today just sucked.
the only bright spot of the day came tonight when i was invited to dinner tomorrow night. at least i now have something to look forward to tomorrow.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
stupid news
i have the WBZ news on this morning and i was thinking that it's a bit more straight forward news rather than the usual hacky-try-and-crack-a-joke news we usually see.
but then they ran a quick story on the whole digital tv conversion in february. and in typical fashion, they neglect to point out the most important fact.
Does the DTV transition affect TV sets that are connected to cable services?
No. If you subscribe to cable service, the DTV transition should not affect any TV sets that are connected to your cable services. The DTV transition applies only to full-power broadcast television stations – stations that use the public airwaves to transmit their programming to viewers through a broadcast antenna.
and to make this answer even more clear - if you have a cable box (comcast, verizon, roadrunner, direct tv, whatever), then you are FINE.
you do NOT need to buy the converter box.
this only applies to anyone who watches tv using rabbit ears. if you don't use rabbit ears when watching tv, then this will not affect you.
but of course, nearly every single news story i have seen that talks about this neglects to mention this important fact.
Monday, December 22, 2008
what. the. fuck?
my daily display of human idiocy was in full effect tonight. there was nothing wrong with the road conditions, but for whatever reason, it was a fucking abortion.
i left work around 420 to get to the post office to mail my rens gifts. after being in line for just over 30 mins (expected, didn't bother me) i hit the road. at first i was stuck behind some fuck in a bmw who seemed to think checking his email was more important than rolling his car forward.
then, on the on-ramp to 93 that i use, i was cockblocked and had to take an alternate route. that was nothing short of gridlock. not that 93 was any better. but dealing with traffic that had me crawling wore my patience thin.
then M called and i was curt with her (sorry dear). by this point, i had gone 2 miles in 30 minutes. and then the straw that broke the camel's back fell.
John Denver's 'Please Daddy, Don't Drink on Christmas'
i lost it.
TK made a comment at lunch today about how one day he swore to the point he made jesus weep.
well TK, i made god cry like a little girl.
there was a minor break (FINALLY) but any good will that may have been provided quickly evaporated and it was back to making god cry again.
so, by the time i got home, i was in rare form. ~15 miles in 100+ minutes.
i was pissed when i had a longer commute last year in the storm of 12/13, but compared to what i experienced tonight, that was enjoyable.
so to all you fucknuts who ruined my evening, a hearty fuck you.
idiot bank
like many people, i've turned to online banking to pay most of my bills and this morning i had an email saying that i hadn't scheduled a payment for my credit card.
uhhh....i scheduled the payment for last week and i know it went through, so why are you telling me that i hadn't scheduled a payment?
so with much annoyance, i logged into my account and it shows me that i still have to schedule a payment. so i check the account that i paid it from and sure enough, there is the completed payment. paid last week.
in typical fashion, the right hand doesn't know what the left is doing and i turn into a frazzeled mess trying to figure this out.
when i look at the bill payment screen, it shows that i haven't scheduled a payment yet.
when i look at the ACTUAL account info, it clearly states that a payment was received last week. MATCHING in both DATE and AMOUNT.
so obviously what this means is online banking doesn't have its act together yet. you would figure if i paid my balance (which i had), the notification system would be pinged to indicate as such. but it doesn't seem to have that link yet. stupid online banking.
Type rest of the post here
Saturday, December 20, 2008
(not quite) random pictures of the moment: snow series (12/19/2008)
we had our first major storm yesterday. unfortunately, there are still people in the middle of the state that are dealing with the ice storm from last week who are now dealing with this shit on top of the lack of power issue.
so at the top of each hour starting at noon, i set up my tripod and took a picture out my window. i'm keeping the bulk of them behind a cut just so it doesn't take forever to load.
12pm - nothing yet
1pm - still nothing
2pm - after ~30 minutes
3pm - not too bad
4pm - getting darker
5pm - darkness fell
6pm - still falling
7pm - the kids next door were clearing their driveway. i like that they look like ghosts.
