life update

according to loretta i'm an inconsistent blogger, so i thought it was time for a post. i update my cr blog slightly more regularly, but i'm still a pretty bad blogger.

anyway, went into the city for halloween and had an awesome meal at pearl oyster bar. we also had dinner at savoy, which did not impress me as much. if you like seafood and are going to be in nyc, you have to hit up pearl. i hate mayo and still love their lobster roll. yummmmm.

a friend got a reservation at per se on december 19th, which i can barely wait for. it's a thomas keller restaurant (of french laundry fame) and we're going to have the extended tasting menu. review here.

i've been sucking in every poker tournament i play, so i've been playing more hu cash. i'm probably slightly above break even and just started using HEM, which i love. i can't track all my play cause i still play on my mac sometimes and can't find my little portable USB thing to xfer hands over. i'll prob just have to go buy another one. :(

work has been keeping me super busy and i think that's one of many reasons why my tournament game is so off. i just don't have the patience and concentration that i used to. when i'm at the computer i'm always thinking about other things i need to be doing, or surfing forums, etc. at least w/ hu it has my full concentration and i can't get distracted in the same way.

leaving tomorrow for vegas, and very excited. i finally feel ready to go back after my long stay from the summer. it's mostly a vacation although work will undoubtedly happen while i'm there. i'll watch the final table and also probably check out this season's HSP being filmed. hoping to play a venetian deep stack if time permits, but actually looking more forward to playing live cash.

as for tv, i'm finally caught up on gossip girl, and liking this season. mad men has been fantastic, and can't wait for fringe to get back on now that world series is over. i'm also caught up on house but i think i missed an episode or two. still not caught up on sytycd or melrose place, but not sure i ever will be.

made lucko watch taken w/ me. i watched it years ago on sci fi and really enjoyed but had no idea if it would hold up. i still liked it, but around episode 6 lucko started to fade and now it's a cheesy memory for him.

we've been watching a ton of bball cause he convinced me to join a $50 fantasy league. i tried to pick nets players cause i'd be rooting for em anyway, and have devin harris, terrance williams and courtney lee. go nets!!

tonight we're gonna go out for hibachi and watch V, looking forward to it!

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lol biglaw

From above the law, this email was recently sent to all associates at Quinn Emanuel. Back when I was at NYU we had something called early interview week, where you spent one week going on endless 20 minute interviews with law firms. My interview w/ Quinn was BY FAR the strangest, most awkward 20 minutes of all the interviews. The two interviewers sat conversing with one another. I thought maybe it was a "test" and so when it was appropriate I tried to ease into the convo, but it soon became clear that they had no interest in talking to me, and used the 20 minutes to discuss farm animals and other random topics. Needless to say it was one of the few firms where I did not get a callback.

When, a couple of years later, I was looking to switch firms, recruiters always tried to sell me on Quinn as it being a "cool" firm, where you could wear jeans. You were expected to work hard, but they "cared." Yeah, lol.

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To: Attorneys.
Time: 10:21 am.
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Now more than ever there are many talented lawyers and law firms competing for our business. Doing really good legal work is not enough. Clients expect that and well they should given what we charge for our services You must all realize that we are in a service business. In this day and age of faxes, emails, internet, etc. clients expect you to be accessible 24\7. Of course, that is something of an exaggeration—but not much.

LESSON NUMBER ONE: You should check your emails early and often. That not only means when you are in the office, it also means after you leave the office as well. Unless you have very good reason not to (for example when you are asleep, in court or in a tunnel), you should be checking your emails every hour. One of the last things you should do before you retire for the night is to check your email. That is why we give you blackberries. I can assure you that all of our clients expect you to be checking your emails often. I am not asking you to do something we do not do ourselves. I can assure you that John Quinn, Peter Calamari, Mike Carlinsky, Faith Gay, Fred Lorig, etc. all check their emails often.

Yesterday I was working with a relatively new associate on a project which both he and I knew was a rush. It was for a relatively new client whom we were trying to impress. The associate did a nice job under pressure. Before I left the office at about 7:30 I sent an email to this associate asking him to perform a task—fax a draft letter for review and comment. I assumed the task was done. Turns out the associate left the office and did not check his emails until this morning. I assumed the task had been completed. It had not been. In this case it was no harm no foul, but I think we can all imagine scenarios when this could be a disaster.

meh

had a couple meh days of poker. nothing going in tournaments, but played an awesome 23 hand session at $50 NL where i won 2 buy ins in 16 min. then i lost a buy in last night in short order. i flopped bottom set w/ 55 on a 569 flop and got it all in. villain had 86 and went 9 9 to out boat me. four-outer for the win! thus far stars >>>>> ftp for me in hu cash.

work has been really busy, but i'm hoping to find time to see my cousin tomorrow. he is going to be undergoing an autologous stem cell transplant soon, which means they will transfer in his own stem cells. he finally found a donor, which is amazing news, and if this transplant doesn't work, the next step is using the donor and transplanting his/her stem cells. thanks again to all the bloggers who got tested and sent kind words. once work calms down i'm going to figure out how to get my info on the national registry. Gotta call their 800 number and figure it all out (1-800-627-7692).

