Vibrant.(Still) Unrepentant. Badass. Old. Queer

1. My Visa bill with my first Verizon Internet charge on it arrived the other day. I thought it seemed a little high ... but, you know, there are always these weird "mystery" fees which make the cost higher than one would expect, like "tax" and "service charge." Anyway, I checked my Verizon account last night, and, guess what? They are charging me double. DOU.BLE. Instead of $16/month, I am being billed $33. GAH! So, after much searching online, I found the toll-free number to call. And navigated the menu by repeating "BILLING" ad nauseum. Two hours later, I finally get to the part where I can speak to an *actual* person, and I get this recorded announcement: "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Office hours are from 8:30AM to 6PM." *CLICK* Bitch hung up on me. Could they not have included that little fact at the BEGINNING of my call? Would that have been too much trouble? Would it? Of course I forgot to bring all the information with m...

*whooooo-wheeeeee* What a weekend, kittens. What. A weekend. Here's the rundown: Friday: After work, I met Kristen and Carolyn at Kristen's hotel for Happy Hour. Then, we walked to Banana Cafe for dinner. However, the wait was too long, so we ended up going to Belga Cafe a few blocks down. It was yummy (if a tad expensive). I had the Salade Roulade (heart of romaine with goat cheese, blue cheese and roasted tomatoes) and some sort of onion tart thing. For dessert, I had the Belgian waffles, which were disappointing - slightly underdone and the chocolate sauce was too tangy (it had raspberry something in it). After dinner, I headed home. I was in the shower when Y came over. We tried to set up my internet, but kept having issues. A long and confusing call to India resolved nothing, so we went to bed ... *heh* Saturday morning, I thought we were going to see The Arab-Israeli Cookbook; however, I had the date wrong. It was on Sunday. Oops. Y and I "lounged aro...

Blogging from home on my own innarnextes connection, kittens! And having a martini! *woot* [the Verizon guy arrived at 4PM. He wasn't hot ... *sigh*]

At home. Waiting for the Verizon technician. I was giving the amazingly precise window of "between 8AM and 5PM." I called at 1 for something a little more definite and was told "I'll put a note to try to arrive around 2 ... but it might not be until 7." da-huh? He had better be hot.

Still no intarnexts at home. Verizon tech is coming out Monday (must take the day off) to see if he can fix it. forkity forkity fork fork.

I *so* want to see the movie, but I think I'll wait a few weeks for the madness to die down. In the meantime, here is my Simpsons Avatar. You can make yours at the Simpsons website . Good news, people! Verizon called earlier this morning and my Intartubez is all ready to be hooked up. If all goes according to plan (and how often does that actually happen?), I should be surfing the Wireless Wonderland tonight. Cross your fingers and look for me on AIM this weekend and we can chat about all the goodness in the world. Or just bitch about life. I'm OK with either. *smooches*