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Wednesday, June 30

MSN Women - How To Gain Weight

MSN Women - Article Okay, ya know what. Fuck you.

Monday, June 28

I Still Hate Dell

Thought you all should know...It seems relevent and stuff.

Sunday, June 27

Blogger: Chocolate Cake

Blogger: Browse Profiles I refuse to believe that only four people on Blogger are interested in chocolate cake. Everyone is interested in Chocolate cake...mike doesn't even like chocolate and he is even interested in chocolate cake from time to time..
Something strange is happening and I don't know why. I load a blog, my own or someone elses and I know they've posted but the post doesn't display. It's as if my computer has stored everyones blog and refuses the notion of allowing me to view it until I hit refresh but I certainly never told it to. Odder than that even, there are comments on some of my posts, comments i've never attempted to view and now on attempting to view them blogger tells me they aren't there.

Moral of the story, if you're trying to view a blog, hit refresh before you even bother because something is sticking somewhere in the works...If you can even view this post :P

MSN Entertainment - News - Bridal Britney?

Thats sad, that doubles the amount of movies I don't want to go and see. Generally if there's one, there's the other and that realyl ties up their time, keeping them from making more crappy movies...but now, alas, the infection spreads.

MSN Entertainment - News - Bridal Britney?: "In other development news, Owen Wilson is thisclose to signing onto a movie that doesn't co-star Ben Stiller."

MSNBC - Genetic mutationturns tot into superboy

So we've all been hearing about this boy for a few days now, but upon actually reading the article and having the time I really pose that this is not healthy. I feel more sorry for this kid than anything. It's very much another one of those syndromes that makes things happen to fast, aging, cell production, whatever. The only consolation would be that perhaps, if they've seen how to change this gene in mice, they can perhaps develop something at least...a shot...something, to counteract the effect so that he could lead a semi-normal life.

MSNBC - Genetic mutationturns tot into superboy

A Little Update On Dell Since I Have The Time

Dell's legal department called me on Friday afternoon. They called to appologize for the hassle and offered me a few options: 1) They will give me the full $1500 I spent on my computer back and I need to send my existing system back within 14 days. The bad part is that the refund may take 30-45 days to officially process but she has promised to put a rush on it and imagines she can have it to me within 10-15. 2) I can apply that $1500 to the purchase of a new Dell (and keep her phone number for when all hell breaks loose again.) But then I have another Dell, but it would also put a computer in my hands a lot faster. Or, and she's not a big fan of this idea, they'll just send me a refurbished system but OBVIOUSLY i'd be an idiot to take that option :P. Anyways, I'm thinking that I don't know what i'm going to do. I have to call PC Tec, the people who have been servicing my system through Dells programs and see what they have to say about the cost of a Data Transfer. All I really need is for someone to put a back up of my Outlook account and a copy of the My Documents folder onto a CD and i'll be a happy girl. The rest of the software etc... I can work out when the new system arrives but I'm dying without the data...

Oh well, I just figured that since i've been complaining about it for so long I should let you all know how its going. Oh, and by the way, apparently Legal does think I have a case against them because they're pretty much bending over backwards to do whatever I want at this point :P.

Look what a lot of persistance can get you :P

Friday, June 25

I'm Bored

And A-ron's blog won't load. Not that there will be anything new on it but hey.

Thursday, June 24

Today

I think I made some progress with Dell thanks to my new favorite internet friend, Debbie. So hey, here's to moving forward instead of treading water for weeks.

And today I decided to go it alone with whatever illness I have and I've decided that its going to kill me. Until now i've been taking Allegra-D everyday to ease the congestion and sinus pressure. Well, as it were, I did okay on that front. I'm a little congested but its not that big of a deal, just some sniffles. However, the Allegra was apparently helping with the inflamation in my throat, it doesn't really hurt any worse without it, it's just extremely swollen and even more hard to breathe than normal but, alas, if I take it now I'll end up with a mid-day wearoff time tomorrow and that would make me crazy so I guess the ice cubes and I will just have to tough it out until tomorrow. Hopefully my fathers snoring with drown out the sound of my wheezing. I'm like sleeping next to a vaccum cleaner without the proper medications. Oh well, I was off of the prescription dependancy for a day but I see no reason to suffer any further. I thought maybe it was clearing up, and it is, but not enough yet.

