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Turns out that one of my Fry's coworkers is in one of my classes. The one that I'm currently having Major Textbook Drama with. So, I'm super stoked about having a built-in work studybuddy! Whee!

School updates, as I haven't done one lately -

My Gender and Sexuality class got cancelled. So I immediately raced around for another class because I had just told my student loan people "fuck you, I'm going back to school" and, yes, that is a direct quotation. (Professionalism, my middle name is not at times) To take any of the interesting Sociology classes, I have to take Soc 101 so, alas, that's where I'm at.

The Textbook Dramaz: I ordered my books a week and a half before the dumbass sent me an email telling me that she had shipped them to the wrong person and if I wanted to wait about a month to get it, she'd ship them to me. She also refused to cancel the order. BLERGH. Finally, she cancelled the order. Amazon didn't release the hold on my credit card for almost two weeks after ordering. This would be payment 1 for books.

I ordered the books from someone else. I attempted to cancel this order about 2 hours after I ordered it. Nothing from the seller. I sent an email a day later. Nothing. I sent an email the day after that, just to get an email from the seller telling me they had shipped it same day I ordered. But if I wanted to pay for all the shipping, he'd gladly refund as soon as I got the book. Snide email sent about just sending it back to him "return to sender" and not paying for shipping for a book that I cancelled long before he sent it. Payment 2 for books.

I ordered books from someone else. See above issues with communications from the sellers and shipping even though the order was cancelled. Payment 3 for books.

Net result - at one point, $450 in charges for books that I do not have and do not need. Amazon finally released the first hold yesterday evening after I filed a complaint. Now I wait for the books to arrive here, refuse delivery and send 'em back to get my money back. Got the books for free through googlebooks and a friend of mine.

Class is, so far, a joke. First assignment was to write an introduction of at least a paragraph. Second assignment was to email the professor. Third assignment was to write what ethics and respecful conversation on the internet means to you, at least a paragraph. Fourth assignment was to write the first paper - 2 paragraphs on what social conditions impign on you. That's a paper? Back in my day, papers were pages and pages long and we liked it :P. Fifth assignment is to discuss illegal immigration as macro vs micro. Oh goody. That one will be hard, too. But, seriously, cake so far. Famous last words that will come back to bite me in the ass, I'm certain.

Holocaust class starts in two weeks. Here's to that one being just as easy.

Computer and a Review

Poor elanorofcastile has been stuck listening to me babble about this new system registry cleaner I downloaded. It worked like a charm. My computer now reboots instead of freezing up on the shutting down phase. It takes about 3 minutes to reboot including loading up firefox when it used to take 20. Word loads instantly instead of taking a couple of minutes. iTunes loads in about a minute instead of 10. I sort of love this registry cleaner. My system commitment is lower now, with multiple hog programs running, than it used to be upon start up with no programs running.

The Ebon Hawk - she's holding together.

I sort of want fic where Kirk and Bones are old men together. Like - either together or not together and regretting it. Any recs for me?

I've been reading some m/m novels with the older men protaganists cause, tbh, I'm tired of reading about teenagers falling in love. I can't get beyond the whole "dude, ain't gonna last" personal issues thing. So, here, have a review:

( Sins of the Father )

1 out of 10