Yesteday my computer stopped working - it wouldn’t connect to the Internet. Thinking it was something I somehow caused, I spent more than a hour checking the computer’s settings, router and cable modem. Finally I got frustrated enough that I decided to take a break and turn on the TV for a few minutes. Then it hit me. Our cable is out.
I called the cable company and while I was on the phone, they sent a couple new signals to the apt. Neither worked. Now they have to send a technician out to take a look. That means I’ll be without Internet access at home until at least Thursday. Also, I’ll have to take off work for them to come.
The same thing happened with my home phone a couple of years ago and I decided that it was easier (and cheaper) to turn off my home phone than to bother getting it fixxed (especially when in that specific case, I was 100% certain that the phone company had disconnected my line when a neighbor moved out.)
In this case, there are several possible causes:
- several neighbors moved out yesterday
- they are doing construction all over my building
- there’s a good deal of street work surrounding my building
- there’s already a major issue with my account where they double billed me for several months
I kinda feel like the issue is limited to my account, or I think someone else would have posted something in the lobby of the building. I also don’t really think it is related to the billing issue b/c they would have noticed that when I was on the phone with them, or at least you would think.
Needless to say, I am going through Internet withdrawl and the BlackBerry is not giving me my fix.
There’s a guy at the subway stop near my office. He’s been there for years. I call him the Subway Socrates. He looks pretty normal, but he strolls around the platform pontificating about either 1.) current events or 2.) lesbians. When I passed him on Friday, he said, “Hillary is part of the lesbian conspiracy to control man.” I have no idea what that meant, but on an average week, he usually says at least one thing that’s so absurd that it makes me laugh out loud. That then makes me all self-conscious because I have to wonder what that says about me.
Several people have asked me about the house situation. It looks like the house in Bethpage fell through.
After the seller verbally accepted our offer, we secured a lawyer, engineer, inspector and lender. Everything was wham-bam for about a week and a half. Then we got word that he took another offer. We’re not really sure what happened. Anyway, we’re back on the horse and inching close to the 100th house.
From: D Peris
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 10:42 AM
To:
Subject: Invitation
Hello good people of NYC. I will be in town for a couple days next week and besides a good chance to see you, I would like to invite you to come out and see one of the most important films of our generation. I usually do not like politically charged documentaries, but this film is just too important.
Tuesday, April 29th
9:20pm
Union Square Stadium 14
850 Broadway
When I was in college, I was a member of the MLK Scholars Program at NYU. A merit-based scholarship program, it was designed to bring together students from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. As members of the Program, we participated in various seminars, domestic and international travel colloquia, research, educational and cultural activities, and community service. To be frank, if it were not for this program, I would have never be able to attend NYU. Many of my fondest college memories are with this group.
On Thursday night, I went to a reunion celebrating the group’s 20th anniversary. While in college, I never really thought too much of it - we all struggled to make good grades and fit in, just like every other college student - but these guys were among some of the brightest in the US. Among our alum are now doctors, lawyers, priests, professors, entrepreneurs, Broadway actors, film makers, businessmen and women, leaders in not-for-profit, etc. (We even have a celebrity blogger.) The reunion was fantastic. I got to see familiar faces and catch up with old friends.
A year or two ago, I created groups on MySpace and Facebook, in attempt to keep us more in touch with one another. Actually, it has. I’ve heard from several people from as far away as Hawaii.
Anyway, I was looking through some old college files and found a few pages that listed some names. I thought I would post them, in the event 1.) anyone Googled him/herself or 2.) someone knew how to reach one or more of these individuals. In either case, alum are encouraged to join the MLK Scholars Group on Facebook.
Also, if you have lists from other years, feel free to post here or on Facebook.
Members During 98-99 (Very incomplete list)
Murray Abeles
Rebecca Agbe-Davis
Candice Allen
Rose Alokolaro
Diana Alvir
Marc Aranha
Alejandro Arbona
Michael Bernard
Laureve Blackstone
Carla Brathwaite
Kate Butler
Erik Carter
Melissa Cook
Josue Diaz
Raymond Doss
Danielle Figueroa
Benjamin Gallardo
Clifford Georges
Asmeret Ghebremichael
Hector Gonzalez
William Gordon
Mary Hill
Michelle Hollings
Natarsha Horton
Travis Johnson
Tom Jordon
Katrina Kalatzis
Michelle Kempner
Elliott Knott
Richard LaFluer
Mario Lavandeira
Nicole Lewis
Rafeal Lima
Shakira Lleras
Kyissa Markland
Sanra Martinez
Maryann Mikhail
Lauren Nelson
Antoinette Noel
Edward Olvera
Dominic Ondryas
Tatiana Pena
Dahlia Philips
Rafael Polanco
Venita Ramirez
Jessica Rodrigues
Natalie Rodrigues
David Rodriguez
Tracea Routie
Marwa Sabry
Paul Samuels
Arnel San Pedro
Hector Sanchez
Anna Sands
Erika Settles
Debbie-Ann Smith
Nicole Smith
Christine Sousa
LaWanda Stewart
Elisabeth Stone
Ludmilla Terehoff
Tyrone Turnipseed
Chrisina White
Kim White
Evan Williams
Lesley Younge
Other Years [Mixed] (Obscenely incomplete)
Chris Chan Roberson
Alfonsina Molinari
Dremaceo Giles
Joe Corona
Laura Wilson
Keishia Louis
Franklin Mayers
Jaime Guzman
Diana Alvir
Abe Feliciano
Aklima Baksh
Bryan Vargas
Yumi Martinez
Ayana Johnson
Noreen Gillen
Rodney Lopez
Mable Ivory
Reisha Phils
Malika Brown
Stephanie McGuiness
Patty Abreu
Stephen Farmer
Debbie Sadok
Aimee Cornier
I want to try a plugin for my Outlook. In order to do so, I have to post this stupid link and trick it by inviting myself through other email accounts. Lame.
UPDATE 04/30/08
I finally got my invite and installed the plug-in. It provides emails stats on things like who I exchange email with the most and what time of day they send me the most email. I guess it is all somewhat interesting, but not worth the trouble I had to go through to get the plug-in.
After looking at 70+ houses over the last year, yesterday we found out that our bid has been accepted on a house on Long Island. In an unexpected rapid turn of events, the engineer was able to come within 24 hours. This morning we spent 3 hours walking around and through what looks like may become our new house. The engineer’s preliminary results looked good.
Tonight we’re headed to Home Depot to look at flooring.
On Friday, we launched a new promo for Michael Jackson. Using a technology from a company by the name of BigStage, MichaelJackson.com now allows you to insert yourself into the original Thriller video by uploading 3 still shot images. Here’s my video:
This is my lil' workshop on the web. I created it to let my friends and family know what's going on with me. It quickly became a place for me to rant about my feelings and publicly humiliate myself - not that I needed yet another medium. Generally, I just share whatever is on my mind (stories, photos, etc.) Read the full about me.
