A tragedy of less than epic proportions: no interweb.

[trochee]

They've taken away my Internets. Yes, I can still see LJ through the dumb web-proxy, but my supply-closet access to the internet was discovered by some zealously paranoid network person and removed. Now I can't check email except at the hotel. Great.

*shakes fists in minor impotent whinging at the sky*

I think I'll probably be able to get it fixed -- I can't transfer anything from my lab computers to this office without it -- but the people whom I should ask are all out of the office all day. Ah well.

Comments

[tulip-tree.livejournal.com]

Yuck. It sounds like they're not very organized down there. Good luck getting someone to sort this out tomorrow. You've been there almost 2 weeks now, haven't you? Sheesh - this sounds a bit like my experiences in the lab I interned at in France - getting computer stuff set up there was pretty hopeless, too. One would think they'd like you to be able to get work done, though, and realize that computers/network are helpful.

[trochee.livejournal.com]

yah. I've learned mainly that the research environment in our lab is better. that's both reassuring (yay I work in a cool place most of the time!) and disappointing (not all industry research jobs are rockin' with the helpful research environment).

I at least have internet at the hotel, so I can stay in the loop with other stuff. And I have some work I can do usefully here, even without the network, but it doesn't bode well for collaboration.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

I heard from Beckster that your wedding was beautiful.
I don't know you, but. Congratulations !
She said it was low stress and all about the witnessing of love.
Exactly what it should be.
Where is your honey moon ?

[tulip-tree.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's really neat to hear that other people (like Becky) thought it was as wonderful as we did. Low stress is accurate - it was fun to blow away that particular stereotype.

We're going on a cruise to Alaska next week - we're very excited!

I think we met very very briefly after trochee's MA defense... hopefully I'll see you again sometime. trochee and beckyb have been plugging Live Girls to me at every opportunity, and I was too busy moving (and wedding-planning, but mostly moving) to actually show up for anything. I live in Ballard now, so not far to go to the theater... hopefully in a couple weeks I'll start paying attention to the schedule and make it to the next show.

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Yay !

[beckyb.livejournal.com]

Exactly! A cruise to Alaska followed by the September cabaret!

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

Hee. I won't be there but oh well.