erica's joys :)

Thanks to Adam tagging me, I am writing a rare list sort of blog post. Loyal 26 readers, this is a once in a blue moon thing, promise. On with the list...

1. Up until I was about 15 (1995), I always thought I'd be a lawyer. After that point, I was focused on working with computers. You remember 1995, right? The beginning of those beautiful days leading up to the dot com bust? Funny thing though, even after the bust, I still wanted to work with computers.


2. During school, I worked on an Army post and I was married for about a year and a half to a guy in the Army. I can say, with conviction, that the US Army does not give a hot damn about the families of it's soldiers. Despite the propaganda that they attempt to force on soldiers and their families (how many "Soldiers and Families First" posters did I frame?) they would rather all the soldiers be single.
   


3. I hate flying. Well not so much the flying part as the idea that the plane could fall out of the sky due to any one seemingly minuscule thing that can cause extremely bad things to happen. Yes, yes, my chances of being in a car accident are greater than my chances of being in a plane that crashes. However, my chances of living after said car accident are far greater than my chances of living after a plane crash.
   


4. Getting my job at Google was kind of a fluke. I was on Craigslist looking for something random (I'm always scouring for old computers and good deals) and decided to look at the jobs section. I saw Google was hiring in Atlanta and I said "Oooo cool," sent my resume in and here I am today.


5. I wasn't born in the United States and for a while I had dual citizenship with the country I was born in. I got rid of it when I had some issues with financial aid in college. What I mean by issues is "We don't think you're a citizen of the US, therefore you can't have financial aid." Silly, yes. However arguing with people in power who think they're right can take a long time, time I didn't have.

Welp there is my 5. I will now pass the torch on to...

Gayle
Darla
CJ
Liz
AG

BTW Amazon fixed their mess. Finally.

Labels: Amazon, personal, tag

Dear Amazon,

I think you're pretty cool. I love that during this time of year, I can easily point people to my Amazon Wish List when they ask "What do you want for Christmas?" Thanks for that. I love that you surmised that maybe I'd like to beat people to the punch and showed them what I wanted before I even had to ask. RSS feeds of Wish Lists? Awesome, really. Then when I thought it couldn't get better, you created a Wish List widget that I could just stick in a web page. In Flash format, no less, so that I could put it on my MySpace page too. I almost wanted to marry you then, Amazon. I say almost because you're a tease. You go and wave your shiny widget in front of me, enticing me, then you laugh as I try to use it. I tried to talk to you about it. I wanted to make things work. You, however, tried to tell me that pretty little thing you were waving around wasn't yours.^[1] So now, Amazon, I'm writing you this letter. I doubt it will get through to you but it's my last chance. I want us to get through this Amazon, I really do. I don't want to start seeing others for my Wishlist sharing needs.

Talk to me,
Erica

1. Thank you for writing to us at Amazon.com.

The website address that you were referring in your email does not
belong to Amazon.com. I have researched and found that it belongs to
PheromoneTrail.com.

If you have any problems please contact PheromoneTrail.com customer
service directly. At present we are working with the authorities to
investigate the origin of this website as the website address
includes Amazon.com. Because this will be an ongoing investigation,
we cannot release sny results or any information relating to the
investigation or prosecution of this conduct.

Thank you for contacting Amazon.com.


Please let us know if this e-mail resolved your question:

If yes, click here:
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If not, click here:
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Please note: this e-mail was sent from an address that cannot accept
incoming e-mail.

To contact us about an unrelated issue, please visit the Help
section of our web site.


Best regards,

Yohan
Amazon.com Customer Service
http://www.amazon.com
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> Date: Mon Dec 04 09:40:26 UTC 2006
> Subject: Other Services
> To: "int-primary__4r4t4y@amazon.com" int-primary__4r4t4y@amazon.com
> From:

> Subject: Other Services
> ---------------
> 12/04/06 01:40:26
> Your Name:erica
> Comments:Hi,
>
> http://realtime.amazon.com/swf/wishlistwidget.swf is not loading.
As the Holiday season is upon us, it would be nice if this was
working so I could embed my wishlist into my websites.
> I attempted to report this to Amazon customer service via
telephone, however, I don't believe the Customer service associate
understood what I was saying and kept referring to site upgrades
effecting the Advanced Search feature. Is there an expected time
that
> http://realtime.amazon.com/ (207.171.166.133) is expected to
resume functioning normally?
>
> Thanks!
> Erica
> ---------------

Labels: Amazon, wishlist