"People get emo sometimes and that's okay. The difference between being emo sometimes and being emo as a lifestyle is the difference between falling off a horse and getting back on or falling off a horse and staring at the horse's ass."
There is an event in Japan in Akihabara today entitled: Macross: The Super Dimension Space Launching Ceremony ~It's Really 2009 Already...It's 2/22 (Nyan Nyan Nyan), Deculture!~ Oh, Japan.
For those who don't know, Macross is an old mecha/space drama anime series from the '80s that is also known for its pacifistic viewpoint to war and pop songs. You have to see it to believe it.
Macross is also the basis for the first 30 or so episodes of Robotech.
Sorry guys, this is one of those soapbox issues with me (Internet, privacy and Reading Between the Lines) and I have to rant.
So I want to buy this doujinshi. The seller uses Paypal. I don't have an account and I sign up for one. I sign up for the account, put in my necessary credit card information, everything is going great. Except when I go to send money to the seller. That's when I learn I have a limit on my account of $0.00. What's this? This was never mentioned in any of the easy to read information and the privacy policy.
But it's okay! says Paypal. You merely have Verify your account with us. And by Verify we mean you only have 1 of 2 options: 1)Link up your bank account with us. Don't worry, it's safe! 2)Sign up for our PayPal credit card!
Fuck. That. Shit.
I try and see what if there is any other way to Lift the Limit on my account. Any FAQ question, explanation of what "Verify" and "Limit" are in the Handy and Easy Pop up definitions point out, over and over again, that the only way to Lift the Limit is to link your bank account to your PayPal account (or sign up for a credit card you don't need).
Then I see the "Help" icon. I click on it and search for "adding a credit card". Because it occurs to me that, due to what a friend has said, my credit card isn't really verified. Even though they had me enter it and "verified/confirmed" it right at sign ups. As I check the Help menu, I see instructions for exactly what I need.
Success! Only, wait.
I can confirm my credit card, but only by having PayPal charge me $1.50, having the verification code show up on my statement and then, only after I input the statement, will a refund be issued.
I cannot cook. Evidence of this is in the form of my favorite meal being macaroni and cheese from the box.
Yet even that is above my attempts as witnessed earlier.
I am pouring the milk to mix with the powdered cheese flavor packet when I notice the milk is rather...slow to come out the container. And creamy looking. And then the smell of nutmeg and preservatives hit as I realize I have poured egg nog in the pasta/cheese/butter mixture. I ate it. But this ranks right up there with the "seriously, I have tried to hard boil an egg three times now. It's not working." incident.
