...or does Sarah Palin kinda look like Karen from Will & Grace, especially when she's got her hair up and is in a business suit? just sayin'...

anyways, this story featured on fark amuses me to no end.

also, i had a little asian girl came into the store this morning...with a pink, plushy unicorn head hat that had ribbons streaming along with the mane. it was cute yet mildly amusing. after reading so many fantasy books, you kinda start thinking with the 'rules' of the world and when i saw her wearing it, i couldn't help but think 'omg! she totally slaughtered an innocent and noble creature to increase her powers!' yeah, [/g33k]. XD

also, May 18 is a vere sad movie. but it also made me think of how 'cool' it would be if someone were to make a film in regards to the Bataan Death March. only so much of the whole WWII story ever gets told in popular media and usually it only covers USA, Germany, Japan and China's involvement in it. it would just be nice to be represented in a major motion picture that (while awesome and counts for a lot) isn't just a small studio, 'coming of age' comedy drama. maybe it's time to start poking Clint Eastwood or Spielberg...

so before we get to the good, let's trudge through the bad.

- ( that guy's asshole was puckered so tight, you could make diamonds! ...yeah, work grumbling... )

- ( man, south bay courts/city halls must LOVE getting my money... )

...i think that's all i have to bitch about for now so now to progress to the good shit.

- ( yay movie day and half-assed reviews! )

- FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. ( g33k g4m3r grrl squeeing ahoy )

only other thing i have to report is that after training today, we officially saw that we had campers for the iPhone outside our doors. small group but DANG. they like had a complete set up! i saw a monitor at least but i didn't linger around to see where they were getting power or what they were hooking the monitor up to. i just hope they don't roast too much tomorrow. i totally should've gotten a picture of them though... maybe i'll get one tomorrow... XD

so you have to love that Edgar Wright is rather "huh...this is news to me," over the whole thing. leave it to FOX to throw the news out there without even consulting the original creators first? n.n;

in other news, zomg earthquake! a delicious 5.6er centered here in the south bay. felt it pretty darn strongly in Palo Alto, which is a few miles north of the epicenter. i was highly amused that none of the customers (yeah, i was at work) were really phased by it. hell, i don't think any of them really felt it. THEY JUST KEPT SHOPPING. darn Silicon Valley-ans or something. n.n; left me feeling kinda dizzy/lightheaded for the rest of the day but that's about it. only one thing fell over in my room so i was relieved. apparently, the poor cats kinda went nutso during the quake then hid under beds and such for a good while after. poor Toboe was still a bit wide eyed even when i got home from work at 11:30. but hey, at least the pressure on that fault is relieved and at least it happened YESTERDAY instead of tonight when all the kids are out.

dinner with Erica was very pleasant and i was happy she enjoyed the food from my favorite restaurant, Gochi. XD tried a couple of new things: the sweet corn tempura and lychee mousse. i love sweet corn. i love tempura. putting them together is just awesome. basically stripped the cob of the kernals, dipped them in the tempura batter, then fried as a corn ball of sorts. very good. the lychee mousse though...MMMMM. the wonderful taste of lychee without having to feel like you're eating an eyeball. SO GOOD. a lot of the other specials looked really good too but i ordered some of the 'regulars' that we generally get. Erica muchly <3'd the yakiniku kimchee meishi, as she rightly should. X3 possibly driving up to SF tonight to hang out with her s'more before she heads back home. still need to find a bowler hat. groo~ =_=;

Hellgate London is out and shiny as evar. i still need to go pick up a copy and am hoping that Fry's was able to get theirs though it kinda worries me that i didn't see our Fry's put up their copies when we were closing last night. =/ oh well, gonna check the SV store first anyways. paying the founders fee for lifetime subscription? very likely at this point. :3

so it was a somewhat stressful day at work with us being a few people down. closing was oh-so-fun. but even prior to that, i got a real winner of a customer on the phone. i don't remember the conversation word for word but you'll get the jist of it.

Me: Fry's computer department, this is me, how can I help you?

Customer: Hi, I needed some help with a laptop.

M: Okay sir, do you have the model number of the one you're interested in?

C: Oh, I'm not sure which one I want yet. I just kind of want to see what my options are for a decent laptop without spending too much. There are some features I'm specifically looking for.

M: Okay, unfortunately all of our sales people are currently busy at the moment but I can assist you until one of them is free. What features would you like?

(I really don't know that much about the specifics of computer innards and have no problem admitting this. This is why I have other people build my computers for me. Of course, it'd probably help if I were to help along with it. Anyways, yeah, I'm so not one of the actual sales people who get the shiny commission. Dah well.)

C: Well, I want it to have Vista Premium and Microsoft Office.

M: Alright, well just about all of the systems come with Vista Premium or better but as for Office, they do come with a trial version of Office Word but not the entire package.

C: That's fine, I can purchase it and install it myself. How much does it run?

M: Unforunately sir, they have all software in their own department so I'm not certain what the price is.

(So at this point, I was about ask about what version he wanted and looking it up on the computer once I got the item number...but apparently, the fact that I didn't know it RIGHT NOW really offended him or something...)

C: *irritated sounding* Well, you sound pretty nonchalant about that. Are you going to help me or not? I mean, I AM the CUSTOMER, y'know?

(I *think* I might've sighed juuuuust a bit when I said that I didn't know what the prices were so maybe he took that as me being exasperated or something? Of course, it might've been due to the 2 other phones ringing, multiple customers lining up at our help desk with NO ONE ELSE being there, not even a supervisor even though they're SUPPOSED to be there, and the fact that I still had about 50+ pages of sales ad signs to do for the department... JUST MAYBE.

