Firsts and Lasts

[featherynscale]

Mercilessly snagged from kcwitch

FIRSTS
First job: Cashier at Publix (age 17)
First screen name: JWNCrow (age 16)
First self purchased album: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (age 11 or 12)
First piercing/tattoo: piercing - ears (age 9 or 10), tattoo - winged disc on the back of my neck, all blackwork (age 19)
First credit card: Visa issued by my credit union (age 18)
First true love: Davin, high school sweetheart (age 16)
First enemy: That I recall, Misti, who was one of my best friends in elementary school and junior high. She told everyone in high school that I was an evil slut who was sleeping with her boyfriend, for no discernable reason whatsoever. I wasn't then, but I snagged him when they broke up. (age 16)
First big trip: Washington, DC, for the National Spelling Bee (age 12 or 13)
First musician you remember hearing in your house: Elton John

LASTS
Last big car ride: From SPiRaL to the Atlanta airport (Oct. 14)
Last kiss: triadruid (this morning)
Last library book: Er. I don't know. Last borrowed book was Arcadia, borrowed from zylch (sometime in the past two weeks)
Last movie seen: Super Troopers (Nov. 27) (No, I haven't watched my copy of Pirates of the Caribbean yet.)
Last beverage drank: Diet Dr. Pepper (about 3 minutes ago)
Last food consumed: A fortune cookie (last night)
Last phone call: To my insurance agent, trying to figure out why they cancelled my policy. (about 15 minutes ago)
Last cd played: Nine Inch Nails, Further Down the Spiral (yesterday)
Last annoyance: The fact that the insurance agency cancelled my policy. (15 minutes ago)
Last soda drank: As above.
Last ice cream eaten: Vanilla with caramel and chocolate, on top of a chocolate chip paradise pie at Chili's (Sunday)
Last time scolded: At work, coming in late (last month sometime)
Last shirt worn: (other than the one I'm wearing now?) a lavender velvet tee-shirt (to sleep in last night)
Last website visited: Allstate.com (20 minutes ago)

Comments

This one time, in Iowa..

[triadruid.livejournal.com]

I moved and updated my renter's insurance information; somehow this failed to induce them to transfer over my auto insurance, and I missed the 'your coverage is going to DIE' message, since I was in full-auto pay/renewal.

Nearly a year later I went in to move again, and they said my automobile insurance was lapsed. Because it was State Farm's policy to jack the rates on people who lapse and come back, I had to pay like 30% more for 6 months. I argued that it was their fault for not updating me; the agent argued it was their fault for not updating me; the office manager argued it was their fault for not updating me; the home office in Florida argued it was their fault for not updating me; but the underwriter refused to make an exception.

Bastardy. Of course, my higher rate for 6 months was still lower than my missed costs for 11 months, but goddendamn... good thing I didn't get into any accidents!