A few days ago, I (finally) got a phone call from the Dell repair technician, and we scheduled an appointment for today at 5 PM.

Today, I had class until 2:15 PM, then had two meetings that went on until about 4:30 PM. After I got back to my apartment, I checked my cell phone and noticed that I had a few missed calls and voice messages.

It was the technician.

Apparently he thought he was supposed to be here at 4 PM instead of 5 PM. He said he waited for 20 minutes, then asked for my call back so we could reschedule the appointment.

So close, yet so far.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

#DS467: Make a photograph featuring strong horizontal lines today.

Keyboard

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 18

Number of times I did my own laundry: 1

“Hello, I am calling to make sure that your Dell technician dispatch has been taken care of to your satis­faction.”

“… The Dell repair technician has not even called me yet to set up an appointment.”

“…”

“…”

“Please hold.”

Apparently, after my huge issue twelve days ago with the chat support representative, they want to make sure that everything is fine so they don’t have to exchange my laptop for a different one. Obviously, their “customer care” phone call epic failed after they realized that the technician hadn’t even called to set up an appointment with me, let alone even tried to fix my laptop again.

So now I have to wait even more as Dell contacts the repair site near Madison again so a technician actually comes and fixes my laptop.

In case you were wondering, I’ve been having an issue with my laptop’s screen for about three months, and I’ve been unable to use the screen on my laptop at all for over two months straight. I’m being pessimistic and assuming that they’re never going to fix it for me, so when they do come and fix it eventually (maybe in a few more months), it’ll be miraculous.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

#DS462: Work with scale today and make a photograph that features a subject either larger or smaller than expected.

Skittles

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 15

Number of times I did my own laundry: 1

Another short post today – only a photo. I have a lot of catching up to do on my academics, and I tend to become less focused when the weekend comes around, so I’m gonna get a head start today.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

#DS460: Make a photograph that features the color yellow in some way or another.

Yellow M&M

You cannot even begin to imagine how many packages of fun-sized M&Ms I had to go through to find a yellow one.

Auto-Correct Fail of the Day

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 15

Number of times I did my own laundry: 1

I’m a bit tired from a super secret project (that isn’t really super secret) that I did today. It’s for the Badger Herald, but I plan on releasing it here tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, which will be a lot earlier than when it will go live on the Badger Herald’s website. (Exclusive previews are one of the many benefits that you get from reading my blog.)

As a result, today’s blog post is going to be short – just a photo.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

#DS455: Look up today and make a photograph of the sky. Cloudy, clear, or somewhere in between? Tell the story of your sky today.

Night Sky

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 15

Number of times I did my own laundry: 1

I’m going to start including a new section at the bottom of each blog post that keeps track of how many times I did a particular task this year. I have two so far – how many tacos I’ve eaten at Taco Bell, and how many times I’ve done my laundry. If you have any other suggestions for interesting things to keep track of, let me know. The “So Far in 2011…” section was inspired by Kristina Horner.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

#DS417

Go high contrast today and make a photograph with tons of pop. Do as much in-camera as possible.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 0

Number of times I did my own laundry: 0

Picture of the Day

Mini Hot Dog in Hawaiian Bread

Sarah Vo: I just made mini hot dogs :D
Parkzer: Did you save some for me?
Sarah Vo: yeah

This mini hot dog wrapped in Hawaiian bread is courtesy of Sarah Vo.

The Daily Shoot Assignment of the Day

#DS416

Make an interesting photograph of something mundane and ordinary today.

Duracell Battery