I Didn't Switch My Bank But...

I did quit Verizon!!!! Actually, what I did was sign up for Comcast / Xfinity. I will quit Verizon soon though.

Here's what my 5-month relationship with Verizon included:

• The daily cursing of my WiFi that doesn't work but says it's working
• The "Turn AirPort off"-"Turn AirPort on" dance
• The old "Open Network Preferences" try
• The every-other-day restarting of my router
• That one evening spent DMing customer support via Twitter after a particularly nasty tweet to no avail
• Three separate phone calls wherein me and customer service attempt to re-set up my Internet
• The old "Open Network Preferences" try
• The "Turn AirPort off"-"Turn AirPort on" dance
• The every-other-day restarting of my router
• The daily cursing of my WiFi that doesn't work but says it's working

You see, I've been one of those weird people living without TV, well, without cable. I have a TV in my living room, it's great for watching dust gather and the occasional DVD. Apparently my sister doesn't have cable either. Jesus, we are so those people. I've been trying HuluPlus, but I stare at a laptop all day and there's something about watching TV on a real TV as opposed to a 15" macbook. Call me old fashioned. I also like the real newspaper.

But Comcast put up enough fliers (Discount TV Package! Extra Cheap TV for Your Cheap Ass! Etc.) on the front door over the last month to make me pick up the phone and haggle with the lady on the other end. Somehow I ended up with something called Premium, but I got a good deal for six months and no contract to sign. Really it comes down to not signing their two-year contract. Avoiding that is a win in my book. I figure in six months, it'll be April and warming up and I won't need the cable again. I will need a treadmill and the Paleo diet and vitamin D.

Six months. That's a long time from now.

But right now it's dark at 5pm. Time to get down to business: Cable, DVR, more cooking, more drinking, gaining the winter poundage. Plus, I can only complain about so many things in my apartment, and right now, the really loud radiators are taking precedent over shit Internet.

Everything else is fine though.