The Heat, The PTQ and Clearwire.

So it's been a while since I updated this thing. Did a lot since then. Went to Hawaii, had a blast. Went to Canada, also had a blast. Took a break from Magic that was severely needed. Met a lot of new people and got myself a job.

This weekend is the first attempt of 2 that will determine what my future in Magic is going to be. If I can q for Austin and get my rating high enough via Austin to Q for Worlds, I'll go. If that doesn't happen, I will be taking a large break from competitive Magic. The drive is slightly fading and I need to focus more on school. Too many distractions are just going to hurt that and I can't have that at all.

I'm pretty set on the deck I'm going to play. I have a few tweaks that I think will give me a huge edge on the field. Some talk with Yurchick and a few other people should really help out as well. I was able to find 4 Stags, so the deck is complete, which was one of my first worries. Hopefully all goes well.

It's currently 104 out. I do not have A/C. This means the heat is not very fun. Now I love warm weather more than most, but this is just too much. If I was out in a lake or the river, I would soak it up. But sitting inside when it's this miserable is not fun.

I've had Clearwire internet since I moved into this building. We got the service from my roommate's friend who was quite adamant about the service. It has easily been the worst service I have ever used. We're supposed to be getting 6MB down/1 MB up speeds and I haven't gotten better than 1.5 down/.6 up. Ever. Taken many a speedtest to document this etc. I have called them 5 times to try to remedy the situation. The first time I called, they said they had set up the modem incorrectly. That took 2 weeks to "fix" and didn't change anything. I called them multiple times after that, but after about 15 minutes into the call, it would drop. This pissed me off to no end. I would have Comcast right now, but I'm waiting on my lazy ass landlord to fax/mail me a letter giving Comcast permission to install a cable jack in my room (building is REALLY old). This means I have to deal with these terrible speeds that don't allow me to do anything other than basic browsing. Download music? Takes forever. Stream something on ninjavideo? Takes 2 hours. I hate this so much. I need to force them into cancelling my service for free and without the early termination fee because this is just ridiculous.

Once I get that handled, I will be much happier. That and if I can get people to go to the lake/river. I really just want to jump into a large body of water for about 10 hours.