citibank is my first CC with rewards - free of $$ charge; free of cost however - not even close.
#1 Gripe: thankyou network is pathetic.
the “reward” points you receive are approx. 100/dollar spent. ok fine. I decided to use some - 13,500 points for a PS2 - cool - about $135. I order it up on 11/20. it is now the 27th and the order status remains exactly what it was the day I placed it: “In Progress.” perhaps I need to send them a friendly reminder? oh, what’s this - no email or e-contact method whatsoever, an address and a phone #. fuuuck you!
#2 Gripe: my finance charge calculation cycle based on std purchases is *20* days. NOT the same as my billing cycle (30 days.) this underhanded practice basically forces you into paying every 20 days or else you get charged. this is the first time I’ve encountered this tactic; it is sneaky and irritating. fuck you.
#3 Gripe: seriously, where’s my ps2?! assholes.
#4 Gripe: I called citi about a month ago to inquire about changing the due date of my payments. ‘ok np’ the CSR says in a garbled D-student english tongue. I ask to have a fee removed - ‘ok np, check back with us in 7 biz days’ - wtf? apparently ‘billing’ has to look over the acct and decide if I am worthy. ok fine I say. thanks…… at which point the CSR launches into a spcheel about some credit protection - y’know, 30 days free of “id/credit protection” yada yada shit that is probably included in my account already anyway. I say no. she launches into yet another spcheel. I am polite, I say no thanks I will consider it - mistake - as this is apparently another keyword for yet another speech. I am annoyed. I said no. good bye. in short - my gripe is NO FREE CUSTOMER SERVICE - you pay with your time as they WILL TRY TO SELL YOU SOMETHING after “helping” you. fu.
#5 semi-gripe: I did end up receiving the PS2. it took nearly *two* months and the status was never updated. well at least I got it…
betcha not 1,000,000 miles like Peter Gilbert’s 1989 Saab 900 SPG. pretty damn impressive; only other vehicles I’ve heard going this far are old(er) toyota trucks [got a link? I can't find shit].
my bro has an early 90s Saab and he recently rebuilt the transmission, I wonder how far his will go.
too funny; granted more funny to me due to recent events w/my lovely-lady-friend and her similar stanky problem.
Apparently, this passenger was banned for life because she lit a match on a plane. When she was questioned about why she lit the match, she responded that she had hoped to hide the smell of her flatulence. Apparently, she had a “condition.”
banned for life though, I would think they would stop ppl from bringing matches on a plane if the consequences of using them are so harsh, seems a simple fine could do.
so I sit here, with approximately 2 hours remaining in my longass day, staring at my winblows clock/calendar. not just because I’m bored/procrastinating/lazy, but cuz I have some good ass shit coming up that temporarily has me dreamily distracted. ok, everyone does, holiday season is fun yeah. I have vacation time and quite likely a (fairly) major life shift coming up in the new year. it could be exciting shit but nothing for sure other than simply being different.
anyway. on to the point - every 4.5~5 seconds my work pcs clock tick pauses slightly longer than the other ticks. I had to stare at it for a minute or two once while I observed the odd pattern. it’s definitely off. I’ve been working w/these bastard machines for most of my life and have never noticed this sort’ve thing.
just lined it up with time.gov and sure enough, it’s either too fast (or now,too slow?!?!) that is showing me a direct pause/jump weirdness. (time.gov is solid and repitious enough not to be observed by my eye)
ooookay… time to buckle down and git sum sheet dun or at least try - it’ll make the time go by quicker. :/
GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB DDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card – $534.73 after discount+tax
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GeForce 8800 GTS 640 MB DDR3 PCI Express Graphics Card – $381.73 after discount+tax - Cheapest on PriceGrabber is $638.
while I’m definitely not in the market for this it still has quite a high wowzerz-factor effect on me. I’m quite content with my newly built budget-o non-corporate branded computer parts purchased for the price of the cheaper card above and built by me - oh the glee!
still, tis amazering to witness how powerful these things are becoming. guesstimation: a 1GB RAM “mainstream budget” graphics card will be ~$200 in 2 years(!)
this is surly a sign of how bad things have are beneith the veil of bush gov secrecy; perhaps we can look on the positive, this injection is a subtle admission of guilt - who else but crooks and liars seek innocence before being deemed guilty?
