the end is nigh

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  There is a very faint yellowish glow all around.  Even though I know there is no heat, I still feel warm.  My mind is probably playing tricks on me but I swear there is a smell in the air; smells like freedom.  In 16 weeks my journey will end, and I will graduate.  It has been a long and boring journey wrought with delays and debt.  I’m so close but I feel more tired and frustrated then ever.  I know I can do this, I must do this.  There is sunshine and sunflowers awaiting me on the other side.  I will not think about the journey and the foolish and forced upon reasons for embarking on it.  I will just be and bask in the task of doing absolutely nothing. 

A great day is coming.

vegas FTW

A few weeks ago me and the crew met up in Vegas for CES. There was drunken debauchery, shiny gadgets, money being thrown down on the craps table, Cirque Du Soleil and of course over size portions of food. In short? I had a great time. The big big push for CES this year was 3D. Every company that wanted to be cutting edge, they added 3D to it. TV? Check. Projector? Check. Cell Phone? Check. Video Games? Check. Blender? Check. Taser? Check. Ok maybe not that last one but you get my point. I was actually disappointed in the show as a whole. I’m told its way better then last year but I feel it wasn’t up to the CES of a few years ago. You can still feel the recession even in a setting such as CES and Vegas.

I want to buy a new TV.  Seeing all the shiny new televisions this year at CES made me feel utter disappointment when returning home and seeing my puny 43″ plasma.  The problem is ,I cannot justify a TV purchase.  That’s right I, a consumer whore, cannot justify the purchase of a shiny new gadget.  It’s a terrible feeling in my gut.  My TV works perfectly fine, it looks better than most consumer LCD’s anyway and it’s big enough for the space.  *sigh* Is this what growing up feels like?  Man, I gotta tell you, it sucks.

dream a little dream with me

I heart Sam Tsui

Don’t Stop Believin’

Michael Jackson Tribute

Lady Gaga Medley

Seriously, why is this kid not on Glee or have a contract by now? To see more of his awesomeness, goto his My Space page: www.myspace.com/samtsui

back on the ground

Just came back from CES and man I need more money.  I will have more on that later, for now here is rap about Calculus.

Sonny, you really need to film your Physics Carols and get them on Youtube.

happy new year

Friendmas-Lite ‘09 pics up, woot!

cash truly is king

I’m having a rash of bad luck with credit card companies lately. Apparently being a good customer, paying on time and not keeping a balance (at least for very long) is a terrible thing. First, my Best Buy MasterCard decided that I should be paying a $40 annual fee. Nevermind that by having a Best Buy card it actually encourages me to focus my purchases there. No, no, not good enough, please cough up 40 bucks. I cancelled the card and told them to bite me.

I was home last week for the Christmas holiday and my trip went like this: flew into Baltimore, road Amtrak to Union Station, road Metro to West Falls Church, drove to North Carolina, drove back from North Carolina, drove to New Jersey, drove back from New Jersey, flew out of Baltimore. During this time I used my Amazon Chase card. I had forgot my Discover card at home and I like racking up rewards. Apparently all my traveling (during the Holidays) caused concern for Chase. Now I work in e-commerce, I understand fraud and risk, I truly do; most card companies will call you and say, “we are seeing suspicious activity on your account, are you currently in xyz place?” Or they put two and two together and figure it’s holiday travel. The account will get a higher flag on it but it won’t be closed unless the suspicious pattern continues past a certain point. Chase did not do this. Chase cancelled my account with notification. No phone call, no e-mail, not even a letter (when I called they admitted they were not even getting ready to mail something). This card I use for auto-pay purposes, it’s easier and again racking up those points. I pay it at months end and get Amazon Gift Certificates. Sweet! But, because my card was cancelled, my auto pay accounts failed and I got hit with return fees. This is how I found out my account was closed. Now a happy Christmas present for me. I call up Chase and I was civil but annoyed. They told me the account was closed for suspected fraud. Why did you do that without telling me? No answer. Why is travelling suspicious, am I a high risk customer? No answer. Then I explained to them what their actions did and about the return fees. Do they offer to refund the return fees? Do they have an explanation for the lack of notification? No. Their only response is, “we’re sorry for the inconvenience this caused.” W.T.F.? This is how you treat a customer?

I had to call in again today because I cannot see my account online still after being re-opened which apparently it can take a few weeks oh and for fun my address reverted back to my old address. I discovered this when the IVR would not let me in with my zip code. Their response, “we don’t know how that happened. We’re sorry for the inconvenience this caused.”

Apparently Chase is ran out of a Canadian basement trapped in time of the 1890’s. They do not have access to things such as telephones or emails and all tasks are scratched on construction paper by monkeys. Their web team is composed of defunk retards that use to be on Angelfire. I guess they have a telegram device into the future that allows them some communication but nothing of any real value. I hate them. The card will be cancelled once I move all my billpays.

Happy 2010.