Possibly it just means that they're taunting you with the fact that IT'S THERE BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT MUWAH-HA-HA!
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2007 11:04:21 am PDT #3356 of 28388
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
sumi - Jul 20, 2007 11:05:57 am PDT #3357 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!
I doublechecked - it's UPS not USPS -- but same thing, right? And I can't have it delivered before tomorrow anyway, right?
ChiKat - Jul 20, 2007 11:06:55 am PDT #3358 of 28388
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I don't know, sumi. Here's what mine says (it's coming UPS though and not USPS):
July 20, 2007 07:50:00 AM FRANKLIN PARK IL US Departure Scan
July 20, 2007 04:44:00 AM FRANKLIN PARK IL US Held by carrier - customer to arrange delivery
I didn't arrange anything, but it left the facility 3 hours later.
sumi - Jul 20, 2007 11:07:55 am PDT #3359 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!
Ah.
Okay, mine is being held in DeKalb -- I guess that means that tomorrow the will deliver.
sumi - Jul 20, 2007 11:09:18 am PDT #3360 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!
Okay, mine LIES and says that the receiver requested a hold and the service is basic -- does that mean I won't get it 'til Monday?
Here's what it says:
DEKALB,IL, US 07/20/2007 8:02 A.M.
THE RECEIVER REQUESTED A HOLD FOR A FUTURE DELIVERY DATE. UPS WILL ATTEMPT DELIVERY ON DATE REQUESTED / DELIVERY RESCHEDULED
ChiKat - Jul 20, 2007 11:10:12 am PDT #3361 of 28388
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I just went to UPS and here's what they said about mine
THE RECEIVER REQUESTED A HOLD FOR A FUTURE DELIVERY DATE. UPS WILL ATTEMPT DELIVERY ON DATE REQUESTED / DELIVERY RESCHEDULED
I did NOT request a hold!!! Amazon requested it. Which means, UPS would have delivered it today. It's sitting there in Franklin Park. I could be there in 30 minutes. But, I bet they wouldn't give it to me, huh?
ChiKat - Jul 20, 2007 11:10:51 am PDT #3362 of 28388
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
does that mean I won't get it 'til Monday?
No, you'll get it tomorrow.
sumi - Jul 20, 2007 11:12:36 am PDT #3363 of 28388
Art Crawl!!!
Mine arrived and was scanned in yesterday!!!!
Steph L. - Jul 20, 2007 11:22:21 am PDT #3364 of 28388
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I just doublechecked mine (because all the cool kids are doing it), and it's just hanging out in Cincinnati, waiting.
WANT.
I also found a used copy of a book I had when I was a kid, which I had forgotten the title of. It's a collection of stories about princesses, all of whom are not stereotypical waiting-for-a-prince passive princesses. Not a Sleeping Beauty among them. Instead, the stories are about princesses who overcome evil curses, outsmart a dragon who's about to attack the castle, and make peace with a mean giant.
Because I never rely on Occam's razor, when I couldn't remember the title of this book about princesses, I tried googling all kinds of related keywords.
Anyway, I eventually found it. The title? The Princess Book. Of course.
Dana - Jul 20, 2007 11:23:50 am PDT #3365 of 28388
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amazon says mine will be here "July 23-27." Surely they're just fucking with me, right?