things appear to be “normalizing” now. i simply found out that i needed to clean the nozzle of my espresso/cappucino maker (yes, finally re-read the instruction booklet) *slaps forehead*.

and, i was able to return my broken down DVD player to Target. it turns out that if you paid with a credit/debit card, you don’t need a receipt, and since it simply stopped playing after 3 weeks of use, i was within the 30 day return limit and they gave me my money back, in cash! :)

my CD car stereo player is still broken, but i bought a cassette tape adapter and i can connect my cheap RIO MP3 player and listen to sounds once again in the vehicle.

still waiting on my laptop. and it’s supposed to be ready and fixed tomorrow! wish me luck! i couldn’t afford to take it back to apple and found this small vietnamese shop that claims they can fix it. if not, i’ll have to find a way to buy another laptop…

happiness does not lie in our material possessions.

right?

and yet… i too have had those moments recently. things in my car breaking off and/or malfunctioning, wanting a new tv, a new pc … sometimes not getting the things i been wanting for a while, or having things i depend on break on me suddenly without warning — pisses me off to no end. ack.

“why is everything i own CRAP!” i want to yell that out & pull my hair out. let’s go yell that together somewhere. maybe everything will feel better after yelling a bit.

cheer up carlos. you can come over and listen to music here and i’ll drive you around in your car and sing songs so you’ll never need a stero. hehe ok maybe you want to get that fixed.

i hope it won’t be too painful to get everything fixed.