Paper Cranes

After moving into my new apt, my first obstacle was obtaining an internet connection, something I, unfortunately and as a testament to my generation, have become slightly... attached... to. That took about a month and a half, and looking back, it shouldn't have taken that long, but with bureaucracy and paperwork and legality and my own stupid honesty, it did. But I digress.

So I've had internet for a little over three weeks now (has it really been that long?) and I'm beginning to realize how pitiful my dependence on it is. You see, our connection isn't that stable, something about the wiring being too old to support the signal or something, and while removing the splitter in my room that allowed cable access did slightly enhance my chances of the internet not going out, it hasn't ended the faulty circumstance completely. This is the year 2008! The age of dsl, high-speed, instant access internet! Gone are the days of dial-up and that horrible noise (my apologies to anyone who may still have dial-up)! Everyone capable of affording it should be capable of having it, right????

Not really. In fact, it seems lately that I've been paying more for something I DON'T have than something I do.

To further myself and give my hands something mildly constructive to do while I waited for the modem and router to sync back up while my computer reboots, I decided to make a crane. One paper crane for every time the internet goes out.

I now have... 25 cranes. That's enough for one whole Senbazuru string. Hrm... only 39 more strings to go, and then I get my wish! *jumps and giggles excitedly*

If I do manage to finish an entire Senbazuru, and since there seems to be no rules against telling others what your wish is (unlike the whole candles on the birthday cake thing, which I totally don't understand) I hereby declare that, according to ancient and marvelous Japanese traditions, if I finish this Senbazuru, this 1000 paper cranes, then I will be granted my one unscratchable itching wish:

To have stable, constant, unfailing internet.