yeah, i am fulla crap

i guess this was all spoken too soon. out on the trail today i thought of ways to reduce this last phone bill.

the problem is that i dont like having it stuck to me. i will happily overpay for sushi or a nice concert or something, but the telcos play contract games to fuck me over. i realized out there today that i fell victim to a contract trap (i.e. i changed my contract mid-term and was therefore afforded a reduced number of minutes "pro-rated", even though i had unused minutes on the old plan that just vanished) and that although i "signed" it, i could probably call up custserv or maybe go into a store and get the bill reduced.

i am not sure of the way to proceed.

on the one hand, i can be taught the lessons of "letting go", "reading shit before signing it", "being more careful before switching cell plans", and "showing myself that i am not slave to mammon".

on the other hand, i can be taught the lessons of "dealing with corporate bullshit instead of bending over for it," "weaseling my way out of bills, whether i think they're fair or not," and "not giving my money, hard-earned or otherwise, to assholes".

i haven't actually gotten the dead-tree bill yet so i guess i have time to think it over. not really. i'm busy with other stuff. argh!