We just can’t get our provider to give us the service we pay for and we just can’t get Jesse to stop coming down without calling first. Argh! The prick came down at 7:30. Fortunately, Tom was already up, but he’s damn lucky he didn’t wake me up or else I’d have let him have it. I’m sick of living with this cock! I mean that is just totally rude to come down that early! Especially after he knows damn good and well that he almost woke Tom up when he came down at 8:30 the last time. Some people have no respect or consideration for others whatsoever!

Anyway, he came down to get his weeder and to tell us to go ahead and sell the saw (yeah, we figured as much, but we may get more money that way anyway). He also never even had the decency to thank Tom for weeding part of his land, something that’s not stipulated in the rental agreement.

Shit! He just left on the motorcycle. How many nights a week is he going to take off and leave me to have to deal with his damn dogs?!

Tom wasted even more phone minutes getting nowhere with our provider. We once dealt with them down in Maricopa and they were a problem there as well. It’s just that there’s no one else to switch to here! Is something trying to drive us out of here and into an apartment?

This time instead of the everything-looks-fine routine, we got “Buy a new modem.” But chances are our modem’s just fine. So Tom contacted the Federal Commissions folks and maybe they can help us get them to do their job so we can stop cutting in and out like crazy. I can’t even stream movies anymore or do much of anything before I’m kicked offline. It’s interfering with our work and with everything else.

Molly tried to get into my blog 10 times so far since I blocked her IP and 6 times she tried to see if my old blog was up and running. She’s also been harassing the hell out of poor Kim and Alison, begging to be friends with them again, and probably harassing Kathy, too. Our leaving MyOpera really stirred the sick twist up. I protected my tweets and beefed up my Formspring and Facebook privacy, but the troll will find some way to make contact sooner or later. I’m just amazed she hasn’t actually tried to friend, message or comment on any of my sites in a while, but unfortunately, the changes we’ve made may piss her off enough to try harder. It’s like she not only loves negative attention but she obviously loves a good challenge even if she’s sure to lose. It’s the thrill of the chase she gets off on.

After I blocked her latest Facebook account which Kim was kind enough to supply the link to, I sent her mother Judy this message before blocking her as well:

For a teacher you’re not very bright if you haven’t yet figured out that your daughter is continuing to harass those who have specifically told her NOT to contact them. You may have various sites blocked on her own computer, but they’re obviously not blocked on others. I have been stalked, threatened and harassed by your daughter for over a year now. Every time I block her on one account, she creates another one to come at me from. I have tried and tried to kindly ask her to leave me alone, but nothing I say - nothing - will get this girl off my tail. Perhaps you can try to explain to her once again that not everybody’s going to want to be our friend and that we can’t “make” people like us. I would appreciate any help you can give me. I’m also asking you not to reply to this message or contact me in any other way. I just wanted to give you a heads up on the situation is all, as I’m not sure you’re fully aware of your daughter’s stalking, voyeuristic ways. She really puts the creep in creepy.

But in two weeks the blog block will be lifted and she won’t be able to comment but she will be able to take the pleasure, once again, of reading my stuff. I thought about opening a new MyOpera account, but somehow, somehow, she’ll only find it sooner or later. There’s also only so much of my online life I’m willing to alter for this troll.

Irene visited and “liked” my last entry, but as usual, there’s been nothing from Nane. So Irene got a message from me saying: 

I was wondering if you could help me with something. You know Nane better than I do and so I thought maybe you could tell me what the best course of action would be to take. Normally I don’t go to people and discuss others behind their back as it makes me feel like I’m gossiping. You seem like a very open-minded individual and so I’ll just get right to the point – we met on a language learning site and I came to have a crush on her. As much as I love my husband we all have our various attractions for people in life. But I made the mistake of revealing too much about myself and my thoughts to her and I’m afraid it scared her off and maybe offended her. I don’t know for sure, though. Maybe her silence has nothing at all to do with me but I sometimes get the feeling it does. I was just wondering what you think I should do. Should I never contact her again unless she contacts me? Unfriend her? It’s just that I’d hate to dump her if it’s true that she’s not upset with me at all and is just busy. I’d feel terrible for cutting her off in that case. But I also understand that we can’t make people like us and keep in touch more often. Just wondering what you thought I should do.

It will be interesting to see what she has to say if anything at all. Gosh, getting attention from those I wish would ignore me and not getting it from those I wish would pay attention to me really is the story of my life!

It was over 100º today and bone dry.

The affidavits and liability forms are all in place now and we’ll take the little mini trip I won in the fall when it’s cooler, even though Miss Hates to Travel will probably hate it. The only campground of theirs in Cali is 3 hours away in Cobb, CA. Why do I win so many trips?!

Anyway, I both like and don’t like the idea of going there. I’d hate to lose a few days of work, even if they do have wifi, and it’s inconvenient to be away from most of my shit and to have to sleep in someone else’s bed, and I’d especially hate to deal with a place that’s got to be quite a circus. With the way kids are these days, I’ll bet that even after school starts it’ll still be quite a zoo, though it only takes one kid to be maddening enough.

Most of the activities don’t appeal to me either except for maybe the paddle boats and miniature golf. But making stuffed bears and playing tennis don’t really interest me. I hated camping as a kid and there’s no way I could ever see myself getting into it as an adult even if this is a bit different. The only good in it is that it’ll be a change of pace to add some variety to our lives and give us something different to do. I guess they have spots for RVs and tents. They also have cabins without full facilities, and then 1-2 bedroom cabins with full facilities. We’re going first class if we do go!