8pm - KO was clearing the driveway. not as bad as i thought.
9pm - the neighbor kids were clearing the driveway again. the dome light was on in the jeep as their mom had just climbed out of the car.
10pm - still snowing. looks like ~2" fell since KO cleared the driveway
11pm - passing car
12am - the lights belong to the truck that plowed the driveway across the street.
7am - how i woke up this morning. i should dig my car out but it's cold out.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
random picture of the moment: toaster fail
it should be noted that I TOOK AND EDITED THESE TWO PICTURES TOGETHER.
but some asshole friend of mine took it upon himself to usurp my picture for his own use.
moar funny pictures
Friday, December 05, 2008
public service announcement
for anyone doing online shopping this holiday season, Dealhack has a nice list of deadline dates for shipping stuff.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
random pictures of the moment: Atlantic Death Knell
the other day i commented on the closing of Atlantic and the request for a few shots of the carpet were made so here you go. not the greatest, but i was trying to do it quickly without drawing too much attention to myself.
it's carpet - really! (outside the bakery)
more carpet! (outside the former fresh fish case)
the produce section
the large empty space on the right used to be where the yogurt was (more carpet!)
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
how depressing
overall it has been a quiet month, which has led to few posts by me as i can't say i have had many overly profound thoughts or doings.
after an irritating day at work on friday (someone who had planned to take the day off decided not to, so i could have had the day off, but didn't find out until i got to work), i stopped by atlantic to pick a few things up (milk, etc) and was surprised to see the parking lot packed. usually it gets pretty full during rush hour, but i managed to get there long before that rush so i wondered what was going on. after wandering into the store, i noticed the sushi bar was closed and wondered why that was, but at this point the 25% off total purchase print outs didn't register. after a few more moments, i realized that the little supermarket with the full liquor license that i liked going to was closing. there's no indication of when it will finally close, but at the rate people were attacking the shelves, i don't think it will be much longer.
so yesterday, M & i went back to do a more thorough browse of the wine aisle. 25% off booze is pretty good. on friday, people were practically fighting over the large bottles of vodka and the like, and the wines had been pretty well picked over. but we started looking and decided that if we saw something that looked interesting, grab it. for a supermarket, atlantic had a reasonable selection of wines. some cheap, some more expensive, but certainly a better selection than some places, so we looked and grabbed 9 various bottles. 2 of them were an El Coto Rioja which we had tried earlier this month and enjoyed. but the rest were this or that. afterwards, we did something i had yet to do since i started shopping there - we went up and down every aisle looking to see what else might be of interest. there wasn't a whole lot left that was of interest, but we were able to find stuff that we needed. and with heavy hearts, we paid for everything. 25% made a pretty big difference, knocking just over $50 off the bill, and to our delight, the $20 gift certificate was still valid, so we saved just over $70. not a bad haul.
on friday i gave it some thought as to why they were closing on the way home, and my suspicions were confirmed when i found a few articles on the closing.
more competition, the economy and energy prices. in the last year, both stop & shop and market basket opened in town (right next to each other) and they have pulled business away. i knew this would happen when they opened, but i obviously didn't know how much business was being pulled away. according to one of the articles i found, it costs atlantic ~$300,000/year for energy costs. that's a ton of money. in part it was due to their equipment, but with rising energy costs, increased competition, it made it harder for them to stay afloat. they still are, but the question would be 'for how much longer?' would they keep their heads above water.
for me, it means i have to plan my shopping trips a bit more. no longer can i just swing over to atlantic to grab milk or pistachios (that really depresses me - i liked their pistachios). both MB & S&S are out of the way for me. and i'm now kind of in the middle of the surrounding supermarkets. i've always had several choices, but i really did like the ability to literally roll down the hill to atlantic for when i needed something. plus it was easy when M&i were cooking if we needed something, i'd just run out and get it. no longer.
