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So Random.September 11, 2005 - 4:46 PMI edited the code on my random header script to allow you to pick which header you want (as well as adding a couple more). You can actually now click on the random header (top right) to go to the next one. The code is really primative, but it works I guess. :hsugh: http://www.phidong.com/?header=35 There's one of the new ones. It is completely true as well. :p Oh yeah, and thanks to Loc for teaching me how to increment a variable by one.
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I finally got my mean of transportation again. My car. We picked it up yesterday and well, it was covered with grease from the ground up. They rubbed this smelly greasy shit all over my dash, tires, engine bay.
I'm still working on getting that nasty smell and greasy feeling off of my interior. The good news is it runs and it starts. I have RT615s now. I'm not really sure I like the look of these rims though, I miss my old ones. Too bad I couldn't find any bronze circuit 10s anymore.
Neglected.September 6, 2005 - 1:25 PMI have been neglecting this site, mostly because theres really nothing uplifting to say. There still isn't. I suppose an update is well overdue but it's so hard to do. Not because I have nothing positive to update on, but because I'm so backed up. It's kind of like school, when you fall behind in a class and catching up and doing the latest homework assignment is really doing 10. It's something like that, I guess..... It seems to be insurmountable task, so I'll just start at the very beginning of it all. Ben Hernandez Photography Sucks. Honestly, if you ever felt the need to be deceived, lied to, tricked, and conned into shooting soccer, the man you would need to visit is Ben Hernandez. I was introduced into shooting soccer by Loc in March. It seemed easy enough, stand around on the side and snap some pictures. Turn them in and go home. Simple right? Shoot, get paid, buy stuff with your hard earned money. Not so fast.... I shot several more times between March and June without getting a single paycheck. Everytime it was mentioned, Ben sort of put it off. A different excuse everytime. Sometimes it would be, "I left you a message" (even though there was no voicemail) and other times it would be, "Let me check in on it and I'll get back to you", but there was never a response. When we finally got paid (Loc, Chris, and I were going through the same problems), our check, five weeks overdue, was 16 hours short. Not so simple. I continued to call and e-mail Ben trying to get a hold of my pay, which now included a weekend of June 25-26.
Fixing a mistake . How long does it take to check somebody's hours, find out that you short changed their paycheck and then cut them a check for the amount you owe them? For a responsible business owner, not very long. For Ben Hernandez? Let me measure how long in terms of things that have happened (killing two birds with one stone) in the time I've been dealing with Ben's bullshit. I made Deans' List last quarter with a GPA over 3.5 :'). I went to Sedona with Loc and Tim, San Simeon with Loc, Tim, and Chris. My car was stolen. I got a B in Organic Chemistry 51A and a B in 51LA (lab) during summer school. I made my blog titles dynamic font/images I detailed Jason's tC and redetailed my dad's MR2. I painted my new lips. I ordered a 580EX from Dell. I sold my Sigma EF-500 Super DG. Then they canceled my 580ex order and lied to me, telling me that the cancellation was because Canon discontinued their year old lens. I won an xbox 360. I shot The Formula Drift Finals at Irwindale. I sold my Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 to Aaron. I went to Yosemite with the Brigade +others (Loc, Anne, Duc, Tin, Dam, Phuong, Andy, Kim). Let me first say that having your car stolen is probably one of the most incredibly inconvenient and upsetting things that could ever occur to a person. My car was stolen from in front of MSTB (Lot 12A) while I was in O Chem Lab, one week before the end of Summer Session I. 
They threw all my glove contents onto the floormat..
It's the same shit all over again, with a different person. I call Sheridon Bailey (the guy handling my claim) and he gives me the run around. First estimate of completion was 2 weeks ago. I called him then and he told me they had to order a dash which was fine with me. He told me that my rims were backordered so I gave him contact of someone else who could provide him with the rims. Call back again a week later and it still isn't done. Parts came in already, but he couldn't get a hold of the number I gave to him (he never called to tell me about this). Fine, I hand deliver rims to him. No reimbursement for that yet. I leave for Yosemite, should be done while I'm gone and when I get home... no car. I call him today and he says today by 6, maybe. I ask him what is going on and he tells me that they just got the car back from alignment and that they have to clean it up. I tell him that it's ok and I'll pick it up without it getting "detailed" since I'm now down with that anyway and this is what he tells me: "We can't do that because we're charging the insurance for it". HOW INCREDIBLY SHADY IS THAT? So they're going to charge the insurance with a huge detailing fee for their shitty work. Give me a fucking break and give me my car back.
Anyway, so that's what's happened so far. I still haven't gotten all of my money from Ben. A tip of advice for anybody reading this. If you're ever offered the opportunity to shoot soccer make sure it is not with Ben Hernandez Photography . Save yourself the trouble. You won't get paid anyway, might as well do it for your own enjoyment and actually get to keep the photos you shoot so you can see how you need to improve. Ben Hernandez is a dead-end you don't want to find yourself in. Ben Hernandez, Sheridon Bailey, Ankush (the guy from Dell who lied to me), the people who stole my car: You can all diaf. |
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