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Okay, so I'm a sort of yaoi kick. I thought I'd never have an interest in dirty cartoons ever again, having gone through a "het" (i.e., tentacle/schoolgirl) phase several years back, much to Mr. Glove's bafflement. Anyway, to further explore the, er, art form, I discovered a way to be provided with vid files if I were to subscribe to a certain online storage service, as the files are obviously too large to send via email.
So I paid via Paypal, which supposedly would give me instantaneous access. That was about 14 hours ago. Yeah, I counted. I am still "awaiting processing," which implies some actual person somewhere has to input data. I find this kind of thing incredibly annoying because a business that sells technical services online should have this sort of system FULLY AUTOMATED, or so I think. In fact, I believe it the way some people believe in god. I mean, how unprofessional and borderline Luddite is that?
I emailed them a slightly snarky but reasonable message asking when I could expect to be processed and got back a cheery, contentless message with a tracking number and a request that I use the tracking number. Fine. Fuckers. So I sent them the same text with an additional note AND the tracking number.
And got back another tracking number.
No people handy to be blamed, and incompetent machines. I just want my fucking yaoi (which is a fannish kindness, and not even something I'm paying for...I just need the space I've paid for).
And re: Mr. Glove's bafflement. While I often find it peculiar and frustrating that he doesn't just follow me down my pornish paths with slavering enthusiasm, it's probably a good thing. Were he matching me in my fervor, I can see that I could easily end up turning tricks on a dirty mattress in the back of a van. So, I'll take the opportunity here to give thanks for Mr. Glove's moderate prudishness. Thanks, honey.
So I paid via Paypal, which supposedly would give me instantaneous access. That was about 14 hours ago. Yeah, I counted. I am still "awaiting processing," which implies some actual person somewhere has to input data. I find this kind of thing incredibly annoying because a business that sells technical services online should have this sort of system FULLY AUTOMATED, or so I think. In fact, I believe it the way some people believe in god. I mean, how unprofessional and borderline Luddite is that?
I emailed them a slightly snarky but reasonable message asking when I could expect to be processed and got back a cheery, contentless message with a tracking number and a request that I use the tracking number. Fine. Fuckers. So I sent them the same text with an additional note AND the tracking number.
And got back another tracking number.
No people handy to be blamed, and incompetent machines. I just want my fucking yaoi (which is a fannish kindness, and not even something I'm paying for...I just need the space I've paid for).
And re: Mr. Glove's bafflement. While I often find it peculiar and frustrating that he doesn't just follow me down my pornish paths with slavering enthusiasm, it's probably a good thing. Were he matching me in my fervor, I can see that I could easily end up turning tricks on a dirty mattress in the back of a van. So, I'll take the opportunity here to give thanks for Mr. Glove's moderate prudishness. Thanks, honey.
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Date: 2004-03-19 12:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-19 12:39 pm (UTC)And if you missed my entry, I got your CDs!!!! The music is very cool and the covers absolutely beautiful. Though I had to google "Ginger Grant" to find out who the fuck she is. *g*
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Date: 2004-03-19 12:49 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-03-19 01:10 pm (UTC)I'm glad you like them. I have a lot of fun putting them together, and I like to think it shows ;)
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Date: 2004-03-19 01:12 pm (UTC)As the to technical aspects, do you know Kazaa? It's a more private version of that kind of downloading. But I had to pay a few dollars for a service so that the person with the files can share them with me using that service...and the stupid service isn't acknowledging my payment.
Except I just now finally got an email from a human. We'll see how this goes...
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Date: 2004-03-19 01:23 pm (UTC)Oh, and on a totally self-pimping note, have you read my W100 entry, Sloth and Gluttony, The Early Years?
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Date: 2004-03-19 02:31 pm (UTC)Seriously! How come it's only the school girls who are violated in every orafice by tentacles?! Heh. I'm reminded of that thing Lenore did recently for our amusement. Good stuff.
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Date: 2004-03-19 02:32 pm (UTC)