So I was tagged to do a facts meme one year ago, but I suppose I can do it again. Besides, that list needs a little updating anyway. For example, I’m not allergic to the collar; I’m actually allergic to the cat.
This time, I was tagged twice. Once from Reggy and her list, and the second from Michael and his seven facts.
Well, here goes!
- I love shoes and buying shoes. However, I have flat and wide feet, so it’s hard to find ones that I like.
- Some of you may know that I’ve been obsessed with red, but you may not know that this was a relatively recent development. This whole red phase began about a year ago.
- The only plant I’ve been able to keep alive is the bamboo plant.
- My family is the most important thing in my life.
- I prefer to have more guy friends than girls, but really, I just want girl friends that I know won’t cause me any trouble or drama. I envy those who have their “best friend” with them almost all the time.
- Once I get married, the word “divorce” will no longer exist in my vocabulary. I’ll be married for life until death do us part.
- My children will carry the middle names my father’s side of the family carries.
And those are my seven. The game of the meme is simple: 7 facts about you, then tag 7 people. This time, I’m going to tag: Chris, Julie, Joana, Marie, Gary, Michael A., and Mike. Some of you may have done previously, but if it wasn’t within the last few weeks, then I think y’all should do it again.
Have fun!
Well, for now anyway, right?
Yes, so Entrecard/Fantasy Baseball is hosting one of the biggest contests ever and it’s quite easy to enter. All you have to do is either write a post about the contest or if you want an extra entry, you can write a post and also link to all the sponsors for the contest! I’m still a little unclear on how they’ll choose the winners and how many there’ll be, but at least this is fun, right?
Good luck to all!
Don’t forget to visit our wonderful sponsors:
Fantasy Baseball - 10,000ec — You can trade in 10,000ec for, like, Graham’s car or something.
Q3-n - 5000ec — Q3-n is selling their 1950s dinette furniture to finance this contest. They say, “You’re welcome.”
Øblog - 4000ec — Wow! 4000ec is going for like $30 on the Entrecard market. Thanks, Weird Oh.
Evil Woobie - 3000ec — Hey, maybe she’s not so evil after all! Or is she? You make the call!
Turnip of Power - 1001ec — He was going to go with 1000 then he found an extra credit in his couch. Thanks, Turnip!
Celebrity Pictures - 1000ec — Credits were acquired through legal means. Supposedly.
Evil Entrecard Kid! - 1000ec — Entrecard trivia: Evil Woobie and Evil Entrecard Kid are not related. Yet.
Modern Glam - 1000ec — With the 1000ec, perhaps you’ll buy an imaginary 1000ec pashmina and hang it around your virtual neck.
Dot Com Mogul - 1000ec — With this 1000ec, you might be able to buy back Q3-n’s dinette furniture.
Blabberwocky - 1000ec — It’s a play on Jabberwocky.
Looking For Scoop - 1000ec — Nothing says “I can buy one popular ad” like 1000ec.
Eyespi20.com - 1000ec — And she’ll teach you how she does that weird signature thing. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, look at her site.
Travelin’ Show - 1000ec — Message from the year 2012: Macy’s is now taking credits and a 1000 gets you one earring.
The Hypnotist - 1000ec — She will put you under a spell. Recognize!
Diet Pulpit - 1000ec — You can buy a lot of imaginary rice cakes with 1000ec. Side note, imaginary rice cakes taste better than real ones.
The Realtor - 500ec — You want insight. Listen to her write. It’s like magic beans growing in the backyard of your brain.
Romelo - 500ec — Romelo, Romelo, wherefore art thou 500ec?
WebATBP.com - 500ec — With gas prices soaring, it won’t be too long before 500ec goes for 501ec.
Inspire Emotion - 500ec — Almost pay for your favorite 512ec ad!
Sue Doe-Nim - 500ec — She’ll probably give you the credits then mock you for wanting them. That’s right — bonus!
Thailand Land of Smiles - 500ec — Actually, that’s 500 smiles.
FitnessLifeClub - 500ec — You’ll have to promise not to blow these credits on any fattening foods.
Lisa Cooking - 500ec — Surprise the whole family with 500 Entrecard credits.
JunkieYard Dot Com - 500ec — If you put these credits in a 401K, in 45 years you’ll have enough credits for a free e-card.
Movie Reviews - 500ec — You can’t buy a movie ticket with Entrecard credits. Yet. (Graham twirls his mustache. Contemplating world domination.)
PRIZES THAT ARE NOT CREDITS (BUT STILL WONDERFUL):
Aerten Art - She’s donating a painting. Seriously. Go look at her site and tell me you wouldn’t want a painting. Now. We’ll wait.
ImpNERD - 125×125 ad for a month — Let’s see, ImpNERD usually sells advertising for 256ec/day. You get this for a month. Um, yeah, you want this.
PoemsofQuotes - A cheesy poem about the winner’s topic — Win this and then ask them to rhyme something with, “Orange.”
Eyespi20.com - A custom made 125×125 card. Some of you need this. You know who you are.
Diet Pulpit - One week ad spot right below the banner and a personal greeting from Lady Rose saying, “Congratulations!”