Toodles all, enjoy your days/evenings, whatever!

Wednesday, June 23

Hear That Boys

MSN Women - Article MSN has something to say to all of you. Apparently you all have a "Grayish Sheen" and need to check this article out. (Yes, this really is an article for men...well, its for women, but the idea is that will force it upon you. As i would like to still be accepted by the sisterhood, even though I supposedly missed a few key girly details - like apparently i'm supposed to be way more posessive...but anyway - I like to do my little part every once in a while. And I can say conclusively that soft skin is a big plus for all chicks...we can't help it. Like some guys can pull of a little bit of a scruffy gotee thingy but soft skin around it is still sexy...

We All Knew It Was Coming

She's bone thin, we'll okay, they're both tiny...I've said it before, I don't fully comprehend the Olsen twins thing and I take issue on it more with just their looks (Something about those two irks me). First of all, I could never sleep with someone who i watched have a diaper changed thanks, especially if I was old enough to remember it. And secondly, I never got the whole "I wanna sleep with twins thing." Does it not cross your mind that they're sisters and thats incest... Like the fact that every man on the planet swoons over them doesn't really bother me, I just can't understand it. Oh well...I'm a female and there are some things we weren't meant to understand about you guys...No amount of time with you will ever make it clear...

MSN Entertainment - News - Report: Olsen Treated for Eating Disorder

Milestones

I just broke the 400 post barrier! WooHoo!

Hey Now!

Mike said he posts more than me I had to post...just cuz, ya know, I can't have that. Tony can't go to Metallica...apparently he and a few of the old crew are having a pre-Ozzfest kegger at Pinkys so ya know. But thats okay. We'll do something some other time. But yes, i'm back in the blogging game.

Grr...

Way to not call me back Dell...the clock is ticking...you've got until 12 tomorrow to have this computer here or i snap and sue you for violation of my warrenty contract.

BTW A-ron. I didn't ask them for a new mp3 player - i asked them for a computer within 24 hours like I was promised...Thats what I wanted, they threw me that on their own accord.

Tuesday, June 22

Update:

I hate Dell more than the PPPD. Just so you all know the severity of this hatred. The PPPD delibrately attempted to hide the police report I tried to file against Sean...Thats how much I hate the PPPD. At least with them as soon as I talked to the boss it sorted itself out and WOOSH! out of the desk drawer and into the computer system it went! Yay for that! But dell...*looks as imposing as one can in pigtails*...They're gonna die...the whole batch of them. And that comforts me because when they do I'M BUYING AN HP!!! (and the reboot disks)

*Goes Postal*

Okay, here we go again.

So its Tuesday and my computer was supposed to be here Saturday and I still don't have it. Hmm... And i'm thinking, its been a week since i ordered it, what gives? So i call. Do you know what they said? Guess. No really, I dare you. You'll never guess. They said they never put the order through. But of course, they assure me, its not to worry, if i'll just sit on my hands patiently for another 7 to 10 days, they'll have a refurbished system to me.

So I, naturally, SNAP and the lady gets all "well, this is the best i can do." And I replied with, "For your health, i'd hope thats not the best you can do." She's gonna call me back when she's sure that either thats the best she can do or she can have this problem solved within 48 hours because i'm FUCKING SICK OF WAITING AND HOLDING AND BEING FUCKING PLACATED FOR ANOTHER 10 SECONDS WHILE THEY REPOSITION THEMSELVES TO FUCK ME IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE LOCATION! - no, not the back of a volkswagon.

*sigh*

And did i mention that all of this screaming has made my throat hurt quite a lot more than it did an hour ago...i love the little pectin laden Fruit Breezers.

