So, hey, I got this internet thing back.
FINALLY.
The tech came an hour early - while I happened to be out on a horrible grocery shopping trip, actually - and got me hooked up right quick when I got home!
Posting as usual will return as soon as tomorrow, I have an art piece going and I’m only behind ONE dailybean now. I’m also considering setting the dailybeans up as a section on the blog, for enhanced commentability. Yes?
In case you somehow missed the news, I recently moved into my own apartment. This has entailed a number of things, like having to get the power turned back on, having to buy an emergency plunger, and also just plain moving a whole bunch of stuff. It also meant I needed to get internet hooked up.
Which, so far, hasn’t happened! Even though I’ve been here for more than a week now. WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHY? I sure would!
So! Before moving, I did some poking around looking for what the best option would be. Turns out, as far as cable internet goes, Time Warner is the only option in my area. I was dubious of using them from the start, but I went ahead and got an appointment for the 2nd of July. It meant 5 days of waiting around with no internet, but I figured, alright, it’s only those 5 days.
As of right now, it’s been 10 days, and I’ll be waiting at least 4 more. How could this happen, you ask? Turns out Time Warner is just as bad as I thought they were!
Cozy bed in tiny cozy bedroom.
I made it! With the help of my wonderful family, I got all moved in this weekend. You never know just how much crap you have until you have to take it up a flight of stairs.
Sadly, I won’t have internet at the apartment until Thursday or Friday. It’s a little lonely, but not as agonizing as I had made it out to be.
The one adventure I will relate is that of the toilet. This morning, it overflowed. I thought it had recovered, and it overflowed again. And again. And one more time. Now, having just moved into this place, I’m missing a lot of things - a plunger among them. So I headed over to Walgreens to pick one up.
Buying JUST a plunger? Kinda awkward. “Hello, sir. I pooped! Lots!” I was tempted to grab condoms, tampons, or some laxative, just to make it MORE embarrassing. Then I enjoyed the walk back to my apartment, plunger in hand! Yep, not weird at all.
Now, at the store they’d only had the crappy generic red kind with a flat bottom. I knew this was not the best option for toilets, but it was kindof an emergency, what with needing to be able to use my toilet and so forth. Sadly, the plunger did NOTHING. As of this post, my toilet is still clogged, but my sister is bringing a better plunger for me when she comes to visit.
SO THAT IS THE STORY OF MY TOILET. Enjoy!
Quick note: Posting has been and will continue to be light as I move downtown. I will be without internet for some time, hopefully just a few days, but we will see. I will keep drawing the dailybeans, but they won’t be posted until later.
Wish me luck!
My favorite room, namely because it's the only one with STUFF IN IT.
So! You may or may not know that I am MOVING soon! To an APARTMENT! By MYSELF! (Until August.)
Yes, up until now I have lived either with my parents or in the shitty mcshit MIAD dorms of shit. That is all about to change, when I move into my Hip Apartment in a Hip Neighborhood with my Hip Roommate, Marisa, Canadian Extraordinaire. (No, I will never tire of pointing out that she is Canadian. She is Canadian! From Canadia! Moose Hockey Goose Rush Tim Horton’s!)
I have been sort of lazily shuffling objects in the direction of the apartment over the last few weeks, rather overwhelmed with the idea of actually living there. However, I have had a conversion experience, and am now super pumped and can’t wait.
I'm Liz Nugent, a 20 year old illustration major at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Also, I'm a nerd. This blog will contain my sketches, works in progress and final pieces, as well as features on my favorite artists, my thoughts about arty and/or geeky things, and whatever else I want to write about.
