Sunday, January 31, 2010

Why is nothing working?

So in the past few days, my internet hasn't been working while others' has, which I can't explain. Now, my converters are dead, which means that I can't do ANYTHING on my computer, I can't dry my hair, I can't charge my IPod, I can't watch movies, and the list goes on. One of them I've never even used! Why are all these problems happening at once and when will they stop? I'm having to use a friend's computer for almost everything right now unless I'm at the library in which case I have to use her converter. Today, I'm going back to the store to see if they have any converters. Hopefully, they have one solution to my many problems. I still can't use internet at the apartment, but if I don't have converters, every one of my appliances (except my Spanish cell phone) are absolutely useless. I'm completely at a loss. There are so many other things I want to talk about here, but I have pictures to go with them, and I can't download them onto my laptop because the converters don't work and I can't put them on here anyway because of the lack of internet. Not to mention, once school starts I can't use my friend's computer anymore. WHEN WILL THIS INSANITY END?

On the bright side, I got a new purse so I don't have to cram everything in that one tiny bag, and I now have the bathroom all to myself since one of my roommates moved out. However, that doesn't really lift my mood. Hopefully next time I will have better news to share.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Technology. You can't live without it but hate it when you don't have it.

So my apartment has internet, but my laptop has decided that it doesn't particularly care for it. I know this because my friend Kerry can use her laptop in my room and my roommates can use internet, but I can't. So now, I'm at the public library where the internet works only because one of the employees did some sort of wizard's magic on it. Despite my technological problems (and I'm being very mild when I say that because I have family reading this and I can't express my true feelings), I'm really getting to like the city. It's still very hard to understand what people are saying, but it's pretty cool. When I finally get pictures on my laptop, I'll share them. There's an Old Town here and the New Town. The Old Town is, well, really old. It's small but still impressive. Kerry, Kelly (my two American friends here) and I are enjoying ourselves and trying to adjust. Oh, crap. A guard just came by and told me that they're closing for now. That's the thing in Spain. They close everything at 2 and reopen at 5. It's because of the siestas. Oh well. I will write again soon.