laurel's online journal

We got sick of waiting for the cable guy to decide to actually show up, so we went and exchanged the analog box for a digital one ourselves. I hooked it up, but it wouldn't show any more than a black screen, so I called customer service and they finally had someone have me unplug it for 30 seconds. It reset itself, and that worked. ^__________^ Now I have to find something to watch on a channel I never could get on the analog box.

You know what's really really hard to do? Find WebRings for the "Ringu/The Ring" series. EVERYTHING ON THERE IS A RING! You do a search for "ring movie," you get hundreds of results! So, I tried everything to narrow my search. Ringu, Sadako, Dreamworks, Samara, Rachel Keller, Anna Morgan, that ugly little troll boy Aidan, evil well bitches, she never sleeps, NADA! Zero! Zilch! I was shocked. Not even Ringu could get me a hit! "Ring fanfic" got me another "600+ results." And no, I DO NOT want any damn "Lord of the Rings" WebRings! There are other movies with "Ring" in the title, thankyouverymuch WebRing search engine. Does anyone know of *any* Ring-related WebRings? If there aren't any (which really surprises me), this must be remedied.

Time for long-ass Memes.

Snatched from tvsgrady, the ( Soundtrack of Your Life Meme )

And from mynda's journal, the ( 100 Facts About Me Meme )

This guy on the daily version of "The Weakest Link" is very funny. Yesterday, they had flight attendants on as the contestants, and whenever someone got voted off, he said very funny things. Such as, when one lady was walking off, he started going, "Bye. Buh-bye," and doing the flight attendant wave. XD Another good comment, "Who's stored their brain in the overhead compartment?" Today they've got nurses on. Another good comment there: "Who gives out pills as 'one for you, two for me...'" And, "Whose brain could use a sponge bath?" I like him much better than that British lady.

My dad got his check yesterday. He goes, "Bet you've never seen a $15,000 check before!" Nope, I haven't! It's really funny because my dad's family has always called him "Frankie," and that's what it says on the check. XD He's like, "I've never been able to get them to stop calling me that." XD I just wonder where he's going to put the money; I think if you just drive up to the window and try to put $15,000 into your account their eyes will bug out of their heads. He may have to go inside the building to do it. Not sure what their policies are on that.

We cancelled HBO today. :( It's all my fault 'cause I opened my mouth and put my foot in it, hehheh. We got the cable bill for January and it was about $10 higher than usual. They had gone up on several things. My dad was all grumbly about it, so I said hey, why don't we cancel one of the movie channels? That'll save us about $15.00 a month. I didn't think he'd go for the idea, but my dad jumped right on it. "That's a great idea!" XP So I decided that HBO was the channel we watch the least, my dad agreed, and I cancelled it. Now, of course, a movie I've been wanting to see for years will suddenly come on HBO. I just find that most of the time, the movies I want to tape/watch come on Cinemax, Starz, or Encore, so as long as we have those channels, I'm happy. ^_^ The only HBO channel I'll really miss is the comedy one. They had good comedians' specials on there all the time. But it's gone now, oh well. ::sniffle sniff:: :D