vegas baby, vegas

as unlucky as i've been in the last 2 weeks, i am lucky today.

first, i got a surprise call this morning from dominique, who is on vacation in hilton head. it was awesome to hear from her, and it started my day off right.

next, it's absolutely gorgeous outside, and my dad is taking a half day from work and we're golfing this afternoon.

third, after a wait of over three weeks, my new credit card arrived via fedex this morning.

fourth, and most surprising, i got my computer back from dell today. it had only been gone since wednesday, meaning they must have overnighted it, fixed it, and overnighted it back, seeing as the dell depot is in memphis, tn. either that or they brought it back to the dhl office where they have the dell checksheets, checked off a couple things they did to fix the computer, and just brought it back today. i'd say both are probably viable options. but hey, it turned on, so far so good. while i certainly must praise dell for this extremely speedy service (if they did anything), i still am extremely disappointed in the malfunctioning of my computer and the length of time i had to literally fight with dell on the phone before i could get some real results. i will still never again buy a dell, nor will i recommend that others do so. in fact, i will actively suggest that others look elsewhere. but this whole ordeal does leave one stinging question in my head: if they can fix it so quickly here in the US, then why the fuck do we outsource it to people who cant even read the circular script they're given?!


also, stay tuned. in the next day or 2 i have another post, a response to some "fan mail" i received.