da-da-da-da-da-da-daaaammmmmnnnnn $299 flights ROUND TRIP to rome from ny? i need to go. i should go. but 1) it doesn't coincide with spring break. 2) even if i wanted to take days off and go for a long weekend ( which would be hotttttt) the only dates that price is avaliable is right before finals... like the 2 weeks right before... and going then would be crazy. so for anyone else that has the time... go to euroflyusa.com and get your $300 tickets. and damn you. damn you.
end of story.
1.14.2007
1.04.2007
Installation
wow. i feel dumb, but at the same time quite intelligent.
today the box came for digital cable. fancy. sooo, no we did not request for comcast to come install, instead being the handy family that we are, decided to install ourselves (more like the cheap ass family). so who you gonna call to install?? ME! yes me. so, i'm feeling all handy and manly, i disconnect the old cable box and connect the new one. easy enough. i put in the batteries into the remote and turn on the tv and cable box... nothing. black screen. great. so i look at the letter enclosed in with the cable box and see it has three easy steps:
1. connect your digital receiver.
2 Call the digital service activation line. This call lasts about 3-4 minutes.
3. Allow the digital receiver about 45 minutes to automatically download the necessary information.
call the digital service activation line?? wtf? there was no phone number included on the paper.. who was i supposed to call? ghostbusters? (haha not funny i know) so i spend about 30 minutes hunting down this number. I called the comcast support line (after 5 minutes of waiting got inpatient and hung up) email customer service. everything. no number for this so called "activation line". i slump down on the couch in shame, this was easy enough! and yet i found a way to fail. great. i pick up another pamphlet included in the box and look through it, it was a more detailed installation guide... and wouldn't cha know there, in step 5 was the activation line. I called the number quickly (they close at 11pm) and was able to get the cable activated. now i just have to wait 45 minutes. at least now i don't feel like such a failure.
today the box came for digital cable. fancy. sooo, no we did not request for comcast to come install, instead being the handy family that we are, decided to install ourselves (more like the cheap ass family). so who you gonna call to install?? ME! yes me. so, i'm feeling all handy and manly, i disconnect the old cable box and connect the new one. easy enough. i put in the batteries into the remote and turn on the tv and cable box... nothing. black screen. great. so i look at the letter enclosed in with the cable box and see it has three easy steps:
1. connect your digital receiver.
2 Call the digital service activation line. This call lasts about 3-4 minutes.
3. Allow the digital receiver about 45 minutes to automatically download the necessary information.
call the digital service activation line?? wtf? there was no phone number included on the paper.. who was i supposed to call? ghostbusters? (haha not funny i know) so i spend about 30 minutes hunting down this number. I called the comcast support line (after 5 minutes of waiting got inpatient and hung up) email customer service. everything. no number for this so called "activation line". i slump down on the couch in shame, this was easy enough! and yet i found a way to fail. great. i pick up another pamphlet included in the box and look through it, it was a more detailed installation guide... and wouldn't cha know there, in step 5 was the activation line. I called the number quickly (they close at 11pm) and was able to get the cable activated. now i just have to wait 45 minutes. at least now i don't feel like such a failure.