30 is the new fabulous and 39 is the new sexy

I finished my Apple training yesterday. Only not really. I have mentoring to come, which should be freakin' cool because you get to be 1-on-1 with a trainer.

Getting this job has started me thinking about a lot of things. For those who can't do math or don't know what year I was born, I turned 30 exactly twenty days ago. It has been a strange transition. It hits me kind of hard about once a day. And I don't have anything profound to say about it. I suppose that I didn't really have plans for when I got to this place in life. But then again, I didn't think I would be here.

My sister says 30 is the new fabulous. I take some comfort in that. But then I am reading in Esquire that 39 is sexy. BTW, Esquire is my subscription, not Nate's...and yes, I know it's strange.

Now that I have turned 30, I cannot imagine turning 40. (Am I going to live that long? This was also kind of my reaction to turning 20 and looking forward to 30.)

But reading about "sexy at 39" kind of...well, actually totally made me feel better. That and the fact that Tiny Fey is almost 38 and totally hot, successful and funny. I would totally make out with her.

Apple. 1984. Is. Awesome.

I have Apple training tomorrow. Yeah, I work for Apple now, for those who don't know, or haven't read my whole blog, or haven't been with us since the beginning.

The first day of training, we got to watch this video. You may be familiar with it. It aired during the 1984 Superbowl. It was then aired one more time so Apple could be considered for an award. So maybe you haven't seen it, since it literally aired twice in the history of the world.

Anyway, I will let you see it now.

Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

How The Consumerist saved my life

Okay, if you have a problem with Sprint, or really any cell phone company, you need to call the Executive Customer Service line. They have the power man. Seriously. If you are trying to locate the number for this magical line, go to the link on my favorite sites (located in my sidebar) and check out The Consumerist.

They have a fantastic search engine. You can look for anything, any important customer service info in any industry. It is a freakin' amazing site. Seriously.

Check it.

Sprint Executive Customer Care

Hey, I have been on the phone with Sprint Executive Customer Care for about 32 mins at this point. But the lady is being super cool and I have to say this is the best experience I have had with Sprint like ever. But I will keep you updated. So far...yeah, I don't mind being on the phone, except for the elevator music when I am on hold. That kind of sucks, but also makes me want to dance. But since I am on a landline...that is kind of hard.

Damn. Maybe a dance party will spontaneously happen later.

I heart spiders

Last night, to relieve some stress, I worked with my Spider Plant. I've had the thing since college, if you can believe that. I

clipped 11 baby spiders off the plant last night. Crazy, right? So, I am trying to get them to root. I figure I have pretty good odds since I have 11 little guys. I

know it might not look like I have that many in the window, but I had to stick 2 or 3 babies into each vase or cup. We are running low on cups, so I couldn't monopolize too many. After all, it may take up to 10 days to 2 weeks for the little guys to get their legs.

If even one makes it, I'll be happy. Then it can come to work and live on my desk and smile at me. That'll be nice. Happy little spider anyway.

Sprint would like you to grab your ankles

So yesterday, my day got even more awesome because Sprint turned my phone off. It was super neat.

Previously, on the "My Life and How It Sucks" show, Sprint asked me to grab my ankles because I went over on minutes and my bill was 4 times what it usually is. I called them and worked out payment arrangements. Sprint, being the gracious and classy company that they are, told me they were willing to allow me to pay in two easy installments of $127.13. Of course this is pocket change for me.

I held up my end of the agreement and paid the first half, but the my phone was shut off promptly on Tuesday. I called customer service and because I was in such a good mood yesterday, straighten out the problem through rage and abuse. Needless to say, my phone was not turned back on. So I went to the Sprint store and they worked on the problem for an hour. My phone is turned back on, but the rep told me he didn't know for how long because he got a huge runaround too. At one point, he turned to me and said, "I think this is a load of BS."

I think I am going to switch my cell service because I have been trying to get this straightened out for 2 weeks and that's like half a month. Who needs that kind of stress?

I think I will write a letter to Sprint like the one above. This letter was apparently sent to a bunch of customers in mid-2007. I think I will use the same verbiage, only tell them they are incompetent.

If I have to get a new phone #, I will let you know via email or text.

And I urge you to keep in mind that Sprint sucks ass.

PS. The letter above was not sent to me, unfortunately.

I hate you.

So I'm in a big fight with my blog. Actually, I'm in a big fight with lots of things today. Like my digital still camera. It decided it doesn't want to upload pictures for my blog. And I'm also in a big fight with my card reader because it's lost or hiding or got itself stolen. And also I hate everything today because I am beyond tired and people are retarded. No, seriously, they are.

question for you all

Does anyone read my blog?

Because if you're not, then not only do you suck, but we're not even friends anymore. That's right; we're breaking up.