June 29, 2002

Damn it all!

This fucking sucks. Everytime I try to do something interesting with hardware, I wind up forgetting all the parts that they connect to.

Right now, I am trying to move this site to my laptop. That involves reinstalling OpenBSD, which involves either my OpenBSD CDs or having a network connection. I don’t have my CDs, they are in my room. I don’t have one of my network cards, it’s in my room in Stony Brook. I have my other network card, but the dongle is also in my room in Stony Brook.

The other task I attempted to accomplish was to set up my wireless network. I have the wireless network card, which requires me to get an adaptor for it to connect to my computer. After ordering it a month ago, FedEx tried (and failed) to deliver it. I hate FedEx, it can never find my house. “But that’s another story” (phrase shamelessly stolen from Drew.) I called the company I ordered this from, and they said that they already refunded my money. So, I thought, damn, I really wanted them to redeliver it.

A week later, my mom says that they delivered again, via UPS (I love them.) So, here I am, with my beautiful adaptor, all ready to be installed… except I left the wireless network card in my room in Stony Brook.

I’m such a dumbass.

Oh, by the way, if you’ve been calling my cell, it’s useless. I turn off all possible sounds, including the vibrate mode, because I hate being woken up while in class. Plus it’s impolite to everybody else who’s sleeping. After class, I never remember to turn on the sounds, either.

In fact, last night, I was just enjoying the peace and quiet in my single. I glanced at my cell, and suddenly realized that it was actually ringing! By the time I hit connect, that person had hung up, and I was too lazy to call them back. Oh well.

Moral of the story: don’t call me. Or, just leave me messages.

One more thing! Don’t ever send me text messages. It costs me five cents to receive each text message.