Anyways, I figured I'd let him vent and then I'd go on about saying that I can look up the price once I know what version he wants and blah blah blah...but NUUUUUUOOOOOOOOO!!!! Instead, I get this...)

C: GOD. WHY DON'T YOU GET OFF YOUR FUCKING LAZY FATASS AND FIND IT. *CLICK*

M: ..... *click* :D?! *goes about helping other less fucktard customers and doing signs*

Apparently, the guy called back a few minutes later and my supervisor picked up the call. I was told I got called a great deal of things more than fucking lazy fatass and he just kinda kept rambling on angrily to the point where my supervisor was just like 'Look, we're kind of shorthanded here and I'm sure she did the best she could to help you under these circumstance. I really don't appreciate the disrespect you're directing towards her.' And this is the supervisor that generally people have issues getting along with. I'm not buddy-buddy with him but I do my job so it keeps me on his okay/good side.

Anyways, getting back to the asstard, these were my thoughts on it:

1) Dude, I fucking WISH they'd let me sit down while typing on the same computer for 5 or so hours so I could get off my fucking lazy fatass to get you your information. Alas they don't. Pity.

2) Who's the fucking lazy fatass who can't be bothered to WALK HIS FUCKING LAZY FATASS into the store to see the products for himself? POT. KETTLE. BLACK. Unless you have a debilitating illness or are otherwise handicapped, CRY ME A FUCKING RIVER, TIMBERLAND.

3) Even if you don't have a ways of getting to the store, there's that whole INTARWEB THING, y'know?! God, what I would give up if customers actually took the time to do a bit of fucking research on their own before calling/coming into the store. And I'm not talking just computer innard shit. Like the whole 'What's the difference between an MP3 player and an Ipod?! :D?!' CHRIST WITH A HULA HOOP!

Just...fucking ARGH. At least I got complimented on my help just a few hours after that call. I've been told by many a coworker and supervisors that I'm really good at customer service, and I do my fair share of work and then some at Fry's. So yeah, I got a bit miffed after being called a fucking lazy fatass. It just sucks because the Holiday/XMas season hasn't even started yet and already we're getting shit like this. It really makes me want to NOT work during the fall but I don't really want to give up the benefits I earned after working there a year already. Meh...

Fucking customers.

in other news, i caved about bought Brain Age 2. it was on sale for $17.88! :D now i can see how old my fucking lazy fatass brain is! \o/

(no, i'm not gonna let that go for a while.)

- for the past few days, i've had the uber want to fly a kite. i don't know why, i just do. and it was kinda trippy because then i watched last week's Lost and Jack was flying a kite. just oddness.

- customer of the day moment:

COD: where do you have adapters?
me: ...for?
COD: ...for electronic stuff.
me: ...like an AC adapter? DC adapter? PS/2 to USB adapter? *thinking: 'Buy a fucking clue by four' adapter?
COD: electronic adapter, y'know? for when i bring my vaccuum cleaner to Europe.
me: OH. international plug adapters. aisle 30.
*COD walks off to aisle 30*
*me thuds head on shelf*

- i remembered that 'hey! we sell manga at the store!' i can read some translated manga while i'm on my breaks! and while our stellar collection of manga is all of Fruits Basket...no wait, i'll let people guess the other two...just for the hell of it. anyways, after watching the tv series, i never really followed up on reading the manga for FB.

oh, for the shame on me.

wow but reading some of the full version of the small stories that were either not made, cut out or shortened makes a difference. FB really is a wonderful series (at least in my opinion) and reading it now...some of the things said in it hit so close to home with me. i'll definately have to buy it at some point to pay it full respect.

speaking of respect, i've decided that i would absolutely love to meet Takuya Natsuki, not only for making FB...but for being such an ADORABLE geeky gamer. she seems like someone i could totally get lost in a conversation with over video games. her comments about not being able to play games when her hand was injured...so...friggin'...ADORABLE. EEEEEEEEEEEEEE! XD

- hee...i dragged people onto here from myspace. they need to post more, the dorks. 'cept for Kaese-chan. she's posted on request so she gets a break. ;3

- oh, in addition to Japan Nite, another music group i wouldn't mind hearing live is coming to the bay area in May, Fall Out Boy! :D i wanna go but uhh...it's more fun with people and i dunnoes who actually likes FOB out of the peeps in my area and on my list...so yeah. speak up if you're interested. XD

- will probably be hitting up Wondercon this weekend with K&N. yay g33kdom! must drop by Daiso Japan afterwards to buy MOAR FIGURINE DISPLAY BOXES! XD i think i will bring some figures with me this time to really gauge the sizes. yay for it being pay day tomorrows.

- wow, i had totally forgotten about season 4 of L Word starting again. whoopsie~ well, started off kinda a drag. Shane was being duuuuh, there wasn't even a smidgen of Carmen (nuuuoooz my hawt smexy dj latina fix... ;_;), Marina only showed up for one ep? wtf?! but Papi amuses me greatly. she's no Carmen but she cracks me up something fierce. Bette's pet stalker is eww. Cybil Sheperd is...funny but eww at the same time. Shane with her lil' bro is rather aww, especially the drawing. Jenny is still stupid. i actually kinda feel sorry for Max. Alice is still lolwtfbbqMAGICCIRCLES. Tina...Tina who? man, this show is such a guilty pleasure for me.

- mmm...AC Tifa on my wallzzzz....okay bed. z_z