i don't know if i'll be back in atlantic before it closes. i may make another attempt at a wine run later this week, but i wouldn't be surprised if it was finally closed. i'm not sure if i'm mourning the loss of a friend, or whether i'm mourning the loss of convenience.
i am certainly going to miss the ability to buy beer & wine there. there are so few supermarkets that sell beer and wine in this state (talk about your draconian liquor laws, i voted yes to wine in supermarkets when it was a ballot question a few years back). the 3 trader joe's that sell wine are all out of my way (cambridge, framingham and i forget, but i've been to it). whole foods doesn't sell wine (have seen it tho in sonoma).
oh well. there isn't anything i can do about it, but i guess this means that market basket will be getting more of my money. even if it is a pain in the ass to get out of their parking lot. (light at the main entrance does not allow for left turns which i need - goes back to long before they moved in and the town (surprise) does not appear to want to change that)
farewell my friend. farewell to the first supermarket i had ever been in that had genuine carpeting.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
dear people,
obama is a politician. please keep that in mind. presuming he wins the election tomorrow, the world isn't going to change. if you believe so, then ask yourself, is this woman being realistic?
all i see is stupid sheep playing follow the leader.
do we need a change? absolutely. is obama going to be the change we need?
i doubt it.
he is a politician.
and politicians don't change.
i spent part of the day trying to figure out how to write out what my feelings about tomorrow are, but all i can offer is a simple warning.
regardless of who wins, we all lose.
not much will change. republicans will hate democrats. democrats will hate republicans. all will throw stones at each other. all will call each other names. and where will it get us?
i will vote tomorrow. but it won't be for them.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
oh for crying out loud.
HILLARY DUFF IS A FUCKING WHORE!
it's one thing to write a song and pull samples from other songs, but when the ENTIRE FUCKING SONG is nothing BUT samples of a reasonably WELL KNOWN song.
i like Personal Jesus. it's one of the Depeche Mode songs that really hooked me. but this is just an abomination. to put this in perspective, i have no issue with cover versions. i love cover versions, good or bad. my preference is for the artist to take the song and make it their own, but there are some perfectly good straight forward covers out there.
example: i like manson's take, even if it is fairly straight forward cover. (similar in some ways to the lollipop lust kill version which came out 2 years prior) some people like johnny cash's take which isn't bad (again, fairly straight forward). i've never heard of Metamatics, but their take is interesting (in the good way). vegas lounge act? one man version?
but to BLATENTLY take and bastardize the song like this.
i'm furious now....
see you auntie.
fuck you.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
caller of the day so far.
i would like to preface this with the following statment, shamelessly borrowed from Opie.
PRANK CALLER! PRANK CALLER!
with people in our department taking the day off, RB & i are the only ones here, at least until CC gets into the other office and can help out.
JMcMenace just called asking for CL (who usually takes the bulk of the help desk calls) and the conversation went something like this:
JMcM: hi, is CL there?
Mol: no, she's out.
JMcM: did she take the day off?
Mol: no, she broke her hip.
JMcM: really? you're kidding me.
Mol: yup.
JMcM: how did she do it?
Mol: do what? i was kidding.
JMcM: oh (laughs). i could picture her doing jazzercise and her little legs giving out.
Mol: no, i think she just took the day off.
apparently, when JMcM wants to go out for a smoke with CL, rather than calling CL's number directly, she just calls the help desk instead. so who knows what important help desk call we could have missed because RB & i were both on the phone at the time. there could have been a fire in the other office and we might not have known until it was too late.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
well, no surprises there
as an update to last nights post about the idiocy of certain people at work, i spoke with the wreck of a train this morning about her rather cryptic response to my request for clarification.
it turns out the work that i did earlier this summer, won't go to waste. but it took me explaining a few things. as it turns out, she decided that the 2 general boxes i had set up were going to be repurposed, but had neglected to tell anyone.
