we stop existing and start living.

i finally got a laptop.
i wasn’t lying when i told you that was the plan. i was tired of depending on others. so i went and purchased a second-hand one on ebay. oh it wasn’t without its glitches. the first one they sent me was defective. after sending emails back and forth to the company’s customer service department, they agreed to reimburse me the fees i would be subjected to by returning the computer and then receiving another one. imagine this. i get the new laptop, have to pay custom fees and taxes even though they marked it as a gift. at least this one works perfectly. i message the company to let them now that i am satisfied and they can just go ahead and repay me the 60$ i had to pay in total. well, they claim that someone hacked into their computer and sent me the emails under false pretense. really? i mean really?! come on!
so after arguing some more (!), they finally conceded to give me back half. wow. talk about a flaky settlement.

so here i am now, in my charming hotel room downtown Vancouver writing these lines. it does feel good to be independent. i love having the freedom of hopping on the internet whenever i want and not having to wait after someone else to be done so i can use my 20 minutes of free time. now i can just relax and enjoy the moment.

a lot has happened since the last time i wrote. what was it? June?
i have to find some way to catch up on all the little things.

in the meantime, please enjoy this for me.
after all, the King of Pop did die while I was away.
i know he’s been on the news over and over, enough to make us all sick. but i can not even start to explain how bothered i am by his death. that man, as crazy as he was, is a legend. he is a bright shining star. and i know he is somehow in a better place now. he was too fragile for this world.

peace y’all.

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