Monday, June 21

LMFAO

Dell just sent me, get this, a customer satisfaction survey...HA! I don't think i've been this unsatisfied since my last dealings with the Pleasant Prairie Police Department

Saturday, June 19

Things Being Unemployed Causes You To Do

Someone remind me to buy a Grommet punch...I saw the cutest shirt today, but i don't have 50 bucks...and I saw a cute purse the other day...

Google - Father's Day

Google

Hey now, this is the same icon as last year! Don't believe me, well that's not nice, because i saved all of the specialty icons cuz i thought they were cute and as soon as I get my computer back i'll prove it!

It only happens once a year, you'd think they could have like three and rotate them or something.. :P I don't know why this bothers me, it just does.

Friday, June 18

My New Mp3 Player

So I got my new Mp3 Player today from Dell. It would be nice if I had a computer to install it on, but hey, lets not be picky. :P I have some music on the other one that I'll rip to the new one with my mothers computer. *shudder* it's gonna be good to go back to a laptop keyboard. I will definately not miss this one. its loud, and the keys are really hard to push becuase you have to push them down so far, and it has taken forever to get used to how much farther apart everything is. Oh well.

Its kind of cute actually, its way cuter than the Archos anyway. Its about the same size as a deck of cards and way lighter than what i'm used to. It does, however, have WAY too many buttons. There are four buttons on the left side; power, volume, etc...and then an additional five buttons on the face, with a scroll wheel that doubles as a button. However, the controls are fairly intuitive, which is okay. And i really like the blue glow...it's pretty... It needs to charge for six hours, and then i can have it and be all excited about it. I look forward to it :).

The way I see it, i made about 11 dollars an hour for all of the time I was on the phone with technical support and customer care.

Thursday, June 17

Odd Things Are Afoot

I have never, in the history of ever, gotten a virus via e-mail. Like i'm not saying i've only not been infected, i've never ever recieved one. In the last few months i've had probably about 9...5 in the last few days. This one even went so far as to mimic the Hotmail virus scan in the body of the e-mail...very odd, I thought. Oh well, just an interesting phenomena

They Return

Hanson is coming back to the Eagles and that can only mean one thing : more delayed concerts. See when we went to see Eyedea, we had to wait an hour and a half for Hanson to end before our show could begin. It was wholey unnessiccary and infuriating...

*cries*

I want my computer....I'm so bored....I have no computer and i swear to god its never coming back....This is taking forever and I have nothing to do....Oh well, i suppose thats as good a reason as any to find my trainers and go for a jog....

Tuesday, June 15

I Folded - But Not Without A Fight

This is about Dell, if you're sick of it...Click on brother

They're sending me another computer - a refurbished model, identical to my own - but, before you say "you gave in at that" that was after 4 hours of yelling and screaming and I got a few other details worked out. One, they've extended my warrenty a year - meaning I have two years left instead of one. Two, they're overnight expressing my system, i should have it in about three days. Three, they're paying PC Tech to move the data off of my harddrive and they'll take on any companies that aren't too happy about giving me new access codes for their programs. Four, they're also going to toast the harddrive, although I'd rather like to just keep it and throw it on the floor a few times until its ruined. Five, they're sending me a 50 dollar gift certificate i'll probably never use. Six, they're sending me a 15 GIG Dell Digital Jukebox with a one year warrenty and a 30 day money back gaurentee...I need a new Mp3 Player and if i dont like it, or if it craps out like so many people seem to think it does, even though Cnet likes it, i can send it back and get cash in return....Its 200 bucks no matter how you slice it.

So thats where we are and I'm really hoping the drama can end here.

Monday, June 14

Dell

Never Buy A Dell

Always good to get that point out there in case any of you are unaware of my disdain for them. Also, I just thought i'd let you all know that i've already been on the phone with them for an hour and a half today and i have to call them back at three o'clock.

They have so gracefully informed me that they'll either fix this problem (and create a new and worse one in the continuing fashion of the last month) or give me a refurbished computer (which would be okay from amtoher company except i dont trust Dell to fix anything in the continuing fashion of the last month) or send me a check for $500 in 6-8 weeks after my system arrives and is processed from the shipping back to them that i fund.

