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Now enjoy your Holloway madness while on the road, doing chores, or watching lame football like last night's Vikings vs. Saints game (snoooooze).

A Rotten APPLE - UPDATE!

Well Holloway followers - I have an update for you on the whole Macbook battery situation. It seems that Apple saw the error in their ways - and fully replaced my dead battery with a new one! That's right!

After this major victory - I called my mother (C-Holls) to discuss. She noted that I should probably have become a lawyer. I happen to agree. Maybe that's the next step for me. Perhaps I combine my knowledge of advertising with my serious ability to win arguments in a graceful way.

Anyway - life is back to normal - the macbook is back in action - and as you have no doubt noticed - the pics are FLYING up on the facebook these days. Moral of the story - don't F*CK with Jess Holloway - even if you are a major Corporation.

A Rotten APPLE

Here's an FYI for all of you - if you have a macbook - and you are under Apple Care warranty - get your battery checked at least twice a year. Why? Today I went to use my beautiful macbook, and there was a small problem - my battery would not stay charged off of the charger. Once off the charger - computer - DEAD. So I said to myself - Jess by golly thank GOD you have Apple Care - Apple's fabulous extended warranty on all equipment.

I gave the good old Apple Care people a call this morning and to my surprise, they had some ridiculous news for me. According to them, because my computer was 2.5 years old, they would NOT be covering my new battery. TIME OUT...REWIND...WHAT? Yes that's right - they said my battery was old - soooooo, there was no way they were going to let me get a new one for free because that is not covered in my Apple Care agreement. This perplexed me - so I asked them to show me where in my agreement it says that...guess what; this is what I was shown:

(ix) Consumable parts, such as batteries, except in respect of battery coverage under APP for iPod

or unless failure has occurred due to a defect in materials and workmanship;

Now - what does this mean to me and probably the rest of you normal people out there? To me this means I am not covered if I do something jacked to my battery. If my battery is ineffective or fails, they have to cover it. After speaking to the representative for over an hour, I was told that it wasn't my fault that the battery died - that it was just old and batteries just die sometimes. Oh, and Apple was refusing to replace my battery because after 3 years or 300 battery cycles, a battery is no longer good. Apparently I was not over the 3 year period, but was a hair over the 300 cycle limit. So my response back - where in my contract is this time limit?!

Answer - "Apple does not have to disclose this in your contract". Lovely.

So what am I going to do? I am going to make sure EVERYONE knows to get their battery tested at least twice a year if possible. Make sure to get your battery checked, and if you are under Apple Care and are close to your 2/3 year limit - lie and get a replacement battery - tell them it's broken - you will get a new one for free.

As for me - I will be writing to Apple and to the Better Business Bureau regarding this issue. It's pathetic that I should have to spend an extra $130 for a new battery when I spend $200+ on my Apple Care to keep my computer covered. Lesson learned - Apple is full of assholes.

So You're Saying I Forget The Rules of the Road?

Yes that's right. I apparently do. I just took one of those driver's license tests online - and got a goddamn 44%. Meaning - whatever they taught me in driver's ed, is farrrr gone. Whoops! You should give it a try...see how smart you are smartypants!

Created by Auto Insurance.org

Day 4 was not so bad!

Everyone knows that Thursday nights are my big party nights (even though I have work the next day, yes I manage to still go crazy and make it into the office on time on Friday morning). Well as many of you suspected I had tons of calls/messages yesterday throughout the day/night regarding my drunken whereabouts. Well guess what - not only did I stay in last night, but I also managed to not take a single sip of alcohol. Even though the odds were against me - Yankee Game, beer in fridge, fresh bottle of Absolut Ruby - I made it.

What did I do instead? I cleaned! Haha. We have 2 wonderful boys coming to stay with us this weekend, and I made sure that my apartment was nice and tidy before I left this morning. I even washed my comforter! The things you can get done on a Thursday night when not wasted. I tell ya. It's amazing.

A couple of things I did discover last night in my non-drunkenness was that A. I am bad luck to the Yankees so I can't watch the games anymore (highlights and online scores only), B. I should not put my comforter in the drier - because apparently it doesn't fit and I slightly burned it...whoops!, C. I am more annoyed when without a drink.

So let's hope that next Thursday goes this smoothly and I don't feel the need to run out of my apt screaming "1/2 PRICED MARTINIS!"

Day 3 - Are We There Yet?!

Alright. So the first couple of days of this journey have been so far so good. My head does feel a tad bit clearer, and obviously, I am starting to feel healed. But not so fast Jess - the weekend quickly approacheth!

Lucky for me game 1 in the World Series will probably be postponed tonight due to weather conditions being TERRIBLE. However, this now puts a GIANT uh oh in my night for tomorrow. A typical Thursday night ensues with cocktails, but this week, I was planning on going straight home, hopping on the treadmill, doing some cleaning, and of course taking care of Penny and all of her madness.

But now, with tomorrow being both A. Thursday night and B. Game 1 of the World Series - what's a girl to do?! I can already tell you - I will probably be out. And where? The local bar. And who goes there you ask? Our good friend Gavin. CRAP. Hopefully temptation won't be lingering its ugly head in the bar tomorrow, and I will go home with Ashley and Ashley alone. I really don't look forward to giving away my first item of clothing - especially only after 3 days of this.

So keep your fingers crossed for me kids - because tomorrow is going to be a GIANT challenge.

Thinking of Summer Drives on a Cold Day in the Office

The song of the week came to me after noticing just how shitty and cold the weather has been lately. I mean seriously - what's the deal?! The inspirational song of the week that has helped me look past all of this misery is the song Ride Wit U by Joe f. G-Unit.

Some of you may have never ever heard of this song. And to you I say, ENJOY. This song was produced in 2003 when bling was still in, video hoes were plentiful, and G-Unit was the new big thing. Joe took full advantage of the G-Unit crew, inclusive of 50 Cent, making this song STELLAR. I probably considered this the song of the summer that year. Think about it. I was in my 2nd year of college, going to visit friends during the summer on long drives. This song made every drive more bearable, and most definitely a ton of fun. I mean singing this in the car by myself - consider me the next American Idol.

So enjoy kids - and in this miserable time of cold and wet - think warm with Joe & G-Unit.