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Jan. 1st, 2004
Weird Dream
Jan. 1st, 2004 07:26 amDream:
Well first off I was blond about about 25 or so. I had a good friend who looked almost exactly like I did. We were great friends. I received some info through a grapevine that my father was going to try and kidnap or hurt me because of some money thing. He had people. My friend and I formulated a plan where she would pretend to be me because he hadnt seen me in YEARS. I figured I was 12 the last time he had seen me. I knew he only had a general description and maybe some pictures to go on. I went and got my hair mostly cut off and died a mousy brown. My good friend took over some of my job which was a sports teacher of some sort. She was proctoring a test and when that was done she went back to my office in the gym. She was thinking that she was glad she only had to watch the students take a test, they would have known something was up if she had tried to teach them anything. She packed up her bags and headed out of my office to be accosted by a guy. She was able to stab him in the stomach, but another with a gun came up behind her. He kidnapped her and then set the gym on fire to try and finish off the guy she had stabbed. I got back to the gym and see all the fire trucks and start to freak. The police are there and I inform them about what might be going on. Later that day a ransom note does arrive to negotiate 'my' release. I think the fire was stopped before it killed the bad guy and we were able to interrogate him as well.
The rest of the dream is fading fast.
Well first off I was blond about about 25 or so. I had a good friend who looked almost exactly like I did. We were great friends. I received some info through a grapevine that my father was going to try and kidnap or hurt me because of some money thing. He had people. My friend and I formulated a plan where she would pretend to be me because he hadnt seen me in YEARS. I figured I was 12 the last time he had seen me. I knew he only had a general description and maybe some pictures to go on. I went and got my hair mostly cut off and died a mousy brown. My good friend took over some of my job which was a sports teacher of some sort. She was proctoring a test and when that was done she went back to my office in the gym. She was thinking that she was glad she only had to watch the students take a test, they would have known something was up if she had tried to teach them anything. She packed up her bags and headed out of my office to be accosted by a guy. She was able to stab him in the stomach, but another with a gun came up behind her. He kidnapped her and then set the gym on fire to try and finish off the guy she had stabbed. I got back to the gym and see all the fire trucks and start to freak. The police are there and I inform them about what might be going on. Later that day a ransom note does arrive to negotiate 'my' release. I think the fire was stopped before it killed the bad guy and we were able to interrogate him as well.
The rest of the dream is fading fast.
Credit Card Companies
Jan. 1st, 2004 08:23 pmI went online in the middle of November to try and get a credit line increase on one of my credit cards. I wanted to have alittle bit of spending money on the cards for the holidays. I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. I got declined. I figured that.
Fast forward to today....
I went online to check the balance on my credit card so we could go out to dinner. I figured I had about $100 since I just made a payment. I was flabbergasted to see that I had about $1600 available. I blinked and looked again to see the same amount. I called the 1-800 # to check, and the automated system said the same thing. I pressed 0 and spoke to a young man who informed me that on Dec 18th my credit line was increased. I puzzledly mentioned that I thought I was declined a credit line increase. He checked and informed me that yes in November I was declined, but then Dec 18th they did up my credit.
OK... I wonder what changed in 1 month. Caritas proposed a theory that I think is probably right. It takes about 90 days for information to be updated on credit reports. In Nov it was probably still showing I was unemployed, in Dec when they review accounts my credit report probably showed I am employed again. Ok.
What a difference a job makes. :)
Fast forward to today....
I went online to check the balance on my credit card so we could go out to dinner. I figured I had about $100 since I just made a payment. I was flabbergasted to see that I had about $1600 available. I blinked and looked again to see the same amount. I called the 1-800 # to check, and the automated system said the same thing. I pressed 0 and spoke to a young man who informed me that on Dec 18th my credit line was increased. I puzzledly mentioned that I thought I was declined a credit line increase. He checked and informed me that yes in November I was declined, but then Dec 18th they did up my credit.
OK... I wonder what changed in 1 month. Caritas proposed a theory that I think is probably right. It takes about 90 days for information to be updated on credit reports. In Nov it was probably still showing I was unemployed, in Dec when they review accounts my credit report probably showed I am employed again. Ok.
What a difference a job makes. :)