I'm tired of looking at the "I hate people" entry...so I'm posting something else here.

Gina and I went to JCPenney to look at vertical blinds. Custom-made (which is the way to go, really...) costs almost $300, and that's on super-sale. So I don't know...I guess she's willing to pay that. Personally, I wouldn't if it were just my place, but honestly, I could care less about the vertical blinds. And I told her as much yesterday...

So we're going back there and we're going to do some other pricing of them on the way up there, to Golf Mill. Don't worry, it's as skunky as ever. :)

I'll probably get a little more Christmas shopping out of the way too. But we have to leave some time for decorating today, or we'll never get the tree and lights up.

Ah well, we're about to leave now.

I hate people.
Especially those with nothing better to do with their lives.
Oh, good. Maybe this will bury us in trash and take care of everything.

All in one day. And Bush getting a ho-hum reception in Canada makes me like the brethren up north even more. At least one thing went right then today... :)

See, sometimes it pays to bitch people out when they're trying to rip you off.

A certain phone company, we'll call it BCS (because that doesn't work right either), tried to charge me a $200 early termination fee, even though I had DSL service for exactly a year at my apartment. I called and attempted to reason with the poor service person. When I started to feel anger coming on, I said, "Look, I know it's not your fault, and I don't want to be angry with you, so can you let me talk to a manager." She said that she already asked a manager (which she had) about my account. She said, to me, Mr. Anger, that she would put the last month's fee under review (the $26.95 or whatever). I said, "No, you WILL PUT the $200 termination fee under review, because I can pay the $27 no problem, and that will take off the termination fee, because that will set me up a full year." Basically, she was trying to rip me off...bitch.

Suffice to say, I looked at the glass half empty point of view and factored in the $200 in my budget. That would have left me in supremely dire straits until my reimbursement comes in the 15th of December, because of my Toronto trip.

Well, today, pleasantly, I was surprised to find out that, indeed, I was right. They had pulled the $200 off my now-closed account and actually were sending me a $26 refund check.

Hopefully I am done with this. For a company that I've actually gotten good phone and Internet service from, their billing department really doesn't get it half the time. And that's frustrating as hell...

P.S. I'm 27 and one half years old today, and for those of you Catholics who give a crap, it's my feast day too. Today also is the birthday, I believe, of my deceased godfather (who shared my first and last names--though spelled slightly differently--two of nearly a dozen relatives who share first and last names, named after my grandfather.)

Well, back to work I go tomorrow...not a big problem though. :) And that's nice.

When your biggest initial concern is how to file reimbursement forms taking into account a currency difference, then you know your job is good. :) I mean, I'll have plenty of work to do, no doubt, but it's not work that makes me stressed, and that's the key in life--work and work hard, but don't kill yourself. Enjoy what you do, and that's just it. Of course, taking the train to and from work helps A LOT. :)

Let's see...well, less than a month until I go to Vegas for the first time ever. Should be pretty cool. But I need to practice gambling...particularly blackjack and craps, if I decide to even take on the monsterously intimidating craps table again.

I'm hoping to do as well as I did bowling on Thanksgiving...an annual tradition with my cousins and brothers (though neither of them could make it) that held up this year even though none of us had dinner together. Good ol' Suburbanite Bowl. Although we are a bit concerned, as every year it's gotten more and more crowded and the music has gotten better and better. It seems more people are onto our plan set into motion about five years back. Oh well. As long as there aren't lines or leagues or anything preventing us from enjoying ourselves. :)

Oh, back to how well I did. We played three games...the first one I sucked at. But in the middle of the second one, my cousin's boyfriend offered two pointers (he's no PBA bowler, but he's pretty damned good...and at least knows his shit...). So, I took them into account. Amazingly, through the next half game and into the third game, I think I left only two open frames. I finished the second game with a turkey (on Thanksgiving, of course) in the 7,8,9 and finished with a 148. But, I rolled in the third game (for me, anyway)...finished with a 174. Still lost though, because my cousin Julie had the game of her LIFE... :) She beat me in the 10th frame with a 177.

But we have to get through the first half of December before Vegas comes into play. I just hope I get good at something...or at least make some wise gamebook decisions. :)