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

[kcwitch.livejournal.com]

i totally hate insurance companies and all other companies that pull shit like that. ugh! it has happened more often to us than i'd like to even talk about.

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!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

And I happen to think it's totally wrong that USAA's Notice of [Impending] Cancellation Due to Nonpayment is such a pretty shade of pink.