To review:

• Rogers sucks.
• My computer might still be having wattage issues.
• Internet Explorer sucks.
• Directah is a pimp.
• Wing Commander is hard

To elaborate:

I've been phoning Rogers on a semi-regular basis for the last month, because I'm sick and tired of my modem resetting itself on a fairly regular basis. It annoyed the hell out of me before, but I could deal with it. Then J got me hooked on Tides of Blood for Warcraft 3. Now, if connection issues knocked me out of a game of Unreal, or Battlefield, or Halo, or whatever else, no problem. I just had to wait 30 seconds or so for the modem to finish reconnecting, and I could rejoin. Warcraft 3 doesn't support re-joining games in progress. So if I play a game for an hour and a half, then the modem decides to reset, that's it. Game Over.

The first time I called them, they blamed my router for the issue. The second time, after I'd proven the router had nothing to do with it, they said there was no problem. The third time, they acknowledged the problem again, and said they'd have it fixed in 24-48 hours. 2 weeks later, I got fed up again, and this time, they told me my whole neighbourhood is spotty, and that they're looking into it. I can call again in a week and a half or so to check up on their complete lack of progress.

After replacing my 350W Powersupply with what I was told was a high-end 450W, all my reseting-during-games/interference from the tv-tuner problems were solved. Only, it's a 430W, and the problems seem to be slowly creeping back. It hasn't started to really bother me just yet, but I may uninstall Unreal for awhile. I'll see how Doom³ performs before I do anything drastic.

Over the course of 2 days, I was infected 3 times with VX2 and 2 other pieces of malware, so I've given up on Internet Explorer, at least until WinXP SP2 gets released. I've gone full-out Opera, and so far, I'm mostly happy. The occasional site doesn't render the way it should, and I've yet to figure out how to get flash working in it, but at least there's a handy "launch page in Internet Explorer" option, so Homestar and the like aren't completely dead to me.

Oh, and of course, now that they've associated themselves with Yahoo, Rogers' Tech Support site is completely off-limits to me. You'd think they would have learned something from the @Home debacle, but nope, here we are again.

There's nothing more I can say about Directah being a pimp.

Wing Commander is quite easy, really, especially if you aren't being psychotic about getting every single possible kill, but every 12th or so level, is next to impossible. And each and every one of those hard levels? I beat no problem. And then fail to save, or my wingman dies. Also, I remember some of the events of Secret Missions 2, despite the fact that I'm positive I never played them. The Super Nintendo version of Wing Commander must've had some of the Secret Missions 2 plot added. Which really makes me curious what was in the Super Nintendo Secret Missions cart.

I can come up with no explanation for why I'm awake right now. None.

I'm gonna do something here on the 13th of August. Whether it turns into a typical click-dealie, or just have everyone here for a barbeque is up in the air, and out of my control.

Note: I typoed this as the 14th earlier. It's definitely the 13th.

I should wake up early more often.

Servers love when you put your bones on the table.

For all the bad reputation, spam can be dimly amusing.

From: Shasta
Their beautiful recycle bin is on fire.
Mine soft car is angry however, a round-shaped sport shoes stinks.
Our children stupid carpet stares.
Mine noisy glove stares.
Her slopy hairy underwares stinks.
Their slopy dog arrives.
His round bra arrives.
A little eraser walks however, her daughters expensive pensil stinks.
Any silver t-shirt lies.
His brothers purple binocyles stares.
Whose round tall eraser got an idea.
Any red printer looks around or maybe the well-crafted omprella looks around.

I got that ages ago, but I'm not sure I actually posted it...so there it is. Shasta's free-form spam poem. The following, I got the other day.

From: Unknown
Subject: Mature woman looking for a real man

Because only the most mature 19 year olds would use a name like "Babyslut"

That game was ours!

God I'm tired.

I will not be held responsible for the terribleness of my connection! I won't!!!

Also, I'd quote the definition of decision, but then I'd come across all bitter.

Slowly...but surely, it's dying.

Luckily, it won't kill me to fix it. Just a minor annoyance.

I don't watch tv, and I try to avoid reading anything in the newspaper aside from the comics, because I love staying uninformed. It makes life oh so much more interesting.

Since I'm obligated to keep up to date on current events, so as to make awkward conversation on blind dates, I make it a point to check hard-hitting news sites on the net on a semi-regular basis.

I figure since I've got a site on this here interweb thingie, I should post links to some important world events every one should know about.

• Saddam Hussein: Not as bad as George Bush made him out to be
• Screw it, I just wanted to link the Saddam thing

Special Update: I am undefeated in Katamari Damashii Deathmatch.

UNDEFEATED

Witnesses had the following to say "Wow! Crazy Westenah destroy arr in pick up crap tournament!"