I Should Really Get Some Sleep

They say that every dog has his day. But humans only get 15 minutes.

Is this some kind of twisted evolutionary prank? Or maybe whoever crunched the numbers was careful to convert the results into dog-time.

This kind of shit really digs at me when it's four in the morning.

Here, have a WIP from the secret project of mystery while I go fall over into bed:

iTunes

iTunes customer service appears to be staffed by trained spider monkeys today.

Seebs gave me some gift cards this afternoon since he has no love for the service but for some reason they're part of some rebate deal. So woot! Scored music!

I added the cards to my balance, and when I did, the existing balance appears to have been wiped out. I sent in an email to customer service.

I just redeemed 2 gift cards (total of $50) to an account with a remaining balance of $6. The new balance only shows the $50. I've logged out and back in to double-check. Is there anything else I need to do?

This is what I got in reply:

Dear (spanking name redacted),

I understand that your store credit balance is less than it should be.

My name is Mallorie and I would be happy to explain why this is happening.

After reviewing your account, I have seen that the two gift cards with redemption codes ---, and --- were redeemed on December 27th. However, I have discovered that there was only $25 dollars on each card which will total your $50 store credit balance you have available to spend.

I hope this information was helpful to you. If not, please reply back with any problems you may have with this issue and I would be happy to assist you further.

Thank you for being a valued iTunes Store customer. Have a wonderful day and an even better new year.

Sincerely,

Mallorie

Now I need to fill out a second report revisiting and emphasizing the whole "where did my $6 go?" theme of my first email, in words of one syllable.

It's only six songs worth of undoubtedly bad electronic music on the line, but that's still a dollar more than I have in my pocket right now and I'm willing to do a little dance to get it back.

Art Post - Christmas 2007

...And it's beginning to snow!

I think that before Jesse's folks come over, I'll take Stupid for a nice exhausting walk all around Northfield and take pictures of all the store window displays.

GLEE!

Rah, you are awesome. Thank you so much for the guidebook! I was feeling all sad and loserly this morning and then Seebs showed up with a package from yesterday's mail. Cheered me right up!

I can tell it is going to be mad useful when rockhounding season rolls around again.

Which reminds me: when you get back we need to discuss the details of your not-yet-existing present.