JunkieYard Dot Com - Three blogroll links. Okay, the thing is, you can’t just get these. They’re prizes only won here.
The Hypnotist - A Hypnotic Audio - I don’t think this will simply be trance music. I could be wrong.
Oh, I forgot to mention which one of these lovely prizes I’d like to go home with and that, ladies and gentlemen, would have to be…
…Stan’s 10,000 EC. I mean, really, who wouldn’t want that? If not, then I’ll settle for some hypnotic music too.
Okay, I know I said I was taking a break, but this, I gotta share with you.
My sister tells me to call Sprint to see if we can extend our nice promotion of 300 free text messages a month. I call and the first agent I get sounds rather incompetent and uninterested. I tell him that we’d like to extend it or see if it can be extended, and he lets me sit on the phone for a long time without saying a word or letting me know what’s going on. After a while, he says that he can’t do it, so I tell him goodbye just to call back again and get a much more informative agent. Obviously, that was a wrong assumption. The next agent said the same thing; she couldn’t get it back on for us. However, she noticed that our text plan changed from $5/mo with 300 texts to $4/mo with 500 texts and it must have been changed with the last agent I was with.
I guess he wasn’t so bad after all.
On top of all of that, for most of Sunday, I was unable to check my online account since they were working on all that stuff. I think that whenever a company needs to do some web maintenance or upgrading of their system, they should do it during the owl hours, not during the day. The online web manager was out for the entire day, which was very inconvenient.
When I tried to log on a few days later, I could see all of my plan and phone details, but I couldn’t see my current usage details. I tried to talk to a Sprint agent through an online chat, but she was useless as well. Completely useless. I don’t even know why they have the damned chat service if every time I use it, I always get referred to calling in. Anyway, so today, I finally have the time to call Sprint without using my anytime minutes to inquire about my current usage. Do you know what they said? Because we had a small change in our plan, they were unable to give us an accurate usage amount. We would have to wait until the next billing cycle to get our information.
This… is bullshit. We had a small change in our text plan, not our voice plan. I can understand if they can’t give us a number for our texts, but to say that we can’t know what our current usage in minutes are? That’s completely ridiculous. Utterly stupid and ridiculous. Just when I thought that I couldn’t hate Sprint even more… I found out that in fact, it is possible.
And can you believe that’s just the most recent story? My other “I hate Sprint service” story has to do with my activating my new phone. See, since Sprint doesn’t use a SIM card, you have to talk to an agent in order to get your phone service switched from phone to phone. I believe that’s a very inconvenient way to handle that, but oh well. Anyway, so I bought myself a new phone and I wanted it activated. They said that I could do it online, but really, it meant that I could talk to an agent online, which, of course, I did. The online agent… was useless… again. She said I would have to call into customer service to get it activated.
Now, this kind of pisses me off because I don’t really have access to another line. Sure, I could use my roommate’s phone, but I feel awkward if I do, so I refrain from doing so as much as I can. I have a landline, but I get charged for every outgoing call that I get. With all these things in mind, how else do you expect me to get this damned phone activated? It was complete and utter crap and just more evidence that the online agents are useless.
I really, really hate Sprint. I mean, the AT&T thing was bad, but this is much worse. There is a story about how Sprint, in response to receiving the award for the worst customer service, decided to fire their customers instead of improve their customer service. I know. It sounds horrible, doesn’t it?
Just another reason why I hate Sprint.
I’m really starting to hate having to call into customer service now. See, I want to downgrade my current DSL plan since we don’t really need the fastest connection. Since I didn’t get off work today until 9pm, I thought I’d try to do it online. I searched and searched until I finally found the support question, “Can I change or cancel my DSL service online?” The answer… is no. Anybody who wants to modify their current plan needs to call in. They listed two numbers, one for business and one for residential. I call the residential one, of course, only to find myself waiting over an hour on the phone. Then I call the business line and get the message that their offices are closed until tomorrow. Now, I would call tomorrow, but I’ve used quite a bit of minutes this month and well… I need to not use so many anymore.
Don’t even get me started on my rant about Sprint’s customer service either. Or the UPS’ service.
So my sister sent me a link to try and sign up for a tutoring service, to be a tutor that is. As I’m filling out the profile, they ask me which subjects I would feel comfortable tutoring in and below, I’m going to list the first two subjects: English and Math.
English
X English - Elem
X English - Middle
_ English - HS
_ English AP - HS
_ I have a degree in English
_ SAT 1 (Verbal Portion)
Math
X Math - Elem
X Basic Math - Middle
X Pre-Algebra - Middle
X Algebra - Middle
X Algebra II - Middle
X Algebra I - HS
X Algebra II - HS
X Geometry - HS
X Trig - HS
X Pre Calculus - HS
X Calculus - HS
X Statistics - HS
_ I have a degree in Math
X SAT 1 (Math Portion)
I know that I’m an Asian American, but geez, do I have to fit the stereotype that Asians are good at math this much? I can’t help it! I loved math during school and always cheated on my English portions (before high school anyway). Anyway, hopefully I’ll land a nice weekend job or something.
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