Never Buy A Dell

Sunday, June 13

To Do

This is tomorrows to-do list:

1) Get a new computer
2) Go to doctor (ewww...)
3) Unpack, yeah, i know how long i've been home but i still haven't officially unpacked my things. Shut up.
4) Clean *shudder*
5) Sleep!!!!
6) Wash incrediably fincky sheets and hang dry...somewhere....

To Do Right Now:

Find the infernal racket my mother has turned on and hurt it - EZ92....GAH!! I would like everyone to know that I haven't even slept and I'd really like to but if i dont locate that I will never be able to. G'night.

Saturday, June 12

One Week Later *Hangs Self*

So it's one week after the total reconstruction of my computer. I got an entire new hardware set - mother board, video card...etc... I was happy. I turned out to be the simple problem of the little MORON that installed the motherboard forgetting to put the grease on it. Anyway - I've been happy, things have been going well.

Until about two days ago.

The computer spontaniously went insane. It was working fine and then randomly flashed fun stripey colors and then died...the screen stayed there, and i had a mouse for a few minutes - and then it disappeared too...So i'm sitting with a non-responsive looks-like-it-crashed screen. I ended up holding the button down until it shut itself down. Then it worked and everything was yay. Confused, but not terrified yet. I let it do it two more times while i was away, i just came back to a non-responsive screen. It did it again today and i actually got an error message from Microsoft. So i reinstalled the driver and if that doesn't work i'm going to strangle someone - a lot. Actually, i'm not going to start by strangling anyone -i'm going to start by DEMANDING a new computer, and if that doesn't work THEN i'm gonna strangle someone. So really, the death is all up to them, if they just give me a new computer before i snap everything will be fine.

NEVER BUY A DELL UNLESS YOU HAVE A LOT OF SPARE TIME

Tuesday, June 8

Mike, Don't Read This

Mike has this thing about people complaining about the heat, so he's gonna wanna avert his eyes because I would like you to knowt hat it is just shy of 95 degrees in this room and I cant open the door to air it out because the screen door isn't properly fitted and lets in the millions of breeding mosquitos. But, ya know, my father doesn't believe in air conditioning apparently.

Monday, June 7

My OC Fix

The OC is coming to me in other forms. I just found Seth in the Gillmore Girls. Yay

Friday, June 4

Paris Is Really THAT Big Of A Ditz

I read this article about a week ago and LAUGHED MY ASS OFF. I just found the link again and had to share it with all of you. She might be fun to fuck but just make sure she doesn't speak or you'll lose it right there.

MSN Entertainment - News - Suffering and Strife

So About My Computer

A little update for those of you reading this that haven't heard me bitch about it in a few days. Here's what's going on.

When I bought this 1500 dollar computer system it came iwth a two year warrenty on the hardware. The deal was supposed to be that once a service call was placed they would be whereever I told them to be within 24 hours to fix my computer. If the problem could not be fixed in the immediate moment, they would give me a sort of "loner" system to use until mine was finished. I was fairly pleased with this idea...*ya know i just typed "idea" as "eyedea" - I think he needs to fix that*...

So two weeks ago my nic died, and that sucked - so they replaced the motherboard. Which was, ya know - nice of them and all. I was a little tweaked at the 9 hours of technical support that it took to get them to do that but hey, progress is progress.

Since the replacement parts the computer has been running extremely hot. Fortunately, I have a fantastic tempurature sensor that shuts the system down automatically before it starts things on fire and melts chips. And, i'm an avid Microsoft user so everytime it does this, whatever document or e-mail i have open is autorecovered. Its, nevertheless, frustrating.

Anyway, I called Dell on Tuesday to get some one out to look at the system. I have apparently discovered the secret to technical support - which seems to be irratating the piss out of the tech support agent with your "I know more about this than you do so just do what I say" attitude and sugary sweet tone. Finally, the guy i was talking to got frustrated with me and shoved me over to dispatch. They're replacing my motherboard and fan.

