WELP THAT WAS ANNOYING
> Get kicked out of apartment by 2 (brother is having people over)
> Go to grandparents because hey internets.
> Get told "there is a problem with the wire so you can't use your computer."
> Spend ten minutes asking what led up to this and translate the problem to "the old ethernet cable is fucked up and won't transmit data from the router to the computer so we just hooked the computer directly to the internet and you can't access the internet via wireless."
> And by "we" I mean "the guy who actually determined the problem because my grandparents don't know websites from email."
> Go out shopping for a new ethernet cable because dude, it isn't like the grandparents use the wireless anyway, only the laptop people do.
> Go to check out, card is declined. Forgot there was only $2.75 on there.
> Call father for money because again, the only people affected by this are the laptop people.
> Finally buy cable and head home, only to realise I am thirsty as fuck.
> Go into Raley's on the way back and grab a Mountain Dew; drink half of it on the way to the self-checkout.
> Get home, get the cable situated, freak out when suddenly desktop computer is disbelieving in internets.
> Wait two minutes; desktop believes in internets again. Shut down desktop and settle in with laptop.
> Time taken for all of this: two hours.
SO THAT HAPPENED.