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Mark Liebrecht
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Cara
Not just because I’ve wasted 6 years of my life working in various sh*tty call centres, but because I hate calling them. I know what goes on behind the scenes. I had to call this stupid collection agency about $20 I owed my bank from like 4 years ago.
Let me just say they are the worst collection agency ever! If I knew I owed them $20 I could have paid them anytime. Did I receive letters? No. Phone calls? No! It’s not like I ran away and changed all my information. My bank has always had my current address and phone number.
So I call my bank about a revolving line of credit. They say I don’t qualify because of this $20 dollars. They say pay it off and wait 6 months. So, I have to call the collection agency. The rep gives me a phone number. I call the number and it goes to the bank accounts receivables department. Accounts receivable gives me a number to the collection agency. They’re only open until 4:00 my time. I was at an Adobe class until 3:45. I called them on my cell phone and waited on hold for 15 minutes until 4:00 came. All of a sudden the hold music stops. I know it’s gone to a rep. I say hello? Pause. Hello? Next thing the line drops.
This used to happen all the time at call centres I worked for. People don’t want to stay late. They got an appointment, they’ll miss their bus. Instead of taking the call they just hit the hangup button.
Bastards!
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pardonthegirl
Dear Hell,
I apologize, I’ve been meaning to comment/reply to comments, but I’m not online nearly as much lately … mostly due to the fact that most of the time I’m preoccupied with homework, which is almost always some huge project. I just finished an 8 ft project, where we had to find a unique way of transitioning from black to white. I was absolutely torturing myself over this thing, and went through about 10 different ideas before I actually settled on something and finished it. It is now hanging in the student lounge…
For those of you who didn’t quite catch the theme, it was Alice in Wonderland. We did a critique the other day, and my teacher suggested that my personal reasons for finally choosing the subject matter were that “Alice was an individual, and she’s in a place where she has to overcome all kinds of obstacles.” I dunno, I really liked that.I’ve also decided that I don’t really like drawing class very much. I don’t know why, I just don’t. We’re in the middle of perspective, which I absolutely hate with a passion. At least this semester only lasts a few more months, and then I’ll be starting new stuff. I’ll miss 2D Design though.
Also, new developments on my love life, or my lack there of. Yeah. I no longer have one. Mike and I are still close friends, but we don’t really have much of a relationship anymore. So, yeah. I need a date. I don’t even need boyfriend at this point, just going to grab a coffee with someone would totally make my day. Or at least a close guy friend who lives in the same city … or state … or COUNTRY would be nice. Actually, I don’t even have any girl friends either, come to think of it.
There’s a guy I like at school, but he’s not in any of my classes. He’s actually in the class right down the hall from me. I haven’t spoken to him since the first day of school, and I never see him around.
One issue that makes things particularly difficult for me in the way of dating/relationships, and sometimes even friendships actually has a lot to do with race, which I often times forget. I’ll come right out and say it: I’m mostly attracted to white guys. Maybe it’s just the town I live in, but my entire life I’ve only really dated two black guys because they were the only two that I seemed to have anything in common with. I generally find that there are more white guys who share the same interests with me, and when I was younger I was rejected and ridiculed a lot by other black kids because of what I was into, for “talking white” and not being what they thought I should be, I guess.
But I realized that there are black guys who will talk to me for absolutely no other reason than that they find me attractive and we both happen to be black, when it’s clear that there’s probably very little that we have in common. Meanwhile a lot of the guys that look like someone I might be interested in that happen to be white, usually don’t even seem to notice me. I know there are reasons for this, but they often slip my mind, and more often than not I find myself annoyed at the situation.
I was talking to Mike about it the other day, feeling all frustrated, and I asked him what was wrong with me. “Nothing” he said “I think the problem may be with the kind of people you’re attracted to.” He explained “I think they’re just uncomfortable about approaching a black girl.” and said that even he was uncomfortable about it at one point. Apparently there are a few different reasons for this, all of which Mike seems to think have to do with worrying about what other people might think. I told him I always just thought that it was simply because most people, particularly when it comes to black & white, aren’t really that open to interracial dating. Most of the time I just assume that, for whatever reason, white guys just aren’t attracted to black girls. I’ve also found that when I have dated white guys in the past, usually we start out as friends, and then I always have to be the one to let them know I’m interested in a relationship, but in those situations I’ve never been the one pursued.
In the end I guess I just feel like when people look at me, initially all they see is my color, and that’s what their opinions and first impressions are based on, which is why certain people don’t approach me. I don’t really know where I’m going with this. It’s just the way things are, and there really isn’t anything anyone can do to change it. I guess I’m just bitching. It’s irritating, and it’s another one of those things that make life that much more lonely. Other than that, there’s nothing left worth saying about it, I guess. Though, if anyone has a second or third opinion I’m interested in hearing it.
So what else is there? Not much. Life’s been pretty boring aside from school. When I’m not in school, I’m doing homework. But I’m thinking I’ll probably start spending more of the free time I do have around here, I guess.
I’ll probably write something in my own blog tomorrow.
~Fin~
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Mark Liebrecht
I’m not a gamer by any definition of the word, but I hear some people are…I hear a large portion of those people are are pretty excited about this big Halo thing. So with that in mind, I give you a video by some guy who sings a song. Oh yeah. That’s right. Watch it and love it people! Watch it and love it…..
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Remy
Craigslist never fails to amuse me. I came across this the other night: Panties for Sale
I bet this guy just puts on a pair of woman’s panties and runs around the block a few times in them.