so i explained why i didn't want to change their purpose and suggested that i set up 2 separate boxes which then took several explanations on my part why i thought that would be a good idea. i think she understood my thinking and then twaddled off.
at some point in the future, the boxes i set up months ago may actually be used. but we'll see. i'm sure the end of this will be full of confusion.
and in an unrelated note, i'm going to guess that someone who works for verizon IS A MASSIVE DUMB FUCKING IDIOT.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
that figures
part of me feels used, but then this is typical of our office.
we have a fancy faxserver (running gfi faxmaker 12) at work that is SORELY under utilized. we are barely scratching the surface of its capabilities, mostly because people at work are your stereotypical technophobes.
the idea of removing archaic technology (fax machines) and replacing it with new hotness tech scares the shit out of people at work. so it's always an uphill struggle.
so rewind a few months (like march) when i was approached about actually utilizing this new fangled tech. so several boring (and semi-pointless for me at the time) meetings, a plan was drawn up.
faxes would come in, CI would sort them and then pass them along to the appropriate team and support staff. for this, i set up a mailbox for each of our teams (~10) plus the 2 general boxes for each office. i then set the permissions and tested things and it all worked as advertised.
and then nothing.
on monday, i received an email that when i sat and analyzed it, realized that everything we had set up was going to waste, so i asked about it and sure enough, i got a reply confirming my analysis and a simplified revision.
and the worst part is the simplification should it get off the ground will make it harder for us to actually implement the original plan which itself was pretty simple.
so, those semi-pointless meetings i attended?
yeah. completely pointless.
Monday, October 13, 2008
(not so) random picture of the moment: Bunny Boy
lighting for the show generated some interesting light effects with my phone. i took a stack of pictures, but Bunny Boy (in the bunny suit) moved around. a lot. very kinetic, so with him bouncing around and the lighting made it hard to take any really good pictures. most are a blur of some kind.
the show itself was excellent. it will take a little time to digest what i saw tonight, but it was excellent.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
random pictures of the moment: deconstruction progress
we were told that deconstruction was going to start around July 2nd. it came and went. it wasn't until September that they started doing anything, and then on September 24th, Big Daddy got to work. the original idea was to take a picture a day from the same angle as things were torn apart, but as it took more than 2 months to start doing the visible deconstruction, i decided to just document it as it went. but i did manage to get a few similar shots.
taken July 2, 2008 @ 812a
taken October 7, 2008 @ 844a
taken October 6, 2008 @ 323p
taken October 8, 2008 @ 453p
bonus shot: i wonder if ATT sponsored todays deconstruction, more bars in more places?
taken October 8, 2008 @ 453p
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Happy Retirement my old friend
posted 10/6/08 @ tampabay.com:'Opus' is retiring Nov. 2
"Opus," the Sunday comic strip documenting the exploits of a big-nosed penguin by the same name, will appear for the last time on Nov. 2 because creator Berkeley Breathed has decided to stop drawing it, the Washington Post Writers Group said today.
The syndicate is expected to release further details this afternoon.
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Breathed (also well known for "Bloom County") launched the Sunday-only strip in 2003.
Bloom County began in 1980, and Breathed won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. He quit drawing Bloom County in 1989, when the comic was running in nearly 1,300 newspapers, according to Editor & Publisher magazine. Shortly after that, he began drawing "Outland," a Sundays-only strip featuring many of the same characters, but he retired it in 1995.
The St. Petersburg Times hasn't decided how it will replace Opus in the Sunday comics section.
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Thursday, October 02, 2008
i managed to get through the first 15 minutes of the dumbass veep debate. the only thing i can say is kudos to the moderator for slamming both of them for not answering that first question.
and i can't STAND how she ALWAYS SAYS "AS A MAYOR, AS A GOVERNOR"
SHUT THE FUCK UP. YOU DON'T KNOW A GODDAMN THING.
you goddamn parrot.
my head is hurting.
