A Fun Post Office Trip, An Open Letter to Craigslist-ers, And I Hate My TV
So I’m typing this blog while snacking on some French fries and celery sticks. Why celery sticks? I ran out of ketchup, and only had some ranch dressing in my refrigerator. Why not pretend to have a healthy snack by adding celery sticks to my plate, right??
And yes, I realize that the ranch dressing is probably the worst part of my snack.
(As of this moment, I’ve eaten just about all of my celery sticks, and none of the fries. Maybe I’ll just finish the celery and toss away the fries.)
Quick-hitters:
- Just when I thought summer was unofficially over, it got hot again this past week. Today, it was quite nice (83/87), and I hope it stays that way through the weekend. I think I’m going to BBQ this weekend; I gotta grill as much as I can before the rainy season starts kicking into gear.
- My poor UPS guy came by here four times this past week. I gotta get him something really nice this Christmas. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
- I cannot believe I’m going to type this, but I actually had a very positive experience at the Post Office a few days ago. The Automated Postal Center (APC) was down, so I had to wait in line with my three packages. The line was about 15 customers long, so I figured I was going to have to be in line for a good half-hour.
Five minutes later, I was out of there. Sweet!
Well, not really. You see, the intersection that the Post Office is on seems to be a haven for drivers that like to ignore street signs. On my way home from the PO that day, I was at the corner, ready to cross the street going East. About one second after the “Walk” sign flashed my way, I looked both ways, and then got ready to step off the curb. That’s when some ***** and her nice Bimmer came barreling through the intersection going South at about 30mph, hooking a right turn right past me. Did I mention she was also on her cell phone?
It was a good thing she was a good 8-10′ away from the curb when she made the right turn, or I could very well have been plastered on her windshield.
(Tangent, sorta: I love it when people do something wrong, and then stare at you, as if you were the one at fault.
No, this didn’t happen this time; clearly the woman was too busy chatting on her phone to see a 6″, lumbering individual attempting to cross a crosswalk. Clearly she was too busy to see the red light too.)
- I’ve been trying to sell a laptop on Craigslist for four weeks now, with no luck. I’ve had several people flake out on me, even after scheduling a time to come by and take a look at the laptop. I also dealt with a woman that kept stalling, until she eventually said she could find a better deal if she waited.
(Tangent: OMG I hate it when people say, about [electronic device], “If I wait long enough, it’ll go down in price!” NO FREAKING KIDDING!!!!!!!!!11111!11!!!!! A Core2Duo laptop, if you wait long enough, will drop down to $100, right?)
So, to the flakes on Craigslist out there, I have a letter for you:
To whom it may concern:
Lately, a bunch of you flakes have decided to get in contact with me with interest in a laptop I was selling on Craigslist. Now, I understand that things happen, and sometimes people can’t keep their appointments.
(clears throat)
IF YOU CAN’T KEEP AN APPOINTMENT, IS IT TOO MUCH TROUBLE TO ASK FOR A PHONE CALL OR AN E-MAIL, EXPLAINING WHY??? Seriously, you can’t take five minutes out of your busy life to give me a ring and say that you won’t be able to make it?
And to the individual that flaked on me THREE times, you couldn’t call me ONCE to explain that you couldn’t (or wouldn’t) drop by??? Not even ONCE???
Ah, that felt good.
(By the way, I should mention that I had this written up yesterday…right before a guy came by and purchased the laptop :P)
- OK, I desperately need a new TV. This stupid Sceptre TV is really pissing me off. It seems that the buttons on the side of the TV don’t work at all any more.
(I know, I know…why would I care that the buttons on the TV don’t work? Isn’t that what a remote control is for? Shush.)
Couple that with the occasional non-responsiveness of the remote, the dead pixel, the noise that is now coming from the TV, and the fact that I love getting new toys (:P), and it’s about time I take my TV back to Costco. Besides, I have a $300 Circuit City GC to use up!
Speaking of TVs, I have a pretty funny story to share about my TV. I brought my Sceptre into the living room, and used it as a PC monitor for my secondary computer (I also brought it outside so that my sister doesn’t have to crash my room to watch football games in high-definition). Both the PC and the TV are about ten feet from my entertainment system, housing my Sony Trinitron 27″ TV.
I noticed a strange phenomenon where the Sceptre would mysteriously turn on for whatever reason. I thought nothing of it until Wednesday, when I noticed that the Sceptre turned on when I turned off my Sony TV. For a few minutes, I was thinking, “WTF?”
That’s when I remembered that I had to program a Sony TV code into my universal remote in order to use it with my Sceptre TV, which explains why turning one of my TVs off turned the other one on, and vice versa. And here I thought I had ghosts in my living room!
I was going to blog about the controversy regarding the Patriots, and the fine that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell slapped them with, but I’ll save it for tomorrow.
Happy blogging!
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