i'm heading back to chicago next week, pretty excited to hit up el nuevo mexicano again. i fucking love this restaurant! maloney you in?

finally got up to date last night on the biggest loser and am digging this season. i used to make so much fun of lucko for liking this show, and now i'm more hooked than he is!

i went to see bruce four times last week and am bruced out. although he played diff albums, there was a lot of overlap in the shows, and i swear if i hear outlaw pete live one more time i'm gonna lose it. i wish he'd played more stuff off his latest album. i'd love to hear surprise surprise (my personal fave) or my lucky day. prob won't got to the msg shows coming up.

a friend of mine had an extra ticket to see kylie minogue, so i went to hammerstein ballroom w/ her for that. gayest place i've ever been. not even close, and i've been to many gay clubs. alan cumming was in a balcony directly to his right grinding w/ his partner, but that was my only celeb sighting. the funniest part of the show is when all the screens start showing hot guys taking showers, and then her back up dancers come out with just bathing suits on and recreate shower scenes. the crowd was pretty into it. :-)

watched season premiere of dexter and enjoyed it. looking forward to seeing michael c. hall and john lithgow together.

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behind on blogs

i've seen a couple allusions lately to the decline of blogger tournaments, and i know i'm guilty of contributing to this. i'll admit it, the prizes in bbt definitely motivated me to make time in my schedule in order to play. i was also playing a lot more nightly poker a year ago, and so it was easy to fire up one more table. without the impetus of bbt i simply don't play as many nights. i'll often just play one tournament and watch tv, rather than have five tables going and have my entire night be poker.

by the same token, i am MASSIVELY behind in blog reading. my bloglines has become intimidating b/c some of my favorite bloggers have 40+ posts since the last time i checked, and i just don't have the time to read through them all right now. one part of my job that i hadn't quite anticipated was being on CR forums and 2p2, which i've been trying to get more involved in. this is only going to increase over the next few months, and i think maybe that's time i used to spend reading blogs.

i also wrote recently about poker not being as much of an outlet anymore, and that still holds true. i've been dabbling in 50 NL and loving it, though i still haven't figured out HEM so i can't tell if i'm a winner. speaking of HEM i know it's a great program but i'm finding it so difficult to get working. :(

still haven't come close to catching up on the dvr, which is frustrating. unbelievable i've gone so long without watching dexter season premiere. bruce has been part of that, b/c i went to see him twice last weekend (after being gone for ~ three weeks) and am going tonight and tomorrow night as well. that's quality dvr time i'm giving up for my favorite 60-year old singer/musician.

i also need to make time to get into the city cause i miss my friends and my favorite restaurants. hopefully i can make that happen in the next couple of weeks. super huge shout out to a few of my friends and one CR instructor who came to the fundraiser for my cousin mitchell last night.

he wasn't able to be there, but my aunt read a note from him and he found a matching donor!! so awesome! first he is going to have a stem cell transplant of his own stem cells, and the donor is a last resort if that procedure doesn't work. i'm pretty scared for him as it does not sound like an easy road, but i'll just keep my fingers crossed and pray. thanks to all the bloggers who got tested and have been posting here and on fb and such.

lastly, happy belated bday to fuel.

free cardrunners

i've never had a spammy blog post other than pimping some cheesy singer or tv show that i love. speaking of tv, not remotely caught up after getting back from london, but still digging glee, loved the first two eps of fringe, and am meh on survivor so far. lucko is loving this season but i haven't come around quite yet. watched two eps of mad men and still have two to go, and think this season may be my favorite. was SUPER disappointed in true blood season finale. hard to know if reading the harris books has impacted how i see the tv show or if it was as cheesy as it seemed.

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if you are at all confused, check out cmitch's post here about it, he does a good job of explaining.

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today/tomorrow

has gone slightly better than yesterday. i was somehow convinced by my taxi driver friend to play cash back at the casino which was a bad idea, as i couldn't hit a draw to save my life and am generally not a good cash game player. so that sucked, but i've put it behind me.

luckily i was able to sleep in and spend some time exploring lovely downtown nottingham. i ate at this cute little restaurant that was recommended by a bartender in the casino across from my hotel that had delicious proscuitto. i should also mention offhandedly that the indian food i ate (two different nights for dinner) was absolutely outstanding. may go for another night of indian when i head out to eat soon.

have a few meetings tomorrow and then wsop europe starts the next day. i'm in london trying to meet a lot of people and find new opportunities for CR, and if any readers will be in london, holler!

i'm a bit lonely as i don't really know anyone here yet, but i'm guessing that will change quickly over the next couple of days.

today blows

not having the best of days.

busted day 2 of epo in the second hand today. i never really knew what being card dead was like until yesterday after the dinner break. i raised two hands and had to fold to shoves both times. got nothing remotely playable, and didn't help that i had huge calling station stacks behind me. don't get me wrong, they were skilled players, but jesus christ i've never seen people play so many effing hands w/ such crap cards. soooo frustrating that i couldn't get any fucking hands. had A high a few times but folded it to raises.

i'm horribly homesick but in england for awhile, and my vacation plans have pretty much dissolved.