Monday, September 29, 2008
very funny
Little Britain USA
and i had to laugh when i discovered that the 4th Doctor was the narrator (of this and the original British series.)
cosmic winds
the world is a tiring place for me today. and i found the interview OnA had with Larry Charles on his about to be released movie Religulous interesting and entertaining. it sounds like the type of movie i would enjoy.
after the interview and heading over to XM, they were discussing the interview and one of the points brought up was what happened to create the big bang. people can't seem to wrap their peabrains around the concept of nothing. what came before the big bang? we don't know and that's where the whole faith thing comes into play. people tend to think that there has to be some 'god' that was there IN THE BEGINNING.
that may be so, but one of the few bright moments of the day was the thought that the universe was created by nothing more than a cosmic fart. (i probably have george carlin to thank for that subconcious thought.)
this was another bright spot. that monster busted all kinds of building today.
you. dumb. IDIOT.
i'm not a big fan of Jack Cafferty, but kudos for this one. she is truly disturbing, and the depths of her inexperience truly offend me.
and Wolf, you dumb asshole.
(thanks OnA for playing this)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
random pictures of the moment: and boom goes the dynamite
something tells me that this isn't going to be a big seller here in the boston area. i can't quite put my finger on what it is, something isn't right.
new series: view from the desk (not mine)
daily display: *bloop*
this monster is currently in the process of destroying the building behind it. that claw is bigger than i am and it's fun and entertaining to watch.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
listen up people
it's religion talk sunday. today, we have the honorable George Carlin (RIP) explaining the 10 commandments in terms that all of us can understand.
on a personal note, i subscribe to #3. thank you Mr. Carlin.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
about time. i saw that Red Dwarf was coming back (albeit a very limited resurrection) the other week, but here is the official confirmation.
Monday, September 15, 2008
the word for the night is fluster
i've been getting calls all summer (even tho i'm supposedly on the do not call list) from an automated caller that says they want to speak with my about my account.
now, i understand that if it is a company that i have done business with before, or it's a political party, they can call. and i understand that not everyone follows the do not call list (not mandatory unfortunately).
these assholes fall into the 3rd category. at no time during the call, do they say WHO they are, or WHAT account they want to discuss with me, yet they seem to call me 3-4 times a week without fail. so when they called tonight, i actually answered the phone and pressed 1 to speak with a live person.
so, douchebag asshole gets on the line and starts rambling about something, so i stop him and ask why they keep calling me. he hits the rewind button and starts rambling so i try and ask what it is they do, are they a bank, or some sort of generic consolidator.
apparently 'generic' completely threw douchebag asshole for a loop and before i had a chance to ask them to remove me from their call list, he muttered something (i don't think he swore at me) and then promptly hung up on me.
i have no idea if they will call me again, but i think they will. in the meantime, i think i'll see if i can put together a quick fax server and plug it into my phone. maybe that way it will actually remove me if it thinks this isn't a phone, but a fax.
i wonder if someone has a telezapper i could borrow...
this should be fun
on May 2, 2000, i witnessed an event referred to as Fragility 2.0 in Worcester.
8 years, 9 months and 6 days later, i am going witness Lights In The Sky in Manchester.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
oh for crying out loud.
IT'S NOT EVEN OCTOBER YET! target has already started dumping the halloween stuff which isn't for another month and a half. and this shit? GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK!
9/14/08 @ 417pm
why does stinky have to make microwave popcorn at 223a? i can hear it popping. the first time i heard it, it sounded like the occasional mouse scratching inside the wall. but popcorn at 223a?
that sucked
well, it's some ungodly hour right now and i just got back from the office. we had some sort of network issue that i'm sure could raise some hell had it not been resolved. fortunately, it was and that is good.
the only reason i'm posting this is on my way home, i saw one of those trolley tour buses on the highway and it was having a party. for what looked like 6 people or so (one woman dancing, most likely sloshed). it looked like your typical dance club, only on wheels which i thought was pretty amusing for 150am. i don't think i've seen that before. i did see a converted school bus that was similar, but that was the first tolley tour bus dance club.
rather odd. anyways, i'm tired and hope to get some sleep before my boss wakes me up in the morning to find out what happened. i was leaving him VM and as i was wrapping it up, i accidently hung up, so i just left it at that. hopefully he'll check his email, but i doubt it. it could prove to be an entertaining call if he wakes me bright and early...
