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June 17, 2001
They lie, I tell you.
So, I was supposed to get Broadband yesterday. The appointment was scheduled for between 1-3 yesterday afternoon. I woke up early -- it was hot in my apartment, which made it hard to sleep. I fiddled around the apartment, redyed my hair (which I have been told is less pink than purple -- let's just call it fuscia) and played online for a while. At about 12:45 I grabbed a book and went downstairs to sit on the front porch to wait. (My doorbell doesn't work, and I knew it would be cooler downstairs on the porch than it was in my apartment.) I sat there reading until 2:45, when I decided I was bored and thirsty enough to go upstairs. I checked the voice mail, and found a message from the Broadband folks, saying (in a snide sort of way) that the technitian had been at my house at 1:15, and no one was home, and if I wanted the installation, I should reschedule for a time when I would actually be home. The weird thing was, the messagew had been left at 1:02 p.m., 13 minutes before the technician had allegedly been at my house. There's no way anyone could have come to the door without my seeing them, and them seeing me. I called the Broadband company, and shouted at the woman who answered (and then apologized for shouting, as she was really nice, and appalled by the whole thing) and got the appointment rescheduled, plus a $20 credit toward my first bill. So, hopefully, by next weekend I'll have my lightning-fast internet. For now, I still have dialup, and I'm annoyed by it.
Last night, Lee and Patrick and I went to see Tomb Raider. I had really had no interest in seeing it -- I have no idea why. I liked it a lot more than I expected to, though. The storyline was pure fluff, but the effects were good -- except for one effect that was so fake looking it was distracting: Angelina Jolie's breasts. I know they were trying to make her look more like the game character, but... they were oddly-shaped, and lumpy. And sometimes lopsided. And sometimes they moved all on their own. It was weird, and scary. The rest of the movie was good, but I kept getting distracted by the... things on her chest.
Posted by Mary Ellen at June 17, 2001 09:02 PM