Tuesday, August 17, 2004 :::
Hmm... I do this so rarely these days that it seems every time I go to update there's a new blogger frontend. Right now I've just moved into my apt. in New York (105th and Broadway) and am trying to get the hang of briefing cases for law school. I appear to be doing more work for my orientation pseud0-course than I did for most of my undergraduate career, although it's fairly interesting thus far- we're reading torts where various people (or there estates) are suing various other folks for a whole range of viscious incidents like being strangled with a painting cloth or having the shit kicked out of them in the Newark projects. I suppose I'll look back on this wistfully when civil procedure starts.
::: posted by JW at 7:49 PM
Monday, July 12, 2004 :::
Personal war against citbank. Add to the list of corporate crimes, they have the most godawful customer service department in existence.
Thus far-
1.Tried to open an account over the phone from LA, figuring that it would be easier to just come into the city with one ready to go. They failed to send me the materials I needed to sign
2. Went into a branch in NYC to sign the paperwork (after consulting numerous times on the phone). Signed paperwork. Was told I would be called the next day. Told I could not deposit money into the account as it was not open.
3.) -the next day- was not called
4.) called them, and was told that the account was blocked. Blocked because there was no money in it.
5.) went into branch the following day, attempted to deposit money. Was told that I needed a proof of residence. asked if I could use newly signed lease for manahattan apt. was told that a lease was not an acceptable proof of address
6.) stormed out
7.) signed up at hsbc in 20 minutes, no hassle, and got a free picnic bag
8.) was called by citibank with even more requirements
9.) cursed at bewildered customer service rep
::: posted by JW at 10:17 PM
looking at my posts i see a dramatic dropoff during my 2nd year of teaching, which is at this point over. Perhaps I'll be able to do something a bit more continuous over the course of the year. A brief update to all those who've not read in a while. I finished teaching on June 30. Had surgery for what the docs thought was appendicitis but turned out to be possibly Crohn's disease, but unsure until further testing is done. Not life threatening so don't worry. Going to Fordham Law in August. Perhaps more of these will follow.
::: posted by JW at 10:08 PM
Saturday, February 28, 2004 :::
Ok, maybe I need to back off my thief-anthrax plan. Oddly enough, even though on the night that my car had a second break-in/attempt, I had left my bag at school. So no actual theivery that I can find (unless they stole one of the numerous useless union shirts... in which case, god bless)
::: posted by JW at 3:27 PM
Thursday, February 26, 2004 :::
as a longtime Howard Dean supporter I am now faced with a pretty big quandary... election day is on Tuesday here in California, and along with trying to figure out whether or not I should support California borrowing $15 billion for day-to-day operations, I have to decide which of the remaining dems to vote for
::: posted by JW at 9:58 PM