Thursday, September 11, 2008
random pictures of the moment: toilet paper
both shots taken yesterday.
the equivalent of toilet paper stuck on your shoe:
this isn't the greatest shot in the world, but after trying to get it in a moving car for 3 days, it's as good as i can get for the moment. is it just me, or does Fox25 anchor Mark Ockerbloom (left) look like a creepy pedofile? i certainly don't believe that he is, but the whole look in his eye (the "i'm a serious reporter" look?) combined with the darker shadowed coloring look doesn't help. plus whoever created the billboard shouldn't have chopped the tops of their heads off. a quick crop at the chest and slide them down would have saved them from having their heads cropped like a yummy soft-boiled egg.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
claims
i noticed the other day that mouth wash seems to be leading to this trend of "12 hour protection". the idea obviously is that you use it twice a day, you get 24 hour protection. not really, but that's what they want you to think.
the other night i gave it some realistic thought and came to the conclusion that it was a bogus (duh) claim. like most people, i brush my teeth twice a day. before i goto bed (~11pm) and again when i get up in the morning. somewhere between 6-8am typically.
so if i use my mouthwash at 11pm, i'm covered until 11am (according to the claims). and if i use it again in the morning (say 7am to split the difference), then i'm covered until 7pm. but if i don't brush my teeth immediately after dinner, but wait until i'm getting ready for bed (~11pm), then there is a 4 hour window where according to the 12 hour claim, i'm not protected.
not an overly profound observation, but i was amused.
boo.
there isn't much on tv these days, at least not on sunday nights so i've been lazy and not changed the channel from fox (where i had been watching football) and they have this game show called Hole In The Wall.
it is awful.
and i'm trying to figure out how to make a 'glory hole in the wall' joke, but can't. where's lil' jimmy norton when i need him?
Thursday, August 28, 2008
beep beep richie
at 3am this morning, i was rudely woken up by a loud beep, similar to a pager that hasn't been looked at type beep. it's loud, obnoxious and won't shut up until you look at it. i didn't think too much of it and started to fall back asleep semi-wondering what was it as it pulled me from a dead sleep.
but just as i was slipping back into that wonderful dark embrace of sleep, BEEP BEEP.
at which point any hope of falling asleep flew right out my open window. i knew it was not a pager i had (not on call until tomorrow), and i knew it wasn't my cellphone, because it isn't anywhere near as obnoxious about missed calls (my KRZR did beep like that, but it's off). it couldn't be a laptop as that was powered off, and the beep was the wrong pitch. the only thing i could think of was maybe the smoke detector in the hallway was the culprit. in my last apartment, i had the battery die on the smoke detector before and it's a similar beep, so i grabbed a flashlight (which i didn't really need) and wandered into the living room. i opened my front door and waited on the couch for it to beep again. after ten minutes of looking back and forth between the smoke detector and the clock on my cable box, i figured it wasn't the culprit.
i did notice one odd thing tho - stinky (neighbor) who ALWAYS has her tv on when at home (day and night), usually at obnoxious volume levels, actually had the volume down on her tv. i could see a slight glow around the door so i saw that it was on, but i thought it was odd that she didn't have the volume up. after a few minutes, i heard the channel change and was pleased that the volume was actually at a reasonable level until it went to commercial where it was then back to the usual obnoxious levels. a few seconds later, the volume dropped so i was left wondering if she falls asleep on the remote and her rolling about then pushes the buttons until she wakes up. there is this morbid curiosity, but at the same time, it's an unpleasant thought to observe her in her natural environment. it's bad enuff that i'll come home and be assaulted with a new smell.
