Wasting time with Jet

Okay, we're up! 24 Hours a day, 7 Days a week, we never close...

You'd think it'd be the easiest thing in the world, BUT NO!

All it did was cost me my already fragile relationship with my best friend and chance to relieve my growing sexual appetite, BUT NO!

NOTHING EVER GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN!

DAMN!

(Exhales)

Yes, I am posting this at 3 O'clock SATURDAY afternoon, ya'know why?

Becuase Time Warner Cable Technicians are nothing but a bunch of lazy, good for nothin' C**KSUCKERS!!!

I waited all morning friday, got a confirmation call at 12 noon...automated message "Press 1 to confirm, 2 to cancel scheduled appointment." Other than that, I'm screening the rest of the house calls, none of them are for me anyways and MOM's outta town...The place is quiet as a mouse, if anyone knocked on the door, I would of heard it, but first they would have to sign in with the guard downstairs and ring the intercom. I'm chillin, playing Golf on my PSP, and then at 2:30, the machine picks up the phone and some dude says "YeahTimeWarnerCableit'stwothirdyIcan'tgetin...YougottareschedueBye...*Click*..." The message was at least 15 seconds, it took another 15 before I realize who that was, I pick up the phone screaming at the dial tone...the slam it down and go downstairs to the lobby.

I asked the guard if anyone tried to buzz my apartment, he said no, I asked if he saw the cable guy come in the building at all, he said no, I ran back upstairs. I call Time Warner again, it's 2:35, now...The operator tells me a tech just logged in his report that he tried the "HOUSE" at 2:30 and no one answered. I explained to him that this was an multi-story apartment complex, not a house with securty guard in the lobby and an intercom system. The operator admits that the tech's report is very "vague" and after putting me on hold for 20 minutes, he says they can't do a "Turn-Around". My theory is the asshole was getting behind on his appointments, decided to call ahead and see if anyone was home and when the machine picked up, he used that as an excuse not to even make his way to the place and go on the next appointment, lazy asswipe! So the operator reschedules for Today between 10am and 2pm. I say fine without even thinking about JOE's party!

So, its saturday morning now, and I feel like shit because I know I'm not going all the way out to LI (Long Island) in the middle of the day. The trains suck after a certain point and it's a long trip in the first place. Usually, I'd take the 10:39am train out to Port Jefferson (Transfer halfway..) and get there by 12:45pm. JOE'd be there to pick me up and it's another 15-20 minute drive to his neck of the woods. A couple years back a round trip ticket on a non-rush hour period would be 16.50, now it's 19 bucks flat. To even go out there on occasion SHOWS what a good friend I am, Especially since he NEVER comes around the old neighborhood anymore. Now his wife is throwing this damn party for him, she told me a month in advance it'd be on Labor Day Weekend, and then changes it two weeks ago. She planned to welcome vistors around 2pm, give them time to come out and since you figure it takes forever to get back in the city, they start going back by 6.

Well, here I am, waiting for the cable-shmuck to fix these wires and get my Road Runner going, knowing damn well, Imma miss this party. I call JOE in his cell phone, I called him yesterday on the job, but he was so damn busy, he rushed the conversation. I told him I'm not gonna make it and that his wife's gonna be pissed with me, he shrugs it off. We go way back, and this really means nothing to him, it's the misses that's going ga-ga. I still feel I'm in the doghouse with her...I mean, WHAT wife likes her husband's friends anyway, right? She still thinks I'm a bad influence on him, on HIM!...PLEASE!

So anyways, the guy finally buzzes at 12:30 and I sing "Hallelujah". The guy looks around while I nerviously explain the hook-up and my grandfather's handy-work. He doesn't sweat it thank goodness and proceeds to work the wires. The ones in me and MOM's room were too weak the carry the modem signal. He took the cable modem out of my room and put it near the TV in the living room, ironically, the room with the rarely used TV was the only place the modem would work after some brief modifications (Probably because it's the original hook up). I either had to move my computer, or use the very long network wire supplied by the Self-Installation Kit. The choice was clear. I'd just have to pry it up near the ceilling to make sure no on trips on it. At 1:45 I was offically on, he said his good-byes and that was it.

I tested out the connection and speed by downloading an episode of "Medium" using BitComet, it was pretty good (Not Optimum Online-in-the-Bronx Good, but Good). I then checked the schedule on the LIRR, There was a 3:19 train that would get me there by 5:30, what the hell would be the point?

I was so pissed, if they came yesterday, I was going to call my Blue Fairy and set up a 10pm Rendezvous and then go to JOE's party today sexually high-as-a-kite.

BUT SHIT NEVER GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN, DOES IT!?!?

Them's the breaks, I would try and go tonight, but I feel too guilty. JOE's like the only friend I got in the world, and despite all the times he's left me hanging, 9 times outta 10 I've been there for him.

You know?, there's always MY birthday to get a lil-somethin' somethin', even though it falls on a Tuesday this year.

And I still wanna get away from it all for a little bit. I gotta put in a call to my Aunt down in VA and see how's she's doing...

My broadband connection came at high a price, but damnit it was worth it, I'm going to download Kanye West's second album and G-Unit's Tony Yayo, and maybe start up the ol' job search now that I have unlimited online access...



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