I don’t know how objective this Cafferty guy is, but he seems pretty upset about this, and I do trust CNN about as much as one can trust American mass media these days…
another youtube vid, I know, but these embedded things are slick: what are we becoming?
witness the amazing feat of (university) police brutality!
granted, guy was likely being exceedingly difficult for the UCPD to even come… I worked those late hours at the computer lab at CSUC a semester and occasionally had problems w/people who strongly felt they should not have to leave or show ID to stay… never so bad as to call the campus cops though. I doubt UCLA is that much different in that respect.
however, it does seem apparent that the UCPD used excessive force and should be repremanded accordingly… with that many of them they could have dragged him out rather than tazing the shit out of him yielding those blood curdling screams…. with the hall echos it sounded like a grievous torture chamber.
for some reason, you *still* can’t get this shit (routine maintance?!) done on time. after nearly 2 years of running this game, and an near infinite amount of money to keep things moving forward, why can’t you bring servers back online ON TIME on a regular basis?!
your developers and artists are incredibly talented. the vision of the world and its implementation are astounding and revolutionary. I am only pissed off you’ve stolen so much of my life once in awhile.
so, OK, you have 4+ million subscribers, it’s a huge load; but that’s A LOT OF FUCKING MONEY. you could hire 4 million monkeys to do the same job your support staff does now. I’m sure there ARE exceptions, but WTF: your forums and your web servers go down when your game servers aren’t back up in time. there are a LOT of pissed off people wanting answers and rarely are they provided.
are you so greedy and inconsiderate that making deadlines is like a reward to your loyal subscribers? do we not pay you $13-$15 contractually such that you provide us a service? I feel like you nickle and dime us by constantly missing “deadlines.”
you are a drug dealer with all the supply in the universe; does this increase in temporary demand by pushing people to the ends of their patience actually provide benefits? if so I can’t imagine what sort.
No, I won’t stop giving you my money. Yes I pre-ordered your fucking collectors edition Burning Crusade expansion. I am simply disappointed in your irresponsibility to adapt, or at the very least, inability to be more upfront and honest with those who love you.
I pay and therefore I have the right and the privilege to bitch. *PLEASE* FIX YOUR SHIT BEFORE THE EXPANSION.
so I guess I drink too much: too much coffee, too much vodka. at least that’s what my mommy says. it rather happily explains why since as of this week, I have been wiping small amounts of red from my ass. but only when I poo, there is no leakage (eww).
it’s a much better explaination than pondering the possibility of ecoli - have you eaten spinich lately? (hope not!).
drink less baddies. that concludes my self-learned lesson of the day.
..I’ve become overly comfortable… or unusually lazy… or I’m getting old… in any case, it is reaching a very disturbing level. for the second time this week, I left myself completely at the mercy of the thieves / miscreants in my neighborhood.
monday, I left my car doors unlocked, ok, so my car could’ve been pillaged… fine. last night, I left my fucking keys in my front door all night. oh, I locked the front door… from the inside… but left THE DAMN KEYS HANGING THERE. at least I had the sense to turn off my porch light before bed… hah. my house and my car were essentially free for the taking for about 7 hours last night thru this morning. what gives?!
I stopped smoking pot regularly about a year ago. these little issues with short term memory should mitigate, right!? ugh, at least when I was smoking, I had added paranoia so this sort’ve thing would never have occured…
what can I do? do I need a live-in nagging mind-nurse? :(
seriously now, WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON IN M YHEAD. FROM BIPPITYBOP TO WISHING I WOULD JUST DROP…..DEAD!!!!! I am SO fucking ready to be…. what…. WHAT? WHAT THE FUCFK?! I’ve got chills. it’s 85 in here and I’m sweating yet bitter cold. I don’t want to know love ever again. it hurts too god damn much when it enivitably fails. but!!!!! I CAN’T REFUSE IT EITHER. JUST LIKE, I WANT TO BE DRUNK BUT I CAN’T DRINK. I’ll feel worse for it. OF COURSE. I had a fucking wild night last night. but it’s never enough. if I can’t see or be with THAT PERSON, I FEEL INCOMPLETE. I DON’T NEED ANYBODY, BUT I CAN’T GO IT ALonE FOREVER…. OR EVEN MUch LONgER. I MISS YOU.. LIKE I MISS A SWIFT PUNCH IN THE FACE. SsaDlY THE ONlY achievable option is the LATTER. PUNCH MY PRETTY LITTLE FACE TIL I CRY ALL THE BLOOD TEARS I HAVE KEPT SECRET FOR YEARS. I wish you cared if I were alive. I wish you felt as I do for one iota of the billions I cannot begin to esplain tos yous.
my downhill slope is fast and relentless… it sure would be fun to ride down physically. to begin with, I’ve been pretty “sad” today anyway - so the emotional ride down the slope is pretty fucking miserable.
I see a (slick)deal for rollerblades… I immediately think, hey! this would be fun to pick up again if a certain someone was interested in me…. ugh! then the instant later, all that we share in common flashes through my stubborn skull.
dammit all to hell, why do I continually bother to think about what could be when what *is* is ridiculously far from that!? not only that, but at this point, I would refuse to let her back in to the best of my abilities… because I don’t want to go through all this again, should she have a change of heart (take 3..) it would take some major effort on her part which the probability of is even more ridiculous than my persistent thinkings of her….
