Random XIV

[Olivia 26]

Today at the animal shelter I volunteer at, there was a cat named Galina. I was afraid to pet her. Although I did consider offering her some blueberry tea.

[RedAjahWarder 0]

Gah. Using the internet again after being cut off from all information for over 10 weeks is like a desperate gasp for breath after being waterboarded nonstop for two and a half months. I managed to survive...somehow. I was attending Basic at Ft. Benning, Georgia. (In the soldierly tradition of assigning female names to weapons, guess what I named mine...a fitting name: beautiful, elegant, precise, deadly).

 

Checking up on the WoT fandom - including this site - was one of the first things I did when I gained access to a computer. I'm glad to see Moiraine's World still humming along.

 

It looks like the fantasy genre has been eventful the past few months. Dance with Dragons was finally announced and Kvothe Gets a Job...er, I mean The Wise Man's Fear was released. Lots of reading I need to catch up on.

 

My current circumstances (languishing in a holding company at Officer Candidate School) prohibit me from being too active on here, and I might be disappearing again for a few weeks (if I successfully class-up into the course) but hopefully I'll be able to pop in from time to time.

 

It's good to be back.

[Kaitlin 22]

Welcome back, and congrats on finishing basic! Officer training, hmm? Forgive me if I'm mistaken but not just anybody can become an officer, so that's pretty good?

It's good to see you again!

[Marie 73]

OMFG I cannot stand OnTrac shipping! Why would a package shipped from Phoenix be sent to their San Jose, CA facility when the final destination is...Phoenix? And apparently the San Jose depot received it not just last night, but this evening as well. So, what, did the driver go "lol I don't feel like going to AZ, let's bring this truck back"? Or, more likely, it never left and someone just decided to rescan packages for the fun of it.

 

My expected delivery date has changed from the 4th, to the 7th, to the 6th all in a 24 hour period. I normally wouldn't care too much except this company likes to throw packages against the door and drive away. I guess it's too hard to sit a 1 lb box down nicely and out of sight of potential thieves. *BITTERNESS AND RAGE*

 

I seriously dread whenever Amazon ships me something from these jokes. And of course they just sent another package via them this evening.

 

Sorry, needed to rant somewhere, why not here!

[Kaitlin 22]

What is up with delivery companies! They employ no logic. I guess this means no box opening vid for a while?

[Marie 73]

I sent an email (one of their service reps saw my angry tweet and asked me to email him) and apparently it was on a truck and missed cutoff and came back to San Jose.

 

My other package:

April 6, 2011 05:30:00 AM TOLEDO OH US Departure Scan

April 6, 2011 01:31:00 AM LEXINGTON KY US Shipment received by carrier

April 5, 2011 03:27:02 PM Sparks NV US Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit

 

 

Yes that makes perfect shipping sense.

[Olivia 26]

That map made me chortle. Perfect shipping sense indeed. This stupidity and lack of management would be utterly hilarious if it weren't so pathetically true.

[Vertex 23]

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography.

 

So, I figure it's because you haven't done enough civil wars lately.

[RedAjahWarder 0]

Welcome back, and congrats on finishing basic! Officer training, hmm? Forgive me if I'm mistaken but not just anybody can become an officer, so that's pretty good?

It's good to see you again!

 

Thank you for the congratulations! And no, not just anybody can be an officer, possibly including myself. The Army has all the people it needs right now, so it can afford to be choosy who it commissions. Right now OCS is being quite ruthless at weeding people out. Hopefully I have what it takes...

 

There were actually a few other WoT fans in my platoon at Basic. That gave us something to talk about during the occasional long periods of boredom.

[Marie 73]

No idea what I'm going to wear tonight.

[Olivia 26]

Dress like a WoT woman: go naked!

[Vertex 23]

I'm going to sleep naked!

[jan 14]

I'm going to sleep naked!

See what you've done now. You've scared everyone off the Randon thread!

[Vertex 23]

Olivia started it!

[Marie 73]

I ate a banana.