getting better all the time
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getting better all the time Thursday May 13
listening to: the shins - young pilgrims
reading: the fine print on my new credit card
feeling: like everything's getting better
today, i have to write my last paper for school. it's not bad, though. a five to six pager on differences between china and japan. i could write it without a single reference, and i will probably do that, then go to the library and get some sources. point is, i'm taking a 100-level class after taking 300-levels, and i've gotten cocky about it.
so cocky, in fact, that i've taken most of today to sleep in, take care of my laptop, order a new cell phone, and get a new credit card. why, you ask?
- new cell phone
sprint's been getting on my nerves ever since they reset my contract without my approval. i got out of that, so that's fine, but i had to do a lot of talking, and i can't sneeze without it resetting my contract for a full year. forget that. also, t-mobile's going to offer me $15/mo cheaper for more minutes. and a 917 area code phone number. manhattan is so sexy. and the t-mobile woman and i talked for about an hour on the phone today. she's 23, lives in idaho, and has two children. she was really sweet, and we talked about her deadbeat ex-husband. - new credit card
i've been using a credit card for years that hasn't been earning me airline miles. i don't know why, so i've finally gotten around to applying for a new card. i'll be with american; while united has given me better service recently, american does two things i like: offers good deals to NYC from chicago, and is pushing new direct flights to osaka from chicago. that's good. - ibm has the best service
i called ibm on monday to report my malfunctioning laptop. tuesday morning there was a return box, postage paid, sitting in front of my door. wednesday morning my laptop was repaired in tennessee. thursday morning the laptop was sitting on my desk, all shipping fees free. and everything's included in my three year parts and labor warranty. ibm is, by all means, worth the extra expense when purchasing a laptop.
the reason i'm so stoked is because i am one day away from being done with school, and new york is starting to get real exciting. i realize now that even if i stayed in champaign this summer, i'd have a good time, but i'd probably waste my time chasing girls that aren't worth my time, and new york is all about not doing that: the focus is me. i'm taking my guitar, my kanji books, and probably a mandarin for beginners book. i'm thinking of getting private lessons too. oh, and i have to read the unbearable lightness of being, too. i've heard such good things about marquez to have never read him.
it's about girls, right?
