Category: my ramblings

I finally got the status of my Newton Messagepad repair from Apple, no th anks to the people at their 800 number – bunch of clueless monkeys. I used 411 and the address on my copy of the courier waybill to find out the real Apple Can ada phone number, called and very nicely asked for the Repair Centre and that I would like to check on the status of my repair. I then got transfered to the Se rvice Desk and spoke to George, who is one of the top 2 most helpful phone suppo rt people I have ever talked to. After giving him the case number he told me th at 1) I had included a personal cheque instead of a certified cheque, 2) The amo unt on the cheque was wrong (I forgot to add the tax) and 3) I would be getting a replacement unit. I mentioned that I also needed to change the address that t he unit would be shipped to, and he told me that all I had to do was mail a prop er cheque with a note of the new address and he would ship my new (woohoo!) Newt on to the address. This made me oh so happy – if I had visited in person I’d pr obably have wanted to give George a big hug. Exam in three hours, but I don’t c are, because I finally know that I’m going to have my Newton back before the end of the month.

Song: is still Macy Gray – I Try
And here are the lyrics.

Just in case you stumbled here by accident, I’d like to point out that things he re aren’t quite finished yet and so most links will be broken or pages will not look like the rest of the site. Everything will be fixed by May 1.

It’s really hard to believe that I survived my second year of university. Well, I’m not quite done, still got two more exams to write, but I don’t expect to di e during them. I can easily look back and say “this has been one really fucked up year” which, ironic enough, is probably exactly what I said at the end of las t year. I gained a ton of new friends this year, which I actually didn’t expect – I guess I thought it was going to be like UTS (my high school) where I’d go b ack to the same old crew, year after year, but it’s not. University is fluid.
It’s madness. It’s crazy. And I love it. I’ve already got my plate full of th ings to do – although I’m leaving the Com puter Science Club I’m already diving head first into college government. W ill I survive? Will I go on academie probation after this semester? Only time (and the registrar) will tell.

Song: Macy Gray – I Try
I heard this song and also saw the video for the first time on April 7th at the CASU Council end-of-year house party. I then totally forgot about it until toda y when I checked up on Calum’s journal and noticed that he had just picked it up. S o I grabbed a copy and it’s on repeat in Winamp right now. The lyrics are simpl e but remind me of all those times when I did something stupid and just wish I c ould go back in time and do the right thing. I’m going to invent a time machine . Yeah.