Why am I still awake...

I mean, even the cat is snoring in front of me. Usually he starts purring and snoring and I'm out like a light, even in the middle of the day. (disgraceful, I know.) Well, in the absence of sleep, I have set up my salary cap football league, and am now debating regular fantasy football signup. Not as fun as salary cap, and takes up more of my time...must, resist....

And, the urge is over. But i still cant fall asleep. I must find something so incredibly boring that it will make me tired. Already tried a book, bad music, browsing the internet randomly...hmmm...I chalk this all up to sex. Its all my boyfriends fault. I was tired all day, he comes home from work and starts rubbing all on me...we know what that leads to, boys and girls. And bam! Now I am wide awake, and have to get up in 2.5 hours. Fun stuff...

So, back i go to the interwebs...

Where Big Business Fails...The Little People Pick Up

Ebay. Everyone knows it, and either hates it or loves it. There is no in between on this subject. You've either used it and made your decision, or you're afraid of it for privacy issues, and you haven't yet graduated to this century. Anywho, I've been using it as of late to get rid of the crap I don't use laying around the house. So far, this has worked out rather well. Sold about 12 things for a total of almost $200 in a matter of about 2 weeks. So, I'm thinking making an extra hundred a week ain't so bad. In fact, when I realized this, I hopped on and posted all my jerseys ( some brand new, some not), and already had bids totaling over $150.

Right, right, I get it. Your thinking to yourself that I'm bragging. But, I'm not, I swear. Just setting up the monetary value of the story.

So, I go to log on yesterday, and my account is suspended, so I can't get to anything on the account. So I try to log into my secondary account, and its the same thing. So I call up Ebay, and end up on the phone with them for 45 minutes, so that I can find out that I have an unpaid item on an older account. Really? The first account I ever had I started up 2 months ago, and the 2nd I started up 4-5 days ago. So when's it from? 2 years ago I'm told. Okay, so now I go about explaining that I've never had an account until recently. Finally I'm told there's nothing he can do anyway, I just have to respond to the email they sent me, and they would review the case.

So...later in the day I call back. Another 45 minutes to explain to this guy that my idenity was stolen. Someone used my bank account, and my name to get an account. But, they used the wrong address, and a similar address but the @ was the wrong company. So the guy said it was very suspicious, etc. and informed me that I would have to send him proof that I am who I'm saying I was, and that I needed to do it immediately.

So, I fax over my drivers license and a phone bill. I call up for confirmation, and I'm told it will be at least 3 days before they even look at it. Really? Why was I rushed then?!?!?

I know Ebay is a very large company. But they also employ a very large workforce. I got called a liar flat out, and spent 90 minutes of my cell time (I only get 450 a month, no rollover, and I usually get pretty close to that...) This little mishap is costing me hundreds at the moment, that I seriously need. I have bills that that money would have paid. So, after all is said and done, there is no promise that they will reinstate my account anyway. I might be permanently barred from having an account. I cant even pay for the item I supposedly didn't pay for. I kept my cool the whole call both times, (Those of you that know me are shocked right now, I know. lol) and I was flat out treated like shit.

How is it that the biggest companies have the shittiest customer service? I mean, I know you can afford to lose customers, but after awhile, that starts to add up.

A little bit goes a long way.

slchlurrrp. The Beautimus Sound of my brain cells Dying.

Two words...Michael Phelps.

Hmmm....does the world have nothing better to do in between the Olympics? Seriously? Ok, so the guy takes a hit while at a FRAT party. In the first place, he probably should have never gone to such a party, but at least make sure there were no cameras! Secondly, he shouldn't have admitted he was smoking weed!! He could have stated that he was just taking a photo with fans, and the bong was empty. Just a joke. Then the American public would have sighed a great sigh of relief, and that would have been it.

