Murphy’s Law

I got my new hard disk yesterday! 200 gigs just waiting to be filled with downloaded movies, tv shows, music and whatever else I manage to get my mits on. I was so excited! I couldn’t wait for Xander to get home to put it in my computer!

He came home and told me we got an email from our ISP saying we’ve been downloading too much. That if we go over 40 gigs this month they’ll cut our speed back to dial-up-like speeds. The BASTARDS!! They advertise their cable internet with “No Data Limit!” but then they have this fair usage policy where if you go over a certain amount per month they squelch your speed. Sounds like a data limit to me! – Sigh –

Anyhow, I can’t believe I’ve reached it already and we’re only 8 days into the month… and I was away for 3 of them!

Figures, now I have 200 gigs and can’t download anything more for the rest of the month. Just my luck! I called the people at our current provider (Chello.nl) and bitched them out (not like it ever works here but it’s just what we North Americans do, regardless of if we are actually IN North America) and then we promptly signed up for ADSL (Demon.nl) where we can download to our hearts content. It will take 4 weeks to get the ADSL in though, and if we cancel with Chello now, which has to be done by actually sending a signed letter.. they make us pay until April 1! ARGH! Is everything a money racket in this damn country!? *Deep Breath* Ok.. must.. not.. rant.. about NL customer service!

Yesterday I thought I was on some weird Dutch version of Candid Camera. I got on the tram and this teenage couple got on after me. They were sitting only a few feet away, her on his lap, and they made out for the entire 30 minute tram ride. Not just kissy kissy making out but that full on gropey kind of making out. I was trying really hard not to laugh and actually was looking around me wondering if I was on some kind of show. You know, like if I don’t shout out “GET A FUCKING ROOM!” within the first 12 minutes I win 100 euros, or an all expenses paid trip to err .. Leiden! (I’d say the Bahamas or something cool like that but it doesn’t work like that here. A free 30 minute train ride to just some other Dutch city is more realistic and in line with Dutch TV Prize practices. Hardly prizes at all).

I wasn’t on any show though, they were just two horny teenagers who didn’t care who saw them. I tried to think back to if I ever made such a spectacle of myself with a boy when I was younger, I’m sure I did but like most things before last Tuesday, I don’t remember.