The vanity reel, because that's not what all of the other pictures on my blog already are

This is me, maybe looking dashing, assuming you disregard the giant spot on my head.

I bet this one wouldn't of had a big spot on my forehead.

I'm unclear as to what emotion I am portraying here.

This appears to be an action shot.

There was snow on the hills. It made the spooky-cross-on-the-hill appear even more spooky.

And all was quiet...

The sky parted...

Yeah...sorry, that was kind of a waste of your time.

Totally gross

I found this in my shower drain. Maybe I need to point out that; 1. I have been the only person to use this shower since I moved in. 2. I was told that nobody had lived in thisapartment for 8 or possibly 12 months prior to my moving in. 3. I don't really wear scrunchies or what ever that thing is. I used tongs to remove it.

No pictures, just hate

There will be no pictures for a few days, due in no small part to Apple.

I mentioned last week that my computers power supply died. The power supply was 4 months old. The power supply was a replacement for another Apple power supply. At the time I bought the more expensive Apple manufactured power supply, because one would think that the original manufacturer equipment would be a safer bet than buying off-brand products.

Anyway.

I called Apple, they said I would have to pay $45 to talk to tech support. While the power supply did cost more than $45, I'm am not willing to pay the money unless I know there is a pretty good chance they will fix the problem. Yesterday I called Apple to register a complaint; 1. the product should really last longer than 4 months 2. Apple shouldn't charge me $45 to talk about my problem 3. how are they supposed to address this problem if they are unwilling to hear about it without me paying them 1/2 the price of the product.

Today I plan to call and register a new complaint regarding how they dealt with my prior complaint. 1. It is really not clear where complaints should be directed, I ended up talking to a sales person 2. while I didn't think the guy I spoke to was un-friendly or anything like that, he didn't ask my name, what specific product I was calling in regards to, at the end he apologized, not because I think he cared, but because that is how a complaint should generally be ended. I am not trying to complain about the man I spoke to, but about the protocol regarding how a complaint is dealt with. I've worked enough retail/service industry jobs to know that the customer is generally wrong and that the malfunction is probably their own fault. But, you (the company) have to at least pretend that you care, you have to a the very least make it seem like you are going to remedy the customers problem, you have to take down the customers information so if a solution is found, then the customer could be contacted, or maybe an apology could be issued. You have to take down the product information, I don't think i need to explain why this is important. The thing is, Apple is a company that, I thought, prided itself on customer service and user-friendly-ness, just because my computer is 4 years old doesn't mean that it is less important. How Apple treats me now affects how I will feel about them in the future. Just because I'm poor now doesn't mean I will always be. I know, because of various research, that Apple has captured markets that are generally thought of as un-capture-able, but, they should also realize that these particular markets are also poor, fickle and vocal in regards to complaining...especially, via the internet. I'm just saying, word travels fast in the jungle.

Life just got slightly easier (almost)

I may have mentioned in the past how I curse the New York DMV on a daily basis. Today I am one step closer to severing my ties with the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. This is the document that says that they have received and destroyed my New York plates. There was no mention of them reimbursing me for my registration fees (it was only registered for one day!). So, now I can stop paying New York insurance rates on a car that has never been to New York. I'm still waiting for the cars title and actually, I plan to harbor a hatred for the New York DMV until they give me a reason to feel otherwise.

Maybe I'm looking angry or maybe happy. I did have Monday off, so we'll assume it's the later.

I took a scenic driving tour. It was pretty gray out but not raining. These have always been my favorite days, on the West Coast that is.

The rest of the day I spent practicing the Organ. Unfortunately the library was closed so I'm still just playing Rain Drops Keep Falin' on My Head.

I went out for sushi with Gwenyth. This sushi is the size of my head. The waiter remembered me from the last time I was there. When I told him I no longer had a New York drivers license it was decided that I sadly had no more creds.

I can't figure out what this is a picture of so I'll talk about something else. I might actually be getting a futon. This means I can stop sleeping on the floor, not that it really bothers me that much. I think I've adjusted to the chronic pains.

The power adapter thing for the computer(that I bought 5 or 6 months ago) stopped working. I called Apple, they told me that we could talk about the problem if I paid them $40. I'm going to call them again tomorrow and register a complaint then I'm going to buy an off-brand power supply.

This is a document of the who-knows-what that goes on across the street from my work. Actually, whatever is going on, is going on slightly out of frame to the right.

These are some wild turkeys I saw wandering around down the street from my apartment. They are actually also out of frame, this time to the left. I think wild turkey might be a little gamy...

Included with the free (abbreviated section of) news paper, delivered to my door this evening, was this extra special section dedicated to preparing for my death in 2007.

Sportsman Show

Me, Maggie, David & Joni went to the Sportsman Festival at the Fairgrounds. This is a wall of deer heads. More amazing was the pile of spare deer heads on the floor below.

There was a giant fish tank filled with local fish and a fisherman giving demonstrations of various baits. He caught several fish while we were standing there. the giant fish tank smelled kind of bad.

This is a monster truck. This one is similar to the monster truck owned by the guy who sold me the now dead Volvo, except you didn't need a ladder to get into that one.

David was really into the RVs on display. Most of the RVs were equipped with sub-zero refrigerators, flat screen TVs and were generaly larger than our apartments.

Maggie really wanted to shoot a gun. The Gun & Knife Show was actually last week but, we found some guys in the parking lot who were willing to make her dream a reality.

This was a miniature NASCAR race although, some of the racers seemed more interested in crashing the cars than racing them. I was amazed at how little the carny working the race cared.

This was a pool where kids could pay $1 to catch a fish. Once you caught a fish, a man with a bloody rag would come over, remove the hook, and stick your still wiggling fish into a bag.

This is a kid holding a wiggling fish.

Wildlife Adventure had a booth equipped with a baby alligator and an albino snake. This woman was not supposed to walk into the middle of my shot.

The Army had several booths set up one of which you could play a video game where you could shoot insurgents with a large machine gun. This is a picture of a portly teenager showing off for the recruiter.

We went to the bird show and saw many birds. None of the trained birds were local, most weren't even from this country. It was a pretty good show, a kid in the front row almost got eaten by a giant condor.

These deer had fur on there horns. Each deer had a little informative placards. None of the information provided explained the fur. All of the information seemed to be about the various animals point values (I don't even know what that means??).

We left after trying all of the free samples of kettle corn and so-forth.

This may be a picture of me practicing on the organ. I have to find some new sheet music, I'm really tired of playing Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head.