this just seems really wrong. the perfect wedding gift! romeo and juliet with a happy ending!

so i got a bill this morning from another phone company - one i'd made sure i wasn't signed up with. i'd had a call a while back from telemarketers, and after trying without success to get rid of them, i agreed to let them send me some information. the next day, when i realised this would mean they'd sign me up for their service if i didn't do anything, i called and made sure that they cancelled my account.

this morning, i got a bill for two months of service, plus calls. i called them just now, and they explained that my request to cancel hadn't gone through, and so i had been signed up. however, i told them the day after they called me that i didn't want them to do so. they never even sent me the "welcome pack" i would supposedly get - the first correspondence was the bill i recieved this morning. i told them this, and i told them that i wasn't willing to pay for something i'd been signed up for against my will - unfortunately the bill is apparently coming out of my account (i don't remember giving them my details) and so i don't really know what to do. my co-worker says i should take them to small claims court, but i don't know. we'll see what happens. after i complained they seemed to say they'd sort the bill out and i wouldn't have to pay, but i have to wait 10-14 days for a letter to find out if that's the case. i think i'm going to call before then, because i don't want to be caught out.

not only that, but if they've disconnected me from my current telephone provider, then i might lose my account there, and i'd have to pay £50 to have the phone line connected for the next month, before i move. naturally, i don't want this. if i get cut off, i'm making them pay to have me connected again. there's no way i'm paying for their mistakes.

work is fantastic! i enjoy every moment of it. everyone i work with is very friendly, and i wish i could stay longer. this has nothing to do with the fact that my boss reads my website.

well, i probably should have posted a whole bunch more times before now, but at least i'm doing it without encouragement now, right?

it was my birthday the weekend before last, and i'm now 21. this is kind of worrying, because it means i'm fast approaching the stage where i have to have a career, and i have to act like an adult for pretty much all of the time. i'm sure i'll find some way to survive it though, i hope.

as well as the two amazing packages i'd been sent from buffy, i got a new camera, a suitcase of my own, a travel wallet of my own, some canvasses, a big box of crisps from my youngest brother, a new top, some money and, uh, luggage tags. i'm fairly sure this means my family are consigned to my leaving them all the time. i don't mind though, i love going away, and come summertime i'll have almost two months of awesome fun and wonderful company.

house things are a) ridiculous and b) same as always. i still need to get somewhere to live sorted out, but i'm fairly sure that'll happen soon. also, i've been watching lots of firefly, which is awesome. it's kind of annoying how badly fox treats it's shows sometimes. at least we're getting serenity in september.

good things that have happened:
· after being killed by a boss on metroid prime 2 about 10 times in a row, i gave up on it and didn't play it for a couple of weeks. i turned it on yesterday and beat it first time. you'd be surprised how often this happens to me.
· three phonecalls to a cute girl yesterday! oh my!
· the sun's coming out again! this makes me very happy indeed, because mike likes sunshine.
· i went to see the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, and it is really good. everyone who complains about the film being different from the book better complain about every single film adaptation ever. also, they should complain about the books being different from the radio shows. then they should stop talking.
· we have a new washing machine, because our old one's button broke. somehow, this means the whole thing gets replaced by one that works far better, and has lots more shiny lights and things.

so, on the whole, not too bad a time, eh? i might try doing some more painting soon, i have a couple of ideas, but i don't want to mess them up. we'll see how i get along.