\t\t\t\toctober seems to have hit me like a bag of bricks, once again, right on
\nschedule. it eluded me that that might be the cause, but every year it
\nhappens, the seasons change and so do i. this year i also re-experienced
\nlast year’s hearing loss, which wasn’t as bad this year, but the symptoms
\nwere almost identical. when the temperature dropped 25 degrees in 24 hours
\nmy left ear clogged up, feeling like liquid had accumulated. last year i
\nsaw a surly ear\/nose\/throat doctor who stuck things up my nose and ears
\n(what a glamorous job) and put me on steroids which made me feel like i
\nwas being cooked inside a microwave. i don’t think those pills made a
\ndifference, and the hearing problem went away on its own.<\/p>\n
i walked around like a zombie today, feeling numb inside and out.<\/p>\n
this drama with LensCrafters is getting kinda weird. i bought a $500 pair
\nof sunglasses at the LensCrafters on 5th Avenue, with delivery expected 2
\nweeks later. the weeks passed and passed, and now it’s looking “glasses in
\nabout an hour” is going to be “glasses in about 2 months.” i could really
\nhave used sunglasses about a month ago, too. i knew something was amiss
\nwith this whole purchase. the sales rep was very nice but she kept making
\nmistakes, so much so that the optomotrists there were all kinda making fun
\nof her for screwing up so much.<\/p>\n
so if\/when these glasses ever actually arrive i have this hunch that they
\nare going to be fucked up somehow. wrong prescription, wrong size, wrong
\nsomething. it’s just weird. the supervisor of the store called and sounded
\nlike she might start crying over this, saying she had no idea why the lab
\nwas taking so long or what the freakin’ problem was. she said i’d get a
\ndiscount, which is not expected but hey, i’ll take it. it’s strange, man,
\nhow this one order seems to have flummoxed those fine folks.<\/p>\n
i have a pocket full of gift cards, which i got as “rewards” from a credit
\ncard i use. i’ve accumulated points for years, rarely using them for
\nanything except amazon.com credits, but i thought i’d try the cards. now i
\nhave in my pocket $50 gift cards for starbucks, outback, tgi fridays,
\ndunkin donuts, and applebee’s. most of these places i avoid, but i got the
\napplebee’s and tgi friday’s cards for beers at the bar. the food at both
\nthose places makes me sick. outback is usually reliable enough, but i
\nhadn’t been inside a starbucks in at least a year until i got this card.<\/p>\n
something i miss about my credit card rewards program was this silly bit
\nof copy they put on the web site. the link to the page where you see what
\nrewards you can get with your available points said something like “Redeem
\nyour reward points. You’ve earned it!” the “You’ve earned it!” line always
\ncracked me up, so needlessly feisty and transparently upbeat. i would do a
\nlittle fist-clench any time i saw that, feeling like i’d succeeded,
\nfeeling like a SUCCESS!<\/p>\n
alas, that tiny joy is gone. they removed that text from the web site. i
\nwonder why? whose job is it to implement these pesky changes? i earned it!
\ni really, really earned it!<\/p>\n
god, my mind is a mess today. nothing. zero. null. empty set. \u00d8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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