"Dreams have only one owner at a time; that's why dreamers are lonely."
--Erma Bombeck

"I'll take 'People Who Did Not Enjoy Their Day' for a thousand, Alex."
"Answer: 'She spent a full 24 hours horribly sick from new pain medication.'"
"Who is Kim Grier?"
"Correct. Choose again."

So, Verizon lost a customer today.

For the past two weeks, I've felt like I've been starring in a company instructional video on customer service. You know, the kind that show you the worst possible scenario so you know how not to handle it? Yeah, that kind. I don't use the term incompetent very often, but... There you go. Incompetent ( Read more... )

This is how we tweet on LJ.

Plundering internet from Dunkin' Donuts because Verizon is officially my Christmas Grinch (pre-heart enlargement).

House is great. Feels a little like I'm on vacation; "home" is still awhile off, I think. Getting there, though.

First piece of mail was a Lolcatsesque Christmas card from raegun. Very appropriate ( Read more... )

Good morning, Last Day Before We Move. It's early, and I'm tired, and I think I might hate you just a little (because I know you will be long and full of hard work). That said, I'm also glad you are here (because I'm fickle).

Do you think they'll let me in the dump this early?

I'm heading out to my aunt's early in the morning, so I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving now. If you're on my friends list, you're among the things I am most thankful for everyday of every year.

The Boys just clenched the Series, and we got our 27th. Huzzah!

On this day, I was finally able to afford a treatment.

On this day, I met a doctor named Brennan, who looks remarkably like TJ Thyne (and he understood exactly why I was stoked to meet him).

On this day, we learned that we might have a contract on our house, and could be on the island by Christmas.

On this day, V premiered ( Read more... )

She clenches her jaw, much more than she ever did. She's always known that she clenches and grinds her teeth at night; she's been warned by doctors and dentists at least once a year since 1994, when she had her wisdom teeth removed ( Read more... )

The sun will rise in a few hours, and the murky morning rays will dissolve the thin tendrils of delusion lashing me still so soundly to Saturday. Yes, my friends, another Halloween has quite officially come and gone. I'm as sad as a girl can be in regard to the passing of a holiday infused with no personal spiritual significance. Be that as it ( Read more... )