The Bipolar Otaku

My laptop now has internet access from up in my bedroom. In my mom's house, the wireless never could connect from the family room to my room. At least in this house, there appears to be much less interference, and the den's layout gives me the freedom to put the cable modem and the wireless router on top of my bookshelves. The next step will be to get my PS2 connected in the great room. Naturally, I already have the equipment to do that.

The other really good news is that I have garbage! Service, I mean. Well, garbage too, I guess. Last week, I took it for granted that Troy's taxes paid to have everyone's garbage picked up every week... I put out my garbage the same time everyone else did, and mine didn't get picked up because I wasn't a paying customer yet. So this Friday is double duty...

And the other other really good news is that I have Bell's Oberon Ale. I saw it at Sam's club last week and felt compelled to buy a case, which of course meant that I felt compelled to drink it. On a historic note, Oberon was the first beer I found myself capable of drinking, about 8 months after the first time I drank at a party and puked after too much Miller Genuine Draft. Consequently, I will not touch MGD (or a number of other low grade beers.

And I guess there's a little implied message in the previous paragraph... I don't think I ever mentioned that I started drinking again. First it was a beer now or then, then a glass of wine here or there. Then, when I moved in, my sister and I polished off three bottles of wine (with surprisingly little side-effects). Then a couple days later, a friend and I finished off another bottle of wine (leaving me with just one last bottle of Liberty School Cabernet Sauvignon 1997, which I'm reserving until my old roommate visits). And it all leads up to now, when I have a bottle of Oberon before I go to bed. Why? Because it's better than having a bottle before I go to work; that's why.