Right? But no, now we have arrests coming forth. 8 of teh guys at the frat party were just arrested, and the Sherriff wants to go after Phelps. Really? This guy will NEVER be re-elected, and he will be a joke forever. I'd love to ask him what he was doing as a kid in the '60's and '70's. I assume MOST people have taken a hit of some sort, at the time it wasn't considered to be the evil it is today. (Whether or not you inhale doesn't matter) I mean, even President's have admitted to trying it, and yet it doesn't phase the public then.

I consider this outrageous. The Sherriff's a joke. This whole thing is blown WAYY out of proportion, and its all a waste. Of everything. Time. Money. Resources.

It's a joke.

Muzik to soothe the soul.

Criminals in the state of Bihar, India, will soon be adding music to the ever growing list of things the prison is trying in order to calm the inmates. Classical Indian music is being played over the loadspeakers at the prison, and it is thought that the music will help ease the attitude of these hardened criminals.

"We are hopeful this special musical treat will indeed end the jail monotony and soften the hardened attitude of criminals," Bihar Prisoners Welfare Officer Jai Prakash Das states.

Bihar is one of the worst states in the country, and lawmakers are doing everything they can to curb the violence. Spiritual awakening, and yoga have already been offered to the prisoners in order to try and uplift their spirits. The jail considers this a treat, as the music is played 4 hours a day, only if the prisoners have bahaved themselves.

Absolutely Absolute.

So Help Me God. Every President to this day has uttered these words at some time, usually at inaguration. Not, as President-elect Obama is slated to take office in 8 days, an Athiest group has filed a lawsuit that by saying these words, the American government is subjecting citizens to someone else's religious beliefs. Basically, Athiests and Agnostics don't want to hear any of this, and they don't want a prayer to be given either.

"The inauguration is not a religious event. It is a secular event of a secular country that includes all Americans, including those of us who are not Christians, including those of us who are not believers"

-Dan Barker

It s suspected that IF they were to win, and religion was left completely out of the ceremony, it would not be the government conceeding to the atheists. They believe it would be a fine line between nutrality and hostility. Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, even goes to say that...

"If the government were to invite me as a national atheist leader to get up and give an invocation that curses the name of God and that encourages people to stop believing and stop being so childish and divisive then that would be wrong because the government would be taking a pro-atheist position," he states.

Is this really that big of a deal that it takes front-page news? Should'nt we as a people be more focused on the issues that lye ahead? You tell me.

I-Day is only 10 days away...

As the Bush Presidency is slowly coming to an end in a few days, Mr. Bush is making his final statements to the media. He's now comprised a list of things he wants to apoligize to the American public for...

Here's his list:

-He said, "Clearly, putting 'Mission Accomplished' on an aircraft carrier was a mistake." The banner went up shortly after Saddam Hussein was toppled from power.

-Bush also said that "some of my rhetoric" has been a mistake. He has been widely criticized for proclaiming "Bring it on!" to terrorists around the world.

-He said he probably miscalculated in going immediately for an overhaul of the Social Security program, rather than seeking immigration reform, in the wake of his re-election to a second term in 2004.

-Bush also cited his "disappointment" with the revelations of abuses at the Abu Graib (ah-booh GRABE) detention camp in Iraq and in never turning up weapons of mass destruction in the country.

Luckily, he has'nt yet apoligized about his slaughter of the English language, or the French for that matter. Now, I don't want to recieve the new label of a "Bush Apoligist," (which is now the cool thing to call anyone who defends President Bush)
but I honestly don't think it helps anyone if he spends the last 3 weeks of the Presidency simply making media spots apoligizing. We all know he can't possibly be dealing with a full deck, so why insult the guy any further?

Roaches can get cancer?!?!?!

For just one day, the American Cancer Society is trying to get smokers to drop their cigarettes. And that day is today. It has been nicknamed teh great American smokeout over the years, and they hope to get more people to realize that they can stop, at least for one day. It is suspected that 45 million people across the U. S. still smoke, even though medical science has shown that smoking is extremely hazardous to their health. Figures have shown that in the last year there has been a reduction from around 21% in 2006 down to 19.8% in 2007. They hope that by 2010 to reduce smoking to only 12% in the U.S.

Enjoy smokeout day!