It has been a while since my last post. I'd like to say I have been busy, but I guess I haven't. I have been ignoring the Outlook reminder to post for a few days because I wanted to have something with substance. So, just to make the reminder go away, I will update on a few things.

The Shell Texaco fiasco is still going on. My money is still not transferred. Turns out after the bank faxes in the "bank transmittal", which I now am referring to as a "proof of payment", the fax go to a special investigative team at Shell to figure out what's what. I finally got a hold of someone at shell that knew what the hell they were talking about, so I sweet talked her into giving me a little bit more information than everyone I have spoken to. She ended up telling me that the investigative team is internal only, and does have have a direct customer line since they are not CSRs. She also told me that they have a pretty big work load usually, so my fax would go on top of the pile, so realistically, it could take up to 10 business days to process the faxed information. At least I understand what is occurring behind closed doors over there now. Also, she told me that the automagic harassment money collecting nazi bot would get off my back if I would send them the 14 dollar minimum payment that is due on the bill. So for 14 bucks, no more robot. Was that so fucking hard for all the other shit socks over there to tell me?

So now I am waiting for resolution, but it should only be a few more days, and I did send in the minimum payment. Terra, the super knowledgeable CSR I spoke with also said that one the payment was transferred, I would have a credit, so she would be happy to either send me a check if I would like, or I could just use the credit at my leisure in any of their fine establishments.

Also, I got all the electronic parts for my brainwave machine, and I am maybe 35% of the way through building it. I took some pictures so I can photo document the thing here or over at http://www.snotpocket.com.

Again, I wished this was more about a certain subject, rather than just an update on what I have been doing, but fuck it for now. Also, the year is half over now, so I will update on the goals for 2007, or whats left of them.