short notice.

Anyone interested in camping next weekend, the 21st?
Leave Friday night, come back Sunday afternoon.
Campfire, marshmallows, swimming, drinking, burgers/hotdogs, frisbee and all that good stuff...

I don't really want to go alone, but you know... I will if I have to :)

according to the conference call on the oilers website, his wife is actually ok with the city and doesn't mind coming here because she's familiar with what she's getting in the city.

Those numbers were about $1M per year less than I was expecting. I guess both sides were settling on this one. Given that I heard about the signing and then heard the terms, I'm not disappointed. (I mean, it's less than they offered Nylander.)

Still waiting for a first-line to magically appear. It's still going to be a long year (especially if he repeats that -28 from last year).

My favourite part of all this is the one sentence post at CinO: "He's divorced, right?"

(We've been suckered into these 5-year defenceman contracts before...)

Paras - I knew you were going to say that. I'm trying!!!!! I knew I was in trouble when the printer troubleshooting started suggesting that I just turn everything off, then back on, and seeing if that helped. My solution: use the printer at work.

Alison - I would be very very surprised if Telus didn't provide that service in your area. Matt got it at his old place in Parkallen. I think we just got ours right away because they were a week late connecting us in the first place, disconnected the phone number when they promised to keep a voicemail account on it, and billed us for 10 days of phone that we didn't get. And because Matt had given them hell about it. But you should call them if it's already been 5 days. So far, the only people worse than Telus has been EPCOR. Don't even get me started on EPCOR.

Something good in Oil country Let's wait to see the #'s before we judge though...

Update, sportsnet says 5 years 27million.

wait, YOU have internet even though you didn't get your phone until two days ago?? what the hell? if Telus has sold me a service they don't even provide to this area, I'm going to go ballistic. It'll be a week tomorrow since I got my phone, but still, no internet... (just "free" wireless)

Jess, I thought you were going to learn how to fix printers. We had a deal.

How long have you had the phone, Al?

And why won't my f-ing printer print???? The computer recognizes it and says that it is 'Ready'. Grrrrrr.

But our computers, internet, and router all finally work. And I got my little mini-tackroom started - yay! :) And I filled my freezer with free wild meat from my Dad's freezer - free and yummy. I think I'm going to take a break from swearing at my printer, go make popcorn and listen to Harry Potter on tape (this really excellent British guy reads - he's great).

Hope y'all had a good night.