No, But Seriously...It's gonna be bigger than a microchip...

I bought SERIOUS HITS...LIVE! by Phil Collins (it's called that b/c the album is taken from a concert performed during the ...BUT SERIOUSLY tour)about a month ago...give or take a week...idk...I've been listening to it ever so willfully whenever my computer is off for the last few days; a lot of music I put on and don't really "feel" it, it's just there for noise, perhaps providing a very mild stimulation.  And this was one of those CDs.  But I'm glad I have it at the moment...then I'll forget how sweet it was to own this and sell it...baewhg!
I kinda feel dumb having bought FACE VALUE

earlier this week, with my B&N gift card (reward from MyPoints).  I have $3.26 left on the card, once I get a stamp I will mail it to a gift card exchange service known as ABC gift cards, for $2.50 cash.  I have owed my bank $3.09 for the last few days, b/c I bought some diet A&W root beer at a convenience store for probably $1.50 more than it would have cost to get it from a grocery store not too terribly farther away...I don't like to go to the grocery store in question, Schnucks, by foot b/c there's a busy street in between it and the shopping center where Hastings is located.  Plus I would have had to carry the soda on that street, and on the rest of the way home.  It was 12pk of cans, BTW, they stay fresher longer and taste better, IMO.
  But anyway - yep.  I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how to repay my bank.  I walked to Hastings this evening; finally have all that is needed to repay my bank, buy a stamp AND repay The Book Rack for the $0.4someodd tax I didn't pay for a book I bought with store credit.  Except...buying a stamp is not necessary, just would like to do that since I honestly cannot think of any good way to spend money at BN.com or their brick & mortar stores.  BN.com has numerous reports of ghastly customer dissatisfaction on sites like Reseller Ratings, although they seem to respond appropriately to complaints submitted through the Better Business Bureau, which is more than can be said for some sites, such as the exclusive distributors of the Genesis "Encore Series"-- TheMusic.com (TheMusic.com has a grade of "F" [the lowest] for 2 complaints that went completely ignored by TheMusic).
Speaking of which, I'm dealing with the BBB trying to get a payment refunded for something that was inappropriately solicited to me.  Saveology.com - who is BBB accredited, which gives me some hope - offered me a Papa John's Pizza gift card at 50% off, which I had to call to redeem, so it could be mailed to me, and during the phone call, without any prompting, the person on the phone asked me if I would like to receive a $100 reward card for $4.95.  She did not explain the nature of this reward card, so I just thought it was like a prepaid Visa card given as a reward for signing up for Magazine subscriptions, which I was told about after I asked her what the catch was, which I did when I was in the midst of walking toward my wallet to whip out my debit card.  When I tried to get my money back, the person (a different one, i think) tried and tried and tried to make me want to pay for magazines that I didn't ever want, and didn't seem to get that I wanted my freakin' $4.95 back until after she got the hint that I didn't want to pay ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE FREAKIN' PAPA JOHNS GIFT CARD THAT I WAS OFFERED VIA EMAIL, WITHOUT ANY WARNING OF THERE BEING ANY STRINGS ATTACHED!  Of course, it was my choice to pay the freakin' $4.95, and I probably should have known better, but what world would we have if everyone assumed the worst?
 
Anyway...sigh...seems like there might have been something else to write about...I'm sick and tired, mostly tired...I might go to bed....bzzzzzz...shouldn't be so tired at 9pm.  Fudd...