Landline blues

Right now I'm spending about $30 for voice and dialup together, plus maybe $10/mo for phone cards (although that may go down).

I'd be tempted to switch to a cell phone ($40/mo or less, if I glom on to Jodi's AT&T plan) and dump the landline except that I use the latter for dialup.

Verizon DSL requires landline voice service and some sort of package deal, which means it'd cost about $60 for DSL+voice and let's say $40 for cell. Not a bargain.

Cable modem probably costs about $50 without cable (or $60 with ultra-basic, I'd guess); still not much of a bargain.

So it looks like even if I don't use the landline for anything but dialup, it's still the cheapest option. Unless you count burning airtime for 9600bps cell phone data, which I don't. So if I want a cell phone, I'm not saving any money by getting it. (Jodi's doing all right because she gets wireless-to-T1 at her apartment.)

Damn it, why won't someone next door get a WAN that I could steal?

Ah well. Maybe someday we'll have one home and two jobs instead of the other way around.

Interview me!

Five questions per person -- I'll answer them.

Quiz meme strikes! Film at 11.

1) Last dream: Can't remember.
2) Last car ride: from the car rental place to Justin's house
4) Last person you kissed: Jodi
5) Last good cry: Babylon 5, "Walkabout"
6) Last Missing Library Book: Oh, I don't ever lose library books. I have a password.
7) Last movie seen: Matrix Reloaded (Centropy SVCD)
8) Last Book Read: Starship Troopers
9) Last curse word uttered: fuckin'
10) Last beverage drank: Reed's Ginger Beer (extra ginger brew)
11) Last Food consumed: homemade sprouts-spinach wrap
12) Last Crush: Jodi's friend who looks like Amidala and works in a bookstore
13) Last phone call: Health insurance company
14) Last TV show watched: Babylon 5
15) Last Item Bought: Yellow miso paste
16) Last time showered: 8am
17) Last shoes worn: Birkies
18) Last CD played: Chicago soundtrack
19) Last MP3 Downloaded: B5 soundtracks
20) Last annoyance: Totally uncomfortable flight (I went to the bathroom to have more room to stretch)
21) Last disappointment: Not being able to bump for a free flight
22) Last soda drank: Ginger beer
23) Last thing written: Letter to a Sears manager
24) Last key used: Backspace
25) Last word spoken: Thanks
26) Last trip to the bathroom: ooo, thanks for the reminder
27) Last sleep: 11pm-7am
28) Last IM: to a coworker
29) Last song you listened to: "Macavity", in my head, or a song from the B5 episode in real life
30) Last time you yelled at someone: a few days ago
31) Last weird encounter: young black woman who said "My friend likes you" as soon as I hove into view at a bus stop, then pestered me again with the same line
32) Last Store Shopped at: Chuck's Natural Foods
33) Last ice cream eaten: Can't remember
34) Last time amused: this morning, seeing a 100-count bottle of pseudoephedrine with an expiration date a few months from now
35) Last time wanting to die: Can't remember
36) Last time in love: currently
37) Last time hugged: weekend
38) Last time kissed on the cheek: Can't remember
39) Last time humped: Can't remember
40) Last time scolded: a few night ago, when Jodi and I were keeping our hosts awake by giggling in bed
41) Last time resentful: hauling groceries in across a block where I couldn't park while it was being painted
42) Last chair sat in: this one.
43) Last lipstick used: Whaaaa?
44) Last underwear worn: Big Dogs boxers with "Drive Big" down the front and a golfing dog on the left leg
45) Last bra worn: Whaaaa?
46) Last shirt worn: Red polo
47) Last class attended: one of Jodi's French classes (I managed to take notes and fooled a visiting professor into actually looking me in the eye when he spoke to the class)
48) Last Final taken: Comps, May 1998
49) Last time dancing: bethlynn's wedding last weekend
50) Last poster looked at: a cat playing pool (don't ask)
51) Last concert attended: Anti-Flag at the State Theatre
52) Last webpage visited: this one

A handful of Pittsburgh diaries

May 28, 2003
May 29, 2003
May 30, 2003
May 31, 2003
June 1, 2003

More to come when I've got the time.

Now it's time to go offline so Jodi can call me. (M-I-C, K-E-Y...)