Okay, yeah, I did say in my last post that I would write about that last part of the article in this post-- well, I lied, but I'm sure you can handle it.
I'm watching Transformers right now and felt the need to write about that more than boring technology stuff and heart rate monitors that I know no one else (well other than myself and big Eddie B) would care about (sorry Ed-- 1. because you know I'm right and 2. for using a nickname I didn't run by you first; I like it though, I think it's pretty good haha). So, anyways, I though I'd write about my latest feat in the world of technology.
Some of you might be confused as to why I'm choosing to write about watching Transformers over writing about something pertinent to my field of work, allow me to explain....
I live in Orchard Trails, and I decided to renew my lease a while back. Because I decided to do that I was automatically entered in a raffle, along with the rest of anyone that decided to renew for next year-- however, I'm not going to go into what the prizes were because that will definitely ruin and giveaway the story.
So, last night I'm at the Olive Garden with a couple of the girls on the team (none of the ones in class), the assistant coach, a recruit and the recruits parents. I have my phone out, of course, because as previously stated in my last post I'm a texting maniac and my phone is NEVER off (and when I say never, I mean it; I could probably count how many times I've actually decided to turn my phone off--> don't comment on that Kali, Jordan or Kirstin). I look at my phone and I see one of my good friends up here Joe is calling me, I don't want to be rude and answer, so I just ignore the call and figure I'll call him later or he can text me if he needs me. 30 seconds later, my other good friend Joe (they live together too) is calling me. Now, I just figure they're calling me to bug me and tell me to come over because I haven't been over and hung out with them in a few days.
I ignore his call too, I have more important things to deal with at the moment.
30 seconds after that, Orchard Trails calls. I figure that they're calling because I haven't paid my $5.94 conservice bill yet.
Ignore.
30 seconds later, I get a text message from my real good friend Taryn--
and I quote, "Joe just informed me u won the 42 inch flat screen from orchard trails".
I read this and am not sure whether or not to believe it. I mean that's a pretty mean lie, but I wouldn't put it past these boys to mess with me like this, especially since I'm rather, well, gullible. I get up and excuse myself from the table to check the two voicemails I have on my phone. One is from the second Joe that called me--
Alexis, me and Joe are leaving the community building right now, and well, we hate you. We're not going to tell you why, but we hate you.
Okay, now my heart starts to race a little bit because he sounded serious and he would leave a message like that if he was jealous of me winning a sweet new television. So, I check my next message- from Orchard Trails.
Hi Alexis. We just wanted to congratulate you as your name was picked in the drawing for the t.v. You can come and pick it up tonight before we close, or you can come in tomorrow after we open at 8:30. Congratulations again, and hope to see you soon.
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW. A PHILLIPS 42" FLATSCREEN LCD HD TELEVISION. MINE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND MY NAME GOT PICKED.
Let me explain something for a second-- I never win ANYTHING like this-- EVER. The only awards I have won are ones for sports or school. I win what I earn, I'm not one to have great luck. I am horrible at BINGO, I either lose money or break even with scratch tickets and I most certainly have never been the one name out of hundreds to be pulled to win a raffle. I guess you could say this is new to me.
I come back to the table and can't help but exclaim how excited I am and boast about my big win. The best part is one of my teammates Brynne lives in Orchard Trails and renewed just like I did, so she was entered in the same drawing. Bad news for her because I was the big winner and she came out with nothing. I mean, she was legitimately mad I think. I couldn't help but laugh because hell if I know what I'm about to do with a new t.v. like that. I had a t.v. of my own but told my roommate she could put it in my room since I don't even really watch t.v. Here I am talking about how I might sell it and such and she's dying because she's been eying it since she was entered in the drawing and saw the flyers for it. Me being me, I brag and joke with her about it. I love it. I let her know that if she's lucky I'll let her come over and watch it sometime. Everytime she said something I would just come back with "Oh Brynne don't be upset because you didn't win and I have a new t.v. waiting for me when I get back". Always some smart ass comment. However, I think I found it funnier than she did-- oh well.
I finish my dinner and figure I'd celebrate by getting some dessert. White chocolate raspberry cheesecake, MMMM yes please!
I come back to Orchard Trails to claim my prize. I walked into the building carried it out with one of the employees to my Jeep. Boxed up with bal-----
----Sidenote: In mid-word I closed out of this website and shut my computer because I just had to leave to talk to one of my teachers. I've been so caught up in writing these blogs that I lost track of time and forgot to go to class. Good thing one of my teammates Kristen just called me to let me know she saw my teacher. Back to the story----
----oons tied to it I drove to my building with it in the trunk. I parked the car out front and bombed into my apartment screaming "PUCH!!!" (pronounced pooch) looking for my roommate. She wasn't home but another one, Janessaaaaa, was sitting on the couch. I asked her if she could lift things and would help me. She proceeded to question whether or not what she was about to do was legal.
Smart ass.
I say yes and we go out to my car and carry my new goliath of a television set in. As soon as I put the box down in the living room I ran back out to my car to visit the Joes. I get to their place and soak up how much they hate me for winning the t.v. It's great. I love to gloat about things, and this is definitely something I loved boasting about-- feels good to be a winner, especially when others who had the same chances as me lose, even more especially when they're my friends. I hang out there for a while and my 3rd roommate Marleah's boyfriend Justin volunteers to help me set it up when he comes over. Of course I accept, and can't wait to get this thing up and going! I leave, and Justin comes over about a half hour later to help me out.
THANK YOU ORCHARD TRAILS
We take it out of the box and let me tell you it is a thing of beauty. I don't have a nice flatscreen HD at home or anything, so the fact that I have one now that's mine is unreal for me. My family is very simple and doesn't splurge too much on things like that. I'm surprised we don't still have an analog set somewhere in the house. So we hook it up, choose the settings and decide that there's no better way to break in a nice, new t.v. like this than watching Batman: The Dark Knight. I happen to be obsessed with this movie right now, so I figured that was the greatest option.
So here I am now, sitting out in my living room (which is where we decided to hook it up) watching Transformers on the new flatscreen writing this post. I figured I'd boast a little bit more about my latest technological feat rather than writing about heart rate monitors in elementary PE classes.
I figure my next move is to get surround sound, HD and a PS3 just to complete the whole package.
Enjoy :) oh and if you're jealous, that's okay-- I would be too.
Rock on ;)
-Lex
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