Not me, my computer. In shop till at least Tuesday. Am stuck with miserable dial-up connection. Did not know could become such high-speed princess in three months' time after six years of dial-up, but feel helpless, suffocated. More content updates to come ASAP once lovely broadband restored, including write-ups of lurid Saw II, huge letdown of Jarhead, and utter catastrophe of Shopgirl (speaking of "ailing").
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Ailing
Not me, my computer. In shop till at least Tuesday. Am stuck with miserable dial-up connection. Did not know could become such high-speed princess in three months' time after six years of dial-up, but feel helpless, suffocated. More content updates to come ASAP once lovely broadband restored, including write-ups of lurid Saw II, huge letdown of Jarhead, and utter catastrophe of Shopgirl (speaking of "ailing").
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Apologies for having to add the Word Verification function, but the spam has become insufferable lately. Maybe I have Finally Arrived? Suddenly, I am on the radar of all the classiest Russian Viagra magnates and Indian flower shops. But sorry to interrupt. What were you about to say?
(For the reason I've just described, I moderate all comments made more than two weeks after a post, so don't be mystified if you hit "Publish" and it doesn't appear.)
Another F! Yes!!
ReplyDeleteI tried dial-up for the first few weeks I was here, but after having had broadband for the whole previous year I found that I couldn't go back without spending an inordinate amount of time just staring at the computer, waiting for it to download big things. So: I feel your pain. Sorry that the computer is continuing to ail. It seems wrong that computers are built with such a short lifespan that they start dying after only a few years.
As a confirmed broadband (now wireless broadband) princess, I pity your plight Nick. This too shall pass!
ReplyDeleteShopgirl an F? I can't wait to see this. Damn your dialup connection for making me wait on this! (While I didn't think it was stellar, I thought it was passable.)
ReplyDeleteOh, also: my students who are in England and have seen the new Pride and Prejudice tell me that it's really solidly good. I've never gotten the sense that filmizations (a word I learned this weekend from The Snake Pit!) of 19thC novels are necessarily your thing, but at least there's some word from people whose tastes I don't distrust that something good is coming down the pipeline. In case that offers any hope. Also, the preview for Derailed makes it look pretty darned good, and scary as hell.
ReplyDeleteP and P is really not bad at all.
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