Ticked Off

I am frustrated with the lack of communication with a seller on ebay. I purchased a brand new battery for my powerbook g4. The seller stated in their ad that the battery lasts 5 hours. I paid $80 for the miracle battery and shipping was free. Once I received the new battery, out of giddyness, I decided to test the battery to see if it may last longer than 5 hours. To my disappointment, the battery lasted for exactly 3 hours. I figured that since it's still new, I have to give it a few charging sessions before it would perform at it's full capability. Sadly, after charging and uncharging the battery for about 3 cycles in a row, the battery still lasted for 3 hours. I emailed the seller asking if I had received one of their regular replacement battery by mistake instead of the superior 5 hour replacement battery. She replied back giving me instructions on how to cycle the battery and that I would need to do that for 7 cycles. Excited, once again, I tried the cycling process. This time I've done is more than a dozen times within a week. No changes. Disappointed, I emailed the seller again. Waited for 3 full business days with no reply. So I sent another, waiting about 4 days. No reply. This is the message from the ebay seller's page of the battery I had purchased:

"We are honest eBay Power Seller and always hope to serve our customers best. But accident be happened once in a while. No matter what the issue is, please kindly contact us by email firstly. In order to let you satisfied absolutely, we will solve the problem for you without delay! However, if you still are not satisfied after communication, to leave neutral or negative feedback also no later than."

Riiiiiiight......... -___-; So by neaving negative feedback, it would help me get my $80 back or a real 5hour replacement battery? No. After waiting around for another week and still doing the cycling sessions hoping a miracle would extend the life of the battery, I decided that I've been patient enough and now it is time to take action. I filed a dispute 5 minutes ago. This is so frustrating. I really need to take my laptop to classes and my old battery is dead. I also don't want to carry the charger around because there is a reason why I have a mobile laptop and that is to not be hooked up to an outlet. Gosh, so frustrating. >_<

Lehman Brothers Crisis

Richard Fuld, you are a prick! Can you honestly bs your way out of this in front of the house of committee?? for christ sakes!!! you deserve that nickname, Dick. i'm fuming with anger! >_< *there was a picture of him here, but i took it down* this is unbelievable... is anyone else watching him testify in front of the house of committee? Can you believe how he spends his money? He makes Doolittle look like a saint. >=( **Edit I'm starting to feel bad for for Dick... The the House oversight and gov't reform committee are really brutal in asking him questions and reminding him that he's testifying under oath. Why must I feel bad for criminals?? ok.. criminals is a bit harsh of a word to use. I'll call him by his real name, Dick. Goodness, they sure are grilling him!

Oktober Fest 2008

WARNING! Picture overload! I had a blast yesterday! Being the loser I am, I kept telling my friends I should leave to study after 2pm then meet up with them later at 5pm, but unfortunately that did not happen as I was dragged all around downtown with a bunch of drunks. See the picture stories for yourself! We attended the Brew It Up VIP event hosted by sacdine.com from 12pm - 2pm. There were complimentary appetizers of sausages, krauts, fried veggies, giant pretzels, and many different sauces. Also many different kinds of German beers for 2 bucks! I tried several dunkels and found that I actually like dark beer. I also tried the Orange Blossom Blond, but hated the taste. I'm lacking pictures of the VIP event since I was too busy stuffing my face with appetizers. Here are my friends chattin' up a storm while I clumsily take pictures of the 'special VIP' event. Look at that drunkie, Richard. Sacdine.com also had prizes. I found it unfair that I didn't win anything, yet two people within my party did. A bit unfair since I was the one who invited ALL OF THEM. eh... It's not too big of a deal. I had my free appetizers, I was happy with that and the 2 buck German beer. w00t! Group picture of the boys. I wish I had gotten a picture of all of us, but I wasn't thinking. I had studying and food on my mind. Picture of the sacdine.com staff who were kind enough to stop by our table and introduce themselves. I forgot his name, but the tall man in black gave out prizes on behalf of sacdine.com. The little boy is adorable!!! The second picture is one member of my groupie getting his prize. damn him... The tall man giving out the prizes is also the guide who does the Sac Grub Crawl, I've been wanting to do one of those since I've been single. (wow, that sounds depressing) We left after 2pm, since the VIP kick off party was done but it would reconvene with the actual party after 9pm - 2am. We decided to allow some of my buddies to sober up so we walked around downtown and then we ended up at the mall, le sigh. The first picture was pretty random. I saw the word vagina and forced my friend in the picture. Here I am trying on men's clothing (what's new...) with Eric. idiots We made a quick visit to Evangeline, but I didn't take any pictures since I was eating a big cinnamon roll. =( The guys were hungry so they left us for PF Changs. The girls decided to hang around downtown until 5pm then head over to Sacramento Turn Verein. I was really excited since this is what I consider a real Oktober Festival! I had loads of fun and the food was filling. YUUMMMY!!!! Beer is what brings my friends together. Here is Mermaid taking a bite out of the homemade gingerbread cake. (Mermaid - do you have any left??? Save me a quarter piece if you haven't yet finished it!!! This is a command.) There were two live bands playing. The one downstairs played old German folk music and upstairs, they played old 90s hits. A urinal in the co-ed bathroom!!! I had never been that close to a urinal before, so that was quite an experience! HAHAA My two cute friends dancing to German folk music! I thought it was too adorable. We ended our night by visiting Golden Bear and True Love cafe. Then we settled on Yummy Guide to feed my glutton ass. Again, no pictures of the food because my mind is not always on taking pictures, it's always on food. Sometimes, my hunger pangs are quite embarrassing. =( I enjoyed my first outing of Oktober fest. Next year, Mermaid and I will be ready with our dirndls and cash so we can treat poor Arlene. I really need to start carrying cash! The best thing about this event was when Mermaid realized she doesn't want to kill men anymore. Goodness. Her and German men... -__-; Special thanks to Sacdine.com and Sou V for the invite at Brew It Up! =) Now I need to make up on my lost study time. Auf Wiedersehen! Violet Btw, I'm not getting paid nor am I receiving complimentary dinners for crediting sacdine.com several times, I'm just very enthusiastic and love to give credit where it's due. Although, I hope they won't file a lawsuit against me for speaking too good of them.