Yes, I.M.O.G. told me that there was no alternative and I have been unable to acquire an email address from my ISP (as I mentioned below, I don't control the ISP service). I was able to temporally use and activate my house mate's cox.net address, but have since changed it back to my address so that I don't miss any messages.
I've sent an email to my landlord asking if they would set up an ISP addy for me, but thus far I haven't gotten a response back.