So regarding the account situation, here's what's going on as I understand it.

I got a new credit card a while ago because someone got access to my information. I forgot to update SG with my new credit card info. SG did some things I didn't like (photographer-gate, specifically), and I made a mental note to cancel when it's time to resubscribe. Then I lost my job, and I decided I REALLY should cancel when it's time.

I get an e-mail from SG saying they can't process my payment, which reminded me both of the credit card information change and the fact that I plan to cancel. So I figure, okay, I'll let them suspend the account when it's time.

Today I get a second e-mail repeating that my payment can't be processed. I'm not interested in getting these e-mails over and over, so I decide to manually cancel.

I log in to do so and find that my account is "Suspended." Given that I can post in threads, make new blogs, view pictures, etc., I'm not sure what "Suspended" actually means. I go through the process to cancel my account, and get a message saying my account will be discontinued in October 2012.

October 2012.

So it would appear, unless they have some other fail-safe installed, that I can view pictures, post, and blog, for another year. Because I had an annual subscription, it automatically extended it for a year, even though I did not make and do not intend to make any payment. At this point, I don't know if my account will actually be effectively an active account for another twelve months, but the evidence thus far suggests it will.

I'm not interested in trying to bilk SG for an unpaid membership. At this point, though, I don't see a way to rectify this - other than to allow them to charge me for the entire upcoming year, which I will not do.

Anyway. I'm going to send an e-mail. If it works, so long and thanks for all the boobs.

So it's time to renew my SG account. I'm not going to do so. At least, not for a little while.

The combination of my irritation over the photographer thing and the fact that I'm (still) unemployed means I can't really justify spending the money.

Some of my friends here know how to reach me offsite. If you absolutely must reach me, because I'm just that awesome... do a little research, you'll figure out how to get in touch.

Cheers.

EDIT

I.. kinda expected it to expire sooner. I got an e-mail saying they couldn't run my card, because the info changed. Wonder when this is doing to die. Guess I'll find out!

So my employer laid off almost the entire office on Monday, me included. I can support myself on my savings for quite a while if I'm careful, and I do have a little severance coming my way, but ack. Now I have to find a new job. I don't know if you've heard, but there's some concern that the job market is a little underwhelming at the moment.

What's great, though, is having my family try to help and revealing how little they know about what it was that I was doing. My grandpa, for instance, just sent me a link to a security agency - so I could be a security guard. Like, flashlight, taser, etc. Really, uh, really not my thing.

I'm at the age where I want to take jobs that roughly follow my career path, rather than pay the bills for a little while. Maybe I'm being dumb to act picky in an economy like this. Guess we'll find out soon!

It's getting to that point where I actually do feel like an old person. I had to give a friend of mine a talk about men the other night, and used the phrase, "As you get older..."

She's twenty-three. And she didn't even fucking flinch as I said it. She nodded along, as if to say, "I have no objections to the fact that you just portrayed yourself as substantially older than me, because that is clearly true."

Also, the older I get, the more I feel like I'm hilariously unqualified to have an opinion on anything. And yet, I keep having them. I guess because I so rarely see anyone else who's any more qualified. I'd say the vast majority of us should just shut the fuck up and let the smart people run things, but that never seems to work out. Besides, I'm not qualified to tell people what to do you see what I did there??

My humor's getting worse, too. Here's a Facebook post I put up, of which I am hideously proud:

Less a joke, more a statement of fact.

It's one thing to lay people off because times are tight.

It's another to lie about the reason and suggest that the people in question did not produce quality work.

Don't know how much longer I can support a business that does that.

There aren't enough lols in the world:

Actually pretty heartwarming. Don't let the title trick you.

Straight outta Innsmouth
A crazy evil warlock named Obed Marsh
Life in a cult has made me harsh
But I don't trip cause this Marsh ain't mellow
I just spit sicker rhymes than the King In Yellow
My hideous crew representin' the sea's bottom
So when I say "Hip!" you say "Ftaghn!"
Straight outta Innsmouth

I should've been a rapper.

Vanessa Hudgens seems to really enjoy having naked photos of her on the internet. This is, what, the third time? I didn't even know who she was until the first group showed up. Then I forgot until the second group and I realized, "Wait, this happened already." Now I hear there's a third one and I can't conclude anything except that she's doing it on purpose.

Girl. Pose for a website or magazine. Make some money from it or something. Though I suppose your fans appreciate your generosity. Good way to branch out from the 12-year-old girl market, anyway.