Return of the King

N95-8GB Vs. N97 About a year ago, when I first got my N97, 2 lines appeared on the screen. I had to send it away to get fixed. After that, I had no problems. Until now. Last Sunday, it ran out of battery and since then, has refused to switch on. I've emailed "Three", but as yet have gotten no reply. Tweeting the Carphone Warehouse, they say it'll cost £44 to fix. Which isn't much at all, but it's not something I really have just now. Not when I'm meant to be saving for things. Until I shell out for the repair, I'm back to using my N95. Things could be a lot worse. Amazon With my birthday on Saturday, my mum agreed (that is the correct way of putting it, as she had to be convinced into doing so) to buy me a new camera. A Lumix G1 to be exact -- The Lumix G1 is actually a couple years old now and a newer version, the G2 is now out. That fact though, just meant that the G1 is cheaper than it once was. So yeah... Amazon. I found the camera on Amazon, went through all the checkout stuff, filled in all the card details and went out. While out, I got a call from my mum, telling me that the bank had called, asking her to authorise the purchase. Fine. That's happened before, a big purchase out of the blue, it raises suspicions, better that they look into it than you get caught up in some fraud. Speaking of fraud, I tried to order something for my mum's birthday, from Amazon. The seller took my money, I got a "Dispatched" email... It never came. It's made me far more wary of third party sellers on sites like Amazon/Play, which is kind of sad really. Amazon refunded all my money though, including the postage and stuff for the things that were clearly never sent in the first place. Back to the camera. I got home and checked my email to find that I had an email from Amazon telling me that the card hadn't gone through and that I needed to check it. I checked it and it suggested I retry the card, which meant putting in all the details again. I did that, and I got the same email through. Contacted the bank again, they saw no problem. Tried it again, same email came back. I then decided to cancel the order with that seller and try with another, figuring something might be wrong with the seller side of things. New seller, all details still correct, same email. I contacted Amazon, telling them of the problem and went to sleep. Grumpy. Woke up with an email, from Amazon, saying:

Thank you for contacting us at Amazon.co.uk for bringing your concern to our attention. I'm sorry to hear about the inconvenience caused with the declination of the following payment card to your order... ...Please know that sometimes a card number can have one or more failed attempts before it is eventually authorised. I am pleased to say that your payment card was successfully authorised on June 24, 2010. Your order has already entered the dispatch process, so it appears that all is well. We will send you an e-mail confirmation as soon as your order has dispatched.

That's awesome, but... You still haven't told me just why it was being rejected in the first place. All the details were correct, the bank had no problems with the transaction going ahead... So why, Amazon, why? . Hair

My hair was annoying me, as it does so often. I'd asked my mum to cut it and joked about just shaving it all off. Thinking about it though, I decided just to go for it. After a while, it was gone from my head and had collected nicely on the floor. My hair grows really quickly, so a decision like this isn't as drastic as it appears, by Christmas I should have a decent head of hair again. Not quite as long as it is in the picture, but definitely not short by any standards. It's also perfect for when I go to Florida in September, I'll be able to let it grow and still have it at a nice, short, length for the Florida heat. Which, although it may not be the height of summer, will still be far too hot for my Scottish skin to handle. June 26th, 2010 -- 23 years old I hate big birthdays, I hate fuss. So, today worked out pretty well. My mum woke me before leaving for work, to tell me that my camera had arrived. I knew there was a chance that it would and had planned to be awake in the morning to sign for it, so her telling me it was here before she went to work, meant I could go back to sleep. I eventually woke up around 12:30, my mum came home not long after and pretty soon we were on our way to Baxters, for some pancakes. Had this been before I shaved my head, I would've had to shower and all that stuff. Shaved head, no bed-head. Clothes on, deoderant on and away. we. go. After Baxters, we went to ASDA where my mum bought me Red Dead Redemption and a cake. We came home, I played a bit of RDR, before jumping in the shower and getting myself ready to go see... Get Him To The Greek Having liked Forgetting Sarah Marshall and liking Russell Brand's 'brand' of humour, I figured I'd like Get Him To The Greek. I went with Paula and Donna to see it. It was surprisingly good, funnier, I'd say, than Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which, granted, also had more of the love story going on. I'm considering making my walls furry. Photography Went out for lunch with Paula, Donna and Allan, to the Cooperage, before watching the England game with Allan, Jamie and Tain. After the game was over, Jamie went home and the rest of us went to Tesco and then the park. I had the new camera with me, so I went a bit snap happy. Quiz Team Name: "SPOILER ALERT: ...It's a trap!" Score: 34.5 Normally, 34.5 is a respectable score, nowhere near a win, but not last place either. Without Rankine and his mates though, we were last place. Fuck sake. Though, I did argue a point in our favour. "Which is the only sequel to have won the "Best Picture" Oscar?" The answer they were looking for was Godfather II -- an obvious option in hindsight. However, the first thing that came to my mind was "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and that's what I put down. Guy came over, I pointed it out. We got a point. Win (well, still lose... but...).