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[ebonlock]

Ok so you know how I was going to earn best aunt ever accolades by acquiring a Wii for my niece and shipping it out well in advance of her birthday? UPS appears to have lost it. As in it never got scanned leaving the store I shipped it from. I talked to the manager there who's asking me to bring her a copy of the receipt. A receipt that I got the yellow copy of and they kept the original. I intend to get her to explain to me why they don't have a copy of it there. My best guess would be that it was taken along with the box by someone who works there.

Flames...flames on the side of my face...

*deep breath*

Ok so I insured it for $300 just in case so all is not lost, still this is officially the last time I ever use UPS if it can possibly be avoided.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

Being in desperate need of some cheering up I stumbled upon what is turning out to be the funniest thing I've read in ages. Imagine the crew of Stargate Atlantis as participants in the sixth season of Project Runway:

Back at Parson's, there's a scramble for tables, and an industrious quiet settles over the room – the kind that's made up of low-level swearing and the rasp of scissors cutting silk, the click of someone's heels (Larrin? Or maybe Kolya – John swears there are lifts in his boots) and the frantic whispers of the production team. "Genius here!" Rodney snaps, elbowing past Adria to get to a box of pins, and in the far corner, someone's singing Dylan tunes. John cuts and drapes, falls into the rhythm of it – discovers that Rodney's bitching has a soothing quality after a while; actively prefers it to Lindsey Novak's under-the-breath chant of 'You can do it, you can do it,' interrupted by periodic bouts of hiccups. She seems to be making an alien; at least that's what the big hood on the silvery cape looks like. John hopes it's intentional, or Nina Garcia's going to have a fit.

John Sheppard's Guide to Surviving Project Runway

I can honestly say reading this has made my entire week and is keeping me from active homicide today.

Comments

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

Are you...coming to get the receipt? I'm confused.

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

No, like I said in the email I can just get it from you tonight unless you're going to be really late or something?

[moonlightnrain.livejournal.com]

It's just that I have to go home and assess damage, then go to the store, then go back home and cook and clean. I'm not going to have much time after work. But I thought you wanted to take care of this today. Are you planning to wait until tomorrow now?

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Can I ask you a huge favor of dropping it by my place before you go home? I know it's a pain but it would be incredibly helpful and I'd appreciate it immensely.

[eilonwey.livejournal.com]

That SUCKS! I hope the person who did it gets caught --- maybe there's some kind of code on the receipt you have.