Sumnabitchin' COMCAST muthafuggas...

Went to The Comcast Cable Store last week to get a new remote (to replace the one that Molly had decided to see if it would stay crispy in milk) and make a payment. Dude behind the counter said that we had a past-due balance of blah-blah dollars. I asked how long we could wait to pay that without seeing a disruption of service. He looked it up and said February 15th.

Oh good! i can come in and make a payment on the 1st and there won't be any interruption of service?

"That's correct, sir... as long as that past-due amount is paid by February 15th you'll be okay"

Great! No soft disconnect?

"Nope! That wouldn't happen till the 14th".

Really? They mush have changed that recently...

"Yeah, we recently changed our disconnect policy".

Great, thanks!

* * * * *

Fast-forard to this morning, all services go out and I get the dreaded "V05" error on the cable box. "Your Cable Has Been Disconnected. Please contact Comcast and reference Error V05".

I called. I was your average angry customer for having been lied to. I now know *exactly* how all those customers felt when i would help them. Absolutely nothing that the phone rep can do except for to take the payment and then turn the cable back on. And I'm so ashamed that I started the call off as your average angry yelling customer. But at least I got her to waive the $4.99 Transaction Fee for having taken a payment over the phone from Repair instead of from billing.

PEE AYE ARE TEE! WHY? BECAUSE WE GOTTA!!!

Sweet/chocolaty Chex Mix - DONE!
Salty/cheesy Chex Mix - DONE!
First experimental batch of Brownies - DONE! (Too thin)
Decorations, Presents and Goodie Bag Supplies seperated and ready to go - DONE!
Traditional Birthday "Cake For Breakfast" piece of cake - DONE!
Actual Day Of Birthday (Thursday) planned - DONE!
Vacuum living room - DONE!
Bake brownies - DONE!
Assemble goodie bags - DONE!
Assemble Computer - DONE!
Set-Up Computer - DONE!
Clean Bathroom - DONE!
Move table - DONE!
Put leaf in table - DONE!



STILL NEED TO

Wrap presents
Clean Kitchen
Decorate house
Get extra stuff from The Dollar Store
Get replacement cake (long story)
Blow-Up Balloons


It's gonna be a small party this year, no more than 6 kids. Last year we had some twenty kids and even more adults! This year it's just family and extended family. If all goes according to plan, there will be 3 boys and 2 girls, plus three older cousins. And eight adults.

I have made two giant shopping bags full of Chex Mix, 4 boxes of Brownie Mix, a small cake, Apple Juice, Orange Juice, Coffee... I think I'll also pick up a flat of bottled water.

WHY MUST I GET DISTRACTED BY THESE RANDOM THOUGHTS?!?!?

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Found myself wondering this for absolutely no reason. Just struck me. Sure, Unicorns are pretty darned Gay... but RAINBOWS have been designated as THE Symbol of Gayosity! But then again... a hulking white Stallion with a giant phallus on it's head? That there has got to be the gayest thing I've ever seen!

BTW, this kind of came from a conscious decision to stop using "Gay" as a descriptive/derogatory term such as "This posting is totally Gay". I will from her eon out only use the word "Gay" when speaking of things that actually *are* Gay, like Unicorns and Rainbows. Then that led to me thinking that wait a minute... what makes Rainbows and Unicorns so Gay? They're both standard parts of pretty much any kids room - boy or girl! Happy, fun decorations used by everybody from LeVar Burton (of Reading Rainbow fame) to Rainbow Brite! So why are they considered (by at least me) to be so gay? My mind didn't like that argument and decided to go off-tangent with the whole "Which one is Gayer" thing.

Welcome to my mind.