I haven’t been able to blog for about the last week because my Internet has been wacky most of that time. We couldn’t figure out what the problem was. At first I thought maybe it was because of the rain. Then my grandpa figured out that it must be our wireless router, so he went out and bought a new one. We also upgraded our service to the next higher speed, so things are moving twice as fast and working well. I’m completely loving it.

I finally managed to catch up on the first three seasons of Bones, and then the few episodes of season four that have aired. It could easily be my new favorite show. Then I decided to start watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer again. I think it’s mostly to fulfill my need for more David Boreanaz. I think I might even check out Angel after I finish with Buffy. I always wanted to, but I never caught the show from the beginning, so I never really fully understood things.

My grandparents seem kind of concerned about Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch’s sale to Bank of America. Apparently, they’ve got some money in with the Lehman Brothers’. I don’t understand how businesses like that fail, but I guess the market just isn’t doing well. But I think they also needed to look into the corporate performance management (cpm) software. It might have helped them to see how things were going. But then again what do I know about business? That’s right. Absolutely nothing.

Last night I finished watching the mini-series Generation Kill. I’ll probably write out a review for it a little bit later. I didn’t really mention it beforehand - I just started doing it - but I decided to start writing out a short little review or my thoughts on movies and such. Since I tend to watch a lot of movies, I just thought it would be a good idea to document my initial thoughts on things. I might start doing a few CD reviews every now and then too. We’ll see.

Last week my Internet connection was pretty dodgy. I was able to get online, but I couldn’t accomplish much. I found myself refreshing every few minutes because the page would just stop loading midway. It was really annoying. At first I thought there was a problem with the wireless, but there was some problems with the other computer and laptop, so I don’t think it was that. Then it just started working again just fine, so I’m not sure what the problem was, but whatever it was, I’m glad it’s fixed.

I guess it’s better when the problem is on the service providers end, though. At least that way you don’t have to worry about it being your computer and replacing it. Although, it seems more often these days it’s easier to find parts to fix the problem, or to just do a quick search and WHAM - there you have refurbished and used cisco, compaq, HP, or IBM products for a lower price. But it’s really all just a headache when things aren’t working the way they’re supposed to.

Of course, that’s life, isn’t it? Things never working the way they’re supposed to. You’d think I’d be used to it by now. Perhaps there’s a little bit of me that wants to remain optimistic about life despite what realist in me knows.