It came in the mail...

So...I was going through my mail today...and I was on an opening frenzy. We received a ton of stuff throughout winter break...so it was time to sort it and clean it out. Over the past semester, we kept getting mail from the old tenants, ranging from a "We're sorry about not hiring you...here's 25% off your meal!" to a catalog for anatomy students. Usually I just set this mail to the side, but I accidentally opened one of the letters. The outside of the envelope was very discrete. It had a hand-written address and a simple address to return the mail to. I looked at the contents of the envelope and I was taken aback. It had an URGENT SECOND NOTICE for one of the former tenants. It said that she was supposed to schedule an appointment because she had an abnormal Pap smear result. Basically, the doctors alluded that she either had low-grade squamous intraepithelial dysplasia (LGSIL), or HPV. I'm trying to figure out what to say, as I think it might be vital to contact her.

...WTF? I GUESS IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US

"OMG FiND T#E bESt PORN EVER herE!!!http://pORNOTUBE.cOMTODAY!!!"

So tonight...this phrase was sent out to a number of my friends on Facebook. I thought I did what I could to prevent this. I tried to be as safe as I could when clicking on websites...well...most of them. But nobody's perfect...and things happen. Somehow, I got phished. Oh well...at least it was a fun one. Let this be a warning for the rest of you...be safe on the internet...no need to have a Brockward Moment!

Have a Cold Sore aka Herpes? Here's a not so subtle solution

So, I'm spending the afternoon watching TV. Flipping through the channels, I stop on abc Family for a little bit. Don't get me started on the Secret Life of the American Teenager...I'll save that for another day. The commercials come on, and I see a lip balm commercial. I hear the name, and I have to think about it for a second. Herpecin L: provides cold sore relief. Yes, this is a proper name, as the term "cold sore" is a friendly way to say that you have Herpes labialis, an infection caused by the Herpes simplex virus, but is this really something you'd want to name a lip balm? People use lip balm as protection from dry lips, or they just like the cold refreshing feeling, but I feel like this product really just throws it out there. Let me just whip out my Herpecin L and show off that "I HAVE HERPES"! I'll stick to Blistex or Burt's Bees for the time being.

AWKWARD TURTLE

This video never gets old

Strange Pet Items

What the heck is wrong with people nowadays? I'm up late watching TV and I'm seeing the usual infomercials that pop up at this time. I found a Giant Cupcake mold that I want to buy. Moving past the awkward Sex Personals Commercials, I start to see all these new items that you can buy for your pets. The first one was a pad for your dog to take a leak on. It looks like grass, and somehow it catches the pee. They talk about using it for those moments when you want to leave your house for hours on end and let your dog roam around, or when you're in an apartment and are too lazy to take it outside. I'm thinking you shouldn't mess with the psyche of your dog and just do the natural thing. For the time being, I'm just going to let my dog go outside when it asks to go.

The next questionable toy I found was a cat scratcher. It's supposed to save you hundreds in spending on cat scratching needs, and save you from ruined furniture. It allows for your cat to scratch away, trimming its nails and saving you from an angry cat, with a FUN TOY ATTACHED! This item, while it seems a little more sensible, is still just not right. It contains catnip in it, which is basically weed for cats. I'm just going to let the porch cat scratch random trees, and hope it doesn't bring us any more unwanted presents.

Best Buy return gone wrong

So I wandered over to Best Buy yesterday to attempt to return the dashboard mount for my GPS that I got for Christmas. I would have kept it but the suction cup that's included with it worked so well. Anyway, I wanted to get a store credit because my parents told me the thing was worth like 40 bucks, so I thought BONUS GIFTS! Well, I stepped into the store, waited like 15 minutes in a short line, and finally was called over to the customer service desk. I showed the woman helping me my receipt, and she scanned my dashboard mount. After scanning it, she told me that it was already returned. I thought for a second, and then I told the woman, how could I have returned this when it's in my hands right now? She told me to wait a second, which turned into ten minutes. Standing there with my friend, we began to count the number of obese people working at the store. It turns out that the proportion vastly outweighs those that are skinny. She got back to me, and said once again that it was definitely returned. I told her to hold on, she told me to step aside, and I proceeded to call my Dad. I remembered my sister returned her GPS dashboard mount the other day, and it occurred to me that she got my store credit. My parents bought hers during Black Friday, so I would have only received $14.99 back, in addition to being forced to pay a $3 restocking fee. Not an option. I left the store, dashboard mount in hand, still angry. I wrote a nasty customer satisfaction survey, and I'm going to make my sister fork over my Gift Card, after giving her a copy of The Hangover that my friend gave me.