afterwards, crawled back into bed, twittered and then attempted to fall asleep. after a few minutes, i closed my window and turned the fan on my A/C to create some white noise, but that didn't help much so it was probably close to 4am when i finally fell back asleep. so when my alarm went off at 602am, i managed to sleep thru it until just after 7am, which is something i would prefer not to do.
fortunately, there was no traffic on the road so even leaving a little before 8am, i was at work in plenty of time.
so for the 4th night in a row, i've had a crappy nights sleep and i'm getting starting to get cranky.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
happy 60th berfday robert.
thanks for all the music and here's to more.
includingaZeppelintourpleasethankyou.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
that was nice
i stopped by a verizon in-store kiosk on the way home today and asked carmine about a promo that verizon was running for people who bought the LG Dare. buy the phone, get a free (as in beer) 8gb microSD card for your phone. i wasn't aware of it until i signed up for my employee discount (22% off my bill! AND it applies to anything i buy for my phone too!). i shot our sales rep an email but in no real surprise, he never replied.
so, i talked to carmine and he knew exactly what i was talking about. he looked a few things up but wasn't sure when the promotion started. and he wasn't sure if it was something that would have to be mailed to me or he could give to me. so i patiently waited while he looked things up, talked with a co-worker who wasn't sure, and then he emailed someone who would know. but they were on vacation until the 25th. so he mailed the person covering, and i continued to wait. i was able to find info about the promo, but nothing with a date, so after he assisted 2 other customers, he made an executive decsion - he gave me an 8gb card.
WOO!
so, i now have an 8gb card to put into my phone and i can replace the 2gb i'm currently using that belongs to my mp3 player. so the day ended on a pretty good note after starting out in a pretty rough fashion. i'm still tired as hell, but pleased how the day ended.
thank you carmine of the verizon in-store kiosk :-)
Sunday, August 17, 2008
we're home. long flight, but not checking any luggage meant 80 minutes after we touched down, i was crawling into bed.
yay sleep.
short story - we had a really good time, saw a lot, tried a lot, ate a lot, walked a lot, but the best parts far and above was having good times with friends.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
HAPPY DAY!
WE'RE SEEING THE RESIDENTS!
WE'RE SEEING THE RESIDENTS!
WE'RE SEEING THE RESIDENTS!
we boughts our tickets!
we boughts our tickets!
Sunday, August 03, 2008
random pictures of the moment: impending doom and gloom
M&i went into boston yesterday so i could get a haircut and afterwards headed over from chinatown to quincy market. unfortunately, beard papa is no longer there (replaced by some place that sells mac and cheese, sample was nothing special) and the shoes she was looking for didn't appear to be available, so we had a late lunch/early dinner before heading back to the car. after we started back, it started to rumble a bit (yay thunderstorm) and as we left the quincy market/fanueil hall area, i happened to look up and see these. much to M's frustration, i turned into immediate tourist and pulled my phone out to take pictures, but i couldn't help myself. the 4th shot i took didn't come out as well (camera focused on the nearby sign rather than down the street) so i don't include it, but had i been on my own, i would have taken a whole bunch more. we managed to get 1/3 of the way back before i had to pull the umbrella out, but that didn't stop us from getting somewhat wet anyways. did see a few good flashes nail a tall building a few times. but i had fun all the same.
august 2, 2008 @ 401p
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
random pictures of the moment: hodge podge
rather than bore you with how i was sick on sunday and monday, i figured i'd just throw up some pictures i have taken in the last 10 days or so.
file under: you don't say
file under: WHAT A BARGIN!
file under: are ya?
file under: sucks to be you. i didn't realize we had boots here. bonus points if you can tell me where in boston i was when i took the picture.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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