weekend whines

while 
not 
a particularly busy
 or
 even 
exciting weekend 
it was filled
 with
 some
 worth writing about 
moments 

lets look back to friday

 first 
i believe i told you
 how our television provider account had been hacked
i thought it was all settled

 wrong 

the newest bill was less by a few dollars 
who questions lower bills?

 me 

after comparing
 january/february bill
 with
 february/march bill
 i called
 spent a lot of time on hold
 spoke to two different reps 
 finally
 its resolved

or
so i thought

saturday
 we got an automated phone call
 instructing us
 to
use the mailer provided
 to
 return
the
 disconnected 'box' 


okay

 well

 we 
dont
 have
 but 
two boxes
both are connected

i decide 
i dont feel like dealing with it 
i dont call to say the obvious

 but
then
 the buzzer buzzes

toonman goes to see who/what
 returns
with
a big cardboard box

 as soon as
i see the name on the box 
i call the provider 

wtf! 

did i not clear this up?!?!

why
 are you sending me 
a box
 to return something
 i
dont
have 
never
have
had
 and 
you know it 

many many apologies
followed by
 queries of anything else they can help with 

 i am sure something else will happen 
but for now ...

recently apple
 asked
 if
i wanted
to be part of
 their latest beta test 

sure

  i backed up my computer
 downloaded the beta update
 and 
spent hours 
testing the new photo app

eventually 
i got figured it out

however
a call to apple happened
as well as 
5 reports
 via
 the 'feedback assistant'
 outlining 
the
most
annoying
bothersome
 bits

speaking of photos
 i shot my very first portrait

 a friend has written her memoir
 she's had a very interesting life
at one time or another she's been
an agent
 a manager
the head of one of the largest theatrical agencies in the world
 a producer of broadway shows

she needed a head shot for the book cover
and
asked me to shoot it

toonman helped with the lighting on the indoor shoot
 our friend bill helped with some of the interior shots

 i shot over 100 photos
 she whittled them down to 3 
we ended up with one we all liked 

i will get photo credit on the book flyleaf 

i am going to prevail on some of my friends 
who shot manually
 to
 teach me
 what 
i have spent 35 years 
avoiding

avoiding
 what? 
you ask 

well
 i have no idea
 how to use my camera
 except in program mode

honestly 
i point
i shoot

 this weekends photo shoot 
showed me
 i need to learn
how to use the camera

 i guess
 i can't keep getting by
 just relying on my 'eye' any more



   i beautified
 got a hair cut
 as well as 
the weekly mani/pedi 
errands were done 
time was spent outdoors 
in the sun 
even tho the wind was icy cold