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l33tminion) wrote2007-11-28 02:35 pm
l33tminion) wrote2007-11-28 02:35 pm
Entering the Final Stretch
I keep meaning to write a journal entry, then I keep putting it off...
Thanksgiving Break was great. Hanging out with Cleveland peoples, good food (including fresh salsa made by my brother, Corky and Lenny's, IHOP, and delicious Thanksgiving dinner), a rare session of DnD, lots of sleep... I feel rested for the first time in ages.
I had to pay for my train ticket back twice because I either misplaced the tickets for my way back or never got them in the first place. Either way, I was never told that I was supposed to get my tickets for both ways at once. I called Amtrak customer service, and the guy there was either a robot, extremely thick, or just very good at his job as a bureaucracy-enforcing cog. There are advantages to Amtrak, but they certainly don't trail the airlines in terms of hostile customer "service". Anyways, their customer relations people can't give refunds (so they say), so I'm considering writing an angry letter to their headquarters in DC. Probably nothing will come of it, though, so I'll just have to deal with losing the sixty bucks. Still cheaper than flying...
I helped Ginneh with her resume on Monday night, which reminded me why I hate Microsoft Office. OpenOffice may be an approximate clone, but it does seem to avoid some of the more stupid implementation details.
I took up FF XIII again, and it's been eating time I can't afford. Been reading, too.
Still trying to figure out housing for over break, still have lots of work to finish up. I'm going to be plenty busy.
Thanksgiving Break was great. Hanging out with Cleveland peoples, good food (including fresh salsa made by my brother, Corky and Lenny's, IHOP, and delicious Thanksgiving dinner), a rare session of DnD, lots of sleep... I feel rested for the first time in ages.
I had to pay for my train ticket back twice because I either misplaced the tickets for my way back or never got them in the first place. Either way, I was never told that I was supposed to get my tickets for both ways at once. I called Amtrak customer service, and the guy there was either a robot, extremely thick, or just very good at his job as a bureaucracy-enforcing cog. There are advantages to Amtrak, but they certainly don't trail the airlines in terms of hostile customer "service". Anyways, their customer relations people can't give refunds (so they say), so I'm considering writing an angry letter to their headquarters in DC. Probably nothing will come of it, though, so I'll just have to deal with losing the sixty bucks. Still cheaper than flying...
I helped Ginneh with her resume on Monday night, which reminded me why I hate Microsoft Office. OpenOffice may be an approximate clone, but it does seem to avoid some of the more stupid implementation details.
I took up FF XIII again, and it's been eating time I can't afford. Been reading, too.
Still trying to figure out housing for over break, still have lots of work to finish up. I'm going to be plenty busy.