Sunday, January 30

robot warriors

US plans 'robot troops' for Iraq

...and so it begins.

Maybe I've watched too much sci-fi, but for some reason, putting guns on robots doesn't seem like a very good idea to me. Before you know it, they'll be demanding rights which we will of course deny them, and then they'll kill us all.

Tuesday, January 18

brrr

the good thing about taking a luke-warm shower in an unheated bathroom when it's 0 degrees outside is that when you get out of the shower, you're not cold (is that because you're hypothermic?)

Saturday, January 15

fantastic!

..that wasn't sarcastic.

this is the most useful website i've come up on in a very very long time: Amazon.Com Customer Service Phone number!!!

US/Canada: (800) 201-7575

Saturday, January 8

sick... again

this time with a fever: 101.6

every muscle and bone aches...

head is splitting...

i'm going to test out Tylenol cold since Nyquil is a no-no.

Wednesday, January 5

I hate cell phone companies

For 2 weeks I drove Alex and myself crazy deciding what cell phone to get and what carrier to go with. It resulted in a mini panic attack and sleepless nights, but I think it'll be worthit in the end.

I love my new phone

images of the tsunami-hit areas

MSNBC image gallery

Tuesday, January 4

sleepless night

I hate confrontations, and tomorrow I have the mother of all confrontations - me vs. Verizon. I have cell phone issues which I've driven Alex mad with over the last 2 weeks. I'm not even officially a Verizon customer and I'm already having to confront them. I won't get in to my woes here, but woe :(

I'm so worked up I can't fall asleep. My heart is literally racing. I just keep running all the lines for all the different scenarios over in my head. I hate talking to customer service on the phone. I'd much rather do a live online chat. Email doesn't work because they always give you a pasted generic reply, no matter what your question was. At least in a chat room maybe you could corner one into actually talking to you like they're human.

Anyways, my triumphant closing line, if things don't go well, is "I'm taking my business elsewhere!" I don't think that'll really phase them though. How about "thanks for not being helpful at all."