I miss the internet
URGH!!! <--- That's how frustration sounds in my head.
I don't have internet in my new flat yet - it will be two more weeks probably - and my last week in the temp flat the internet was down (along with the stupid elevator)
To make matters worse, all web mail sites are blacklisted from the network here in the office, so even though I'm perfectly willing to stay after hours a little bit to catch up on the personal stuff, I can't.
Luckily they haven't blocked blogger yet, so tonight I've stayed after hours to make use of the internet connection and download last week's episode of Grey's Anatomy. Technically I could go to an internet café, but I haven't found one next to the new pad yet, and to be honest, I'm a little lazy for that. On Saturday I'll probably cart my laptop to Starbucks and clear out my inbox there.
The new place is fantastic! Apart from the upstairs neighbour that seems to be suffering from a nasty case of Tuberculosis...my flat is off the second landing up the stairs and he (I assume it's a he) has a tendency to stop to catch his breathe (and hack up a lung) just outside my door. Luckily this happens during waking hours only once or twice a day.
I'd post pictures, (of the flat, not the neighbour) but of course my camera cable is at home, where there is no internet connection. Sorry, you'll have to wait for that.
So, my latest fascination here in England is the use of the letter 'L' in spelling everyday words. Not that there is much rhyme or reason in American English as to when it's a double or a single 'L', but I've had years memorising that words are spelled a certain way. For instance, in American English you have 'dial' which becomes 'Dialing' or 'dialed', but here in Britain it would be spelled 'dialling' and 'dialled'. Fine, I can remember that. But next comes 'enrol'...that doesn't even look like a word to me! Or how about 'fulfil'?!
Oh, and the best part about all this...even this blog is being scrutinised by a British spell checker! I just learned that 'spelled' isn't even a word here...it should be 'spelt'! What kind of word is that? AHHH! Learnt instead of Learned! I have to stop this...where do I turn off the spell checker?
I don't have internet in my new flat yet - it will be two more weeks probably - and my last week in the temp flat the internet was down (along with the stupid elevator)
To make matters worse, all web mail sites are blacklisted from the network here in the office, so even though I'm perfectly willing to stay after hours a little bit to catch up on the personal stuff, I can't.
Luckily they haven't blocked blogger yet, so tonight I've stayed after hours to make use of the internet connection and download last week's episode of Grey's Anatomy. Technically I could go to an internet café, but I haven't found one next to the new pad yet, and to be honest, I'm a little lazy for that. On Saturday I'll probably cart my laptop to Starbucks and clear out my inbox there.
The new place is fantastic! Apart from the upstairs neighbour that seems to be suffering from a nasty case of Tuberculosis...my flat is off the second landing up the stairs and he (I assume it's a he) has a tendency to stop to catch his breathe (and hack up a lung) just outside my door. Luckily this happens during waking hours only once or twice a day.
I'd post pictures, (of the flat, not the neighbour) but of course my camera cable is at home, where there is no internet connection. Sorry, you'll have to wait for that.
So, my latest fascination here in England is the use of the letter 'L' in spelling everyday words. Not that there is much rhyme or reason in American English as to when it's a double or a single 'L', but I've had years memorising that words are spelled a certain way. For instance, in American English you have 'dial' which becomes 'Dialing' or 'dialed', but here in Britain it would be spelled 'dialling' and 'dialled'. Fine, I can remember that. But next comes 'enrol'...that doesn't even look like a word to me! Or how about 'fulfil'?!
Oh, and the best part about all this...even this blog is being scrutinised by a British spell checker! I just learned that 'spelled' isn't even a word here...it should be 'spelt'! What kind of word is that? AHHH! Learnt instead of Learned! I have to stop this...where do I turn off the spell checker?
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