merrappy haunnamass and a happy new year if you aren't chinese or jew-like



back in the ol' office. a week off is never enough. my company "highly encouraged" us to take this week off as well, but i like to take my vacations on my terms (when possible), so there!

i though my brake was full and restful, and christmas day was pretty good. i pretty much forgot about hannukkah and even called my jewish grandmother on christmas day and said "MERRY CHRISTMAS GRANDMA!!!"

some cool gifts i got:

ninja throwing stars
PS2
first season of "three's company" on dvd
boxer shorts

i only went online one time during the break, and told myself that when i come back to work, i'm going to spend less time wasting my day online, and try to do work only (and here i am blogging first thing in the morning)..oh well. i guess i need to go.


cheerio!

an actuall letter sent by me to the FCC



Subject: Complaint regarding problems keeping my phone number

I recently tried to switch my land-line phone service to an existing carrier and had difficulties taking my old phone number with me. Now that number portability is supposed to be a reality, I didn't expect the kind of problems I encountered. Please investigate my complaint below so that in the future, consumers like me can be assured that they won't have the kind of problems I experienced when I tried to take my number with me.

Original carrier: SBC
New carrier: Cingular

Details of my experience (e.g. long delay, unexpected charges, etc.):

I have been trying to port my number from my land-line phone to my existing Cingular account since December 11th (one week now) and have been unsuccessful. It has been hell. The problem seems to be with Cingular being ill informed on the port procedure. The first Cingular representative told me "I don't know how to port a number to an existing Cingular account, but I will try anyway" which seemed to screw things up. So far the number switch has not happened yet, and every time I call Cingular customer support I am put on hold for hours sometimes, just to be told that there is an error in the system that needs to clear before a new port request is made. Then they tell me to call back later (I was given a spefific date one time) and make the request again, and when I do, I get put on hold again and then have a different person tell me the same thing. This is getting ridiculous. If I want to port my number the procedure should not have to be this painful.
Sincerely,

Leon Levy
**** * street
Sacramento, CA
95816

via escapeCellHell.org

in celibration of ROTK, i bring you...


this never get's old to me

i came. i saw. i had ass pain



i saw all three LOTR movies in the theatre yesterday. it was fun. a lot of neeards, exited kids dressed up like elves and hobbits and a lot of grown men with man-boobs.

discontinued.......bagels?



for some reason, noah's is discontinuing their cracked peppercorn potato and new york rye bagels.

WHYYYYYYYYYY!?!?!??!?!??!?!
actually their rye sucks kinda (too seedy), but cracked peppercorn?.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!OO!O!O!O!!!

2772 songs to choose from, yet not one i want to hear again... for a while anyway



i notice that people with huge music collections (such as myself) have a hard time figuring out what they want to listen to, and often feel like they have nothing good to listen to. i need to spend some time ripping songs to my ipod this weekend since i'm back in hardcore programmer mode and i'll need a good soundtrack to develop to. i was listening to bob dylan's "nashville skyline" and the opening track is a duet with the late, great johnny cash. fucking brilliant song. i need more johnny cash in my collection (all i have now is "live from folsom prison"). any recommendations?

np: "getting older" - the clean

di.. di.. did.. i stutter...?



jeeez! these days i feel like i'm having really bad communication problems. am i having trouble articulating what i am thinking or are people just fucking retarded when i'm being perfectly clear? i can't tell. maybe i'm going crazy and don't even know it...maybe that drunk homeless guy who walks up to you on the street shouting and pointing incoherently is just trying to say "beautiful day, isn't it" and is not trying to kill you after all (and wonders why you are handing over your wallet and crying).

are you an ageing hypocrite?



take this test and find out?

feeling groovy



i feel a lot better today. took yesterday off work to rest and cure my sore throat. i feel like a million bucks today even though my throat is still a bit sore. chamomile tea with honey and jolly ranchers seem to help.

last night i fixed my record player. the last time i had the same problem i took it to an electronic repair shop that turntables unlimited suggested. i had a feeling they ripped me off (i spent over $60 dollars and it took a month for them to fix it) so i thought i take a stab at repairing it myself last night. wouldn't you know. it was so simple that i was able to fix my record player with only my swiss army knife in less than an hour. now i can listen to all those weird 60's reissue records i got at the big tower sale for a buck a piece and my MC Shy D record i got off of ebay. sweet!

speaking for records. i highly recommend this one

under the weather...


feelin' kinda sick and uninspired this week.

comments are back

almost forgot


You're a Mod. You dig expensive things, like suits
and speed. You have a fine appreciation for the
Kinks and know that Motown started it all, and
you have fabulous style. Hey, nice hair.


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enough with that stupid cartoon already!



back at work...just had lunch. my frozen soup that i left in the freezer all weekend took a good 20+ minutes to cook in the microwave. it started out as one frozen solid bean mass, therefore it took a while. it was good, but not hot enough (and probably radioactive by the time i ate it).

the thanksgiving 4 day weekend was great. food, family, friends, enjoying the outdoors during sunlight hours, and the kings won last night. what more could a brotha ask for?