song for download: cassettes and canisters

It's true, I have not been writing here for a while. It's largely because I've started working full time once again, saving up some dollars. While I do spend all day in front of a computer now, I'm usually working quite a bit, and if I have a minute, I usually want to break from doing this. And I know that I'd just write things like "I'm at work," like I'm doing right now.

It's been a long week. I'm keeping busy outside of work by not using my computer at home, which has been edifying. I've moved my computer out of my room and put my 4 track there, so now rather than reading a website when I'm bored in my room I start working on that instead. Amazing how much placing an object in a different room can change one's behavior, because it sure wouldn't be difficult to go to the other room. I guess I'm just taking advantage of my laziness.

Also, I went to bed at 11pm on Wednesday. I was remarkably refreshed the next day.

Yesterday I rejoined the world of on the go communication. I didn't mind being away: using payphones is satisfying, and it was more exciting to have some uncertainty with everything I did.

It was the wrong week for it though. I had guests staying with me all week. Cousin Sasha and her friend Annie were here with school to meet established photographers and shmooze with them to try and get employment in the near future. They are also graduating in the near future.

The thrills this week heightened for me with several clashes of poor service. I like to think I am normally very calm or understanding about such things, but I had two episodes where I became very frustrated.

I was having photocopies of my album cover made on cardstock, and the man who photocopied them did them all wrong. When I returned to get them replaced, he blamed me, saying I approved them. I showed him two correct test sheets that he gave me, and he still blamed me.

Then at a wireless store, I tried to get my phone numbers copied from my old to new phone. After agreeing to be overcharged for the service, they gave me the two phones, both containing three telephone numbers. They overwrote everything.

The loss to me was minimal (I lost the phone data and I agreed to pay for the new cardstock) but I felt wronged.