internet issues

as of yesterday, firefox has decided it does not want to work on my computer. i can't use gmail or the backend of my company website, and it runs SUPER slowly. i upgraded to 3.5 but that didn't help, so then i uninstalled it, and then reinstalled and still nothing. ie works fine, but i hate ie. i also hate vista, and my new computer. there is this weird zoom thing on the track ball and my windows are constantly shrinking text and then getting too big and i can't seem to control when it happens accidentally. just got a new mouse, so once i get the desk and everything set up that should cease to be a problem.

the bigger problem is fucking office 2007. it is all weird w/ boxes everywhere instead of drop down menus, and my biggest gripe is that if i have three diff excel spreadsheets open, i can't minimize and compare them side by side b/c the default just replaces whatever spreadsheet i was looking at with whatever one i click on. i searched help and found that i can click a button that does a side by side comparison but i don't want that. i want to have multiple excel windows open. i can't even imagine how much more annoying it will be in word.; aedjfalksdjflk;as;jdflk;ajsdsa;

is it too much to ask to have a working computer w/o retarded problems. who the fuck is gonna help me fix the firefox issue. certainly not dell. i guess i can try emailing firefox support, but really, how can they help me cause they'll say it's my OS or internet connection (def not latter, could be the former, fuck vista).

sorry for all the rants, but i just wish shit could go smoothly for a few days.

the big and the little

a little sears update: on my way to dinner last night i got a call from the last salesperson (dipa) i spoke with. apparently the on-duty manager (nirdmala) emailed/called the store manager (i had suggested this, since it is 2009 and if you have the authority to do something nobody else does i know that you never really have a day off - overall this is bad, but in this case it was beneficial). the store manager, either seeing the sheer absurdity of the situation, or hearing from nirdmala that he probably did not want to deal with me the following day, authorized the refund and purchase of the new air conditioner, credited to john (who actually kinda sucked as a sales person for not telling us about the different voltage requirement, but w/e), with arrival on friday. thankfully we should still be receiving our a/c and grill on wed as planned. weeeeeeeeeeeeee. see kids, complaining helps! it also tilted me for half my day, but that's just how i'm wired.

i got weird news about my cousin today. not sure if i wrote about him here, but he is 6 months younger than me and was diagnosed with lymphoma a few months ago. he underwent five chemo treatments, but none hit the cancer, so the doctor recommended his spleen be removed. his recovery from that was brutal, as for awhile his intestines weren't working and he was in a lot of pain. he was finally released from the hospital, and yesterday went back to have his drains removed and see his surgeon for a follow up. once he is recovered from the surgery he will undergo another round of chemo (!!) and then possibly something to do w/ stem cells.

his wife had a baby in the middle of his chemo treatments (she's gorgeous, and now about 8 weeks old) and they also have a 3 year old. i am trying to stay positive b/c why do anything else, but obv his cancer is fighting the treatment pretty hard. :( thinking about him, his wife and their family brings tears to my eyes every time. there are so much more important things to life than bitching about a new air conditioner, or being annoyed over stupid bullshit.

so while i will probably continue to take life for granted (as bfriend says, we all do) and bitch about silly things, my cousin's cancer fight has definitely opened my eyes to the bad shit i could be bitching about.

my heart goes out to mondo and his wife/gfriend/SO who are going through something similar right now. i hope she is out of the coma and hospital soon, and although i haven't commented or said anything previously i'm following your posts/status updates and thinking about you quite often.

i'm a stressball

i am going nuts right now and figured this would be a good place to vent. can someone please explain to me how we are in the midst of the worst economy of my lifetime, and a company can be so IDIOTIC in their customer service. yeah, SEARS, i'm talking to YOU.

spent ~ 900 bucks there the other night. one thing we bought is an ac that they are getting into stock on friday. we discovered that the voltage is too high and we have to go down to the 15k btu model. spent almost an hour w/ the sales guy last night, he was super helpful, and i don't want him to lose the commission. so i called the store to ask them to please get in the other model, and they won't get it in unless i purchase it, but i can't purchase it over the phone unless i have a sears card. i realize they want to push their sears card (and are worried about fraud?), but at the expense of a sale? WTFWTFWTF!? how come i can give a chinese delivery restaurant in new york city my name and credit card but fucking sears can't take my order?

i am going to talk to the store manager tomorrow by phone, but the whole process is insane. why can't they get in a model of an air conditioner that they HAVE ON THEIR SALES FLOOR without me purchasing it? i could order it online for delivery at the store, but then john might lose the commission and i know it's silly that i care so much, but that seems like an absurd solution. if rob (store manager) won't help me tomorrow i will order it online for delivery into the south plainfield store and then hope we can return from there and have same dude sell it to us again. either way, just horrible customer service on their part. i'm tempted to return the grill and other stuff we bought and shop elsewhere.

meanwhile, i don't really have the time to be devoting to this bullshit b/c i have a crazy amount of work to do since getting back from vegas. the number of little things i have to deal with in one day is mind-boggling, and it's very hard to focus on the bigger picture stuff sometimes.

i never thought i'd institute this, but i think i'm going to leave my email closed, and just not respond to stuff. i am always very quick to reply and try to help people out, and some stuff is very time sensitive, but it's impossible to get work done when little things come up every five seconds over email.

had hoped to play in the next borgata deep stack this weekend but i have way too much work to do, and not enough time. i think i'm headed back to chicago next week for a meeting or two, and then i'm looking very forward to working from the beach for a week.

i still don't have a desk in my living room (or ac, thanks sears), and there are close to 25 unpacked boxes remaining. it's stressing me out as i work b/c i'm mostly upstairs (where ac is) and i have no desk and my back is killing me. once i can order a desk, filing cabinets, bookshelves, and other furniture i will finally be able to set up my office and feel like the professional i am. i absolutely hate working from the couch. the best part about being at the beach house is that it has these really comfy recliners that will make it way more comfortable to work.

i know this rant would not satisfy waffles, but it's all i've got.

also, astin is coming to AC this weekend, so i'm going to try and drive down on sunday and spend a little time w/ him and his friend, even though i won't be playing the awesome structured borgata event.

oh, lastly, poker has been sucking lately. i never wrote on here about how pauly and dan won me 11k in the dream team event, but you can read a recap on my CR blog. mostly i've been playing like shit (often playing when i shouldn't, like drunkie) and seem to have lost all ability to play poker. i think the stress of still not being moved in and all the work i have is playing some role, so i'll have to see once i get more settled. after all that gets squared away there are a million CR/stox vids i want to watch.

main event busto

still hard for me to type, i'm not over it, but i am indeed out of the main event. i misplayed one hand and it cost me huge. i tell myself over and over to think before any decision, and i played sooooo well on day 1 and the first level of day 2, but i spazzed for a second and instead of being psyched for day 3 i'm wallowing in misery.

anyway, obv if this is my biggest problem in life then i'm doing ok, and i'm lucky enough to have a good job, an amazing boyfriend (who is still in, gooooooooo lucko!), and the health of my close friends and family. so....while i'm bummed about busting the main event, i have a lot of good things in my life, and now i will have to live vicariously through my bfriend as he makes his way through the field.

glgl to all still in!

what an obit

wonder what year it was first written...

2a tomorrow

starting w/ ~75k. lots of chips at my table, hoping to play well and get lucky!

gooooooooo me!

playing 1a today of main event. i thought i played well last year and got unlucky. i think this year's field is gonna be tougher than last year's, but just hoping for the best. thanks to all the people who bought a piece, i'll be trying to win you lots of monies!