The guy from Dell told me that they would call me Thursday - this is like 8 o'clock on Tuesday night so i'm thinking - where the hell are they going to be tomorrow? But i'm understanding because it was a holiday weekend and they really are going to be out here for the second time so ya know, i'm feeling good. Thursday comes and goes and they don't call. I finally do get in touch with someone today at liker 1:30. The guy says that the soonest I can get a service call out is - get this, Tuesday. Which means I will have waited for an entire week for them to come correct a problem that they caused. I was no so pleased but whatever, I was coping.

I mentioned that the last guy who was here managed to do it start to finish in about a half hour and the guy on the phone figured out who i was. Well, apparently he felt sorry for me. He has a computer store in town called PC Tech, i'll let you know if that shameless plug is going to stand after I see his work. He's in like Milwaukee on a call or some such thing and asked me if - get this - i could drop the system off there at some point tonight - they close at 7 - and then he would stay late and work on it tonight. I can pick it up at around 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

I'm a little pissed off.

I know it isn't this guys fault that they're bogged down. But you know who's fault it is - Dell's. I'm being patient enough about this. I still haven't yelled at anyone. I'd probably not mind the wait at all if I wasn't so tired of waiting on their technical support. I've spent at least 13 hours with them in the last two weeks.

Thursday, June 3

Whew...

I'm not telling anyone what i'm talking about here, but i feel that I have to post it because its completely insane. I REALLY dodged a bullet here...Good luck with this one everyone else but I will sit pretty and watch from my bullet proof window and stick my tongue out :P

A-ron

Just so you know - editing a post does not technically count as posting. Everybody else is with the program here. You just don't seem to get it. POST! And lets try and keep this shit interesting guys...

j/k j/k

Wednesday, June 2

Don't You Dare Rowling

Listen Lady, you've only got two more books to write and if you don't manage to keep Dumbledore, Harry, Hermione, and Ron (though him to a lesser extent...i just can't like him) alive for the rest of them i'm going to kick your british ass. Got it? I will seriously injure you.

MSN Entertainment - News - Radcliffe Suspects Potter Will Die

Tuesday, June 1

Does Anyone Have Any Input Here

I'm poking around and thinking about this. Average college grad in 04 is only expecting to make about 5 thousand dollars more than i was making. Did i shoot myself in my foot quitting that job? Hmm...I wonder this idly cuz really in my own store there were two positions higher up the rung and then there was Bill's job...hmm

Hmm...Anyone Willing To Take Me In

My mother is doing her thing again, the thing she did when i told her about colin and what happened...where she gets all ever meddling and controling and psycho...right - so she's at that demon again and i'm not sure quite how i'm going to swing not speaking to either of them living here. It usually only last a couple of weeks if i nip it in the bud...and the whole "Remember how i quit talking to you last time you did this becuase you were totally out of line? Right. Think about that for a minute."

If she wants to impose a curfew or some shit - fine. I live in her house, i can deal with that. But she wont do that cuz she apparently things that THAT would be ever meddling and not right. Which i appreciate, cuz ya know, it would be sort of insane but i could cope, cuz it would be one of those priceless ones where it'd be a not with mike curfew.

I dont know whats gotten into her lately. She calls me like four hundred times if i'm not home by midnight and sits up and worries and shit. Like she freaked cuz i went to that Eyedea show and she doesn't want me at that rave place...like mom - the fucking frisk everybody at the door, relax. And then she decided that if that wasn't going to work she'd be worried about my apres-show activities but then i pointed out that they involve driving, a bottle of water, and trying not to fall asleep in the passenger seat while coughing up a lung full of phlem because my lungs are still pink. And now she's a wreck because i went for a walk with king...so yeah - it begins - again. cuz generally i'm home by like 10 or so on weekdays and liek 12 on weekends and thats pretty good i think. fucking amazing i think :P but yeah, whatever...we'll see, it should be fun. Now entirely sure how i'll swing this but it'll all work itself out, or ya know, i'll just shoot myself