Archive for October, 2002

Is it? I dunno, I guess it didnt’ really suck. I pretty much just did the usual laying around. I bought 4 bags of candy yesterday for the kids. I went through 2 of them so far and am into the third. I had a decent about of kids come for the candy. Last year, I got home so late and picked up candy on the way home that I think I had 2 people come to the door. I think the official trick or treat hours end in 20 mins so I doubt there will be many more knocks on the door. I’ll still have a lot of leftoevers for myself and my friends when they visit.

In honor of the halloween, I will watch Return of the Living Dead afer Smackdown and Tough Enough is over. I wish I could go out somewhere. Of course, were I not laid-up recovering, I really wouldn’t have anywhere to go anyway most likely.

I just found out that Jam Master Jay was shot and killed. For those of you who don’t know who that is, Jay was the one man band behind Run DMC. Run DMC were my favorite rap band of all time. They really paved the way for the rap artists today. I never got to see Run DMC, mainly due to the fact that I was a stupid white kid from the suburbs and was too chicken to go when I was younger. When I got older, I couldn’t tell you why I never went, now I never will get to. I never met Jay, but I was a fan of his work and the news saddens me. I hope whoever the motherfucker was who killed him, gets his. And by getting his, I mean they lock him up for life in prison, he spends years getting bad things done to him, worse than you see on Oz, and then someone shanks him. A senseless killing (not that any killings make sense) to someone who brought me and others like me entertainment, and from what I read, sounded like a good man. My condolences go out to his family and friends.

I was flipping channels on the TV and stopped on this cable access show called “music choice” cuz TSOL was playing on it, then the Adolescents! Then interview with X, and then The Damned! What kind of alternate realilty have I been sucked into where this is on my TV? Anyway, now Unwritten Law are on, and the singer has his pants like halfway down his ass and his boxers pulled up high. Pull up your fucking pants jackass, that does NOT look remotely cool. Whoever came up with that fashion statement, along with the ass merchant who invented those pants that are so big, they cover ones entire foot with a shoe on, and drag on the groud, should be stabbed in the throat. Those are among the most assinine fashion “statements” ever created.

After 90 god damn minutes and more toilet words than a normal man can string together in one paragraph, I finally beat the pro challenge in Tony Hawk 4. I was playing as Hawk and that fucking thing was tough, but I overcame cuz I HAVE MAD DARK JEDI SKILLZ! Shit yeah, I am the man. Actually Thor is even better at this game than I am. He is like Obi Wan and I am like Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) but that’s ok, cuz I get to be EVIL!

Jesus, I need to get out, I think I am losing my mind being a prisoner of my own house!

Tonight’s Raw sucked. It wasn’t as bad as last week, but it still wasn’t very good. The opening segment was stupid. Most of the matches were boring, and as cool as it was to see Shawn Michaels again, he was dancing around the ring like a dork. Thumbs down for the show.

I got an email from a member of CH3 today wanting to know if I was up for interviewing them. I am, just that even though I have owned CH3 records since the early punk days, I never listened to them very much, so I will have to dig them out of the vault and refresh my memory before taking on that task. Anyone have anything they want me to ask?

Have I mentioned lately that I am really sick of being trapped in my house unable to leave or do much?!

If you remember a couple weeks ago how angry I was over somone I bought a record from on ebay, packing it so poorly it got damaged, and gouged me on the shipping. I sent this assklown 2 emails expressing my frustration and received no reply. So I left the appropriate negative feedback. Suddenly then, the seller decides he has something to say, and had the nerve to seem shocked by the feedback. Here’s the exchange (the sellers email is all in caps, as he must have a stuck capslock key on his PC):

WHATS YOUR PROBLEM MAN? WHY DID YOU LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK? I WOULD HAVE HANDLED THE PROBLEM IF YOU SENT THE RECORD BACK TO ME.YOU ARE A JERK.THANKS ALOT YOU PUNK!!!!

I wrote you two emails over a week ago expressing my displeasure and received no response from you. I will paste in the two mails sent below. It baffles me how you could have thought that flimsy mailer was adequate protection to ship a record in, and also why you charged me $4 for shipping, enough to cover priority mail which you would have been given a free box much more suited for a record that what you used, but you sent it via media mail.

mxv

OK this time he found the caps lock key:

well it dosent matter now because you screwed me already. you could have sent me back the record and i would have got you another one.now you are stuck with a broken record, and i have negative feedback.now no one is happy.see how much of a jerk you are.grow up man

the vinyl survived, the cover is what got damaged. I tried to contact you twice, with no response, therefore I did what I felt needed to be done. Had I not left the feedback, I doubt I’d have ever heard back from you. Had you responded and offered me a partial refund, I would have felt better about it, but not responding after paying good money and being overcharged in postage was not cool at all. The jerk in this situation is you. I paid you promptly and even requested that you carefully pack the record. You in turn gouge me on shipping and couldnt’ be bothered to even put some cardboard in the fllimsy mailer to attempt to protect the record.

I’m sorry you feel slighted by the negative feedback, you deserved it. Perhaps the next time you sell a record, you’ll think twice about what you mail it in, and how much you gouge a person for shipping. Media mail does NOT cost $4 and a thin padded mailer does NOT keep a record from being damaged in transit. And when a buyer contacts you about said things, ignoring them is NOT the proper way to deal with the situation. Were the roles reversed, I’m sure you’d have done the same thing.

mxv

Then in his infinite wisdom, he replied:

i never ignored you man,if for some reason i did not see them(the emails), then im sorry.but if you see my feedback, i have a very good rating, so i never screw anyone.its jerks like you who think that leaving negative feedback is a right way of dealing with things.its just a reflection on the type of person you are, and will always be.please do not ever bid on my stuff again. i dont deal with jerks who hate themselves and other people

I do not hate myself, nor many other people. I do not even hate you for the shitty transaction we had. I made an attempt to rectify the situation and gave adequate time for a reply, which I did not receive. You can call me all the names you want, but the truth of the matter is that you fucked up. Perhaps the usual ebay fare doens’t care if you carelessly package thier items, but I do. I paid good money for something that was damaged by your neglect. I stand by my feedback, you deserved it. Don’t worry, I won’t be buying anything from you again anyway, I am not into paying good money for things only to have them get ruined due to seller neglect. Not to mention, I don’t appreciate somone ripping me off on shipping. I hope the 3 bucks profit you made by sending my poorly packaged record, bought you a nice dinner at taco bell.

Like I said, had you packaged the record and it not got damaged, I probably would have overlooked the media mail issue and would have left you some decent feedback. You got what you had coming to you.

mxv

If only I could leave him negative feedback more than once. And, here is what might be the final exhcange:

like i said, a jerk

Whatever you say man. I guess I was a jerk for paying promptly, or asking nicely to pack the record carefully, or by trying to email you about the problem before the feedback. Maybe next time you’ll use some common sense when you pack a record for shipping. You were the one who fucked me on shipping and bad packing. how does that make me a jerk?! Cuz I called you on your shit?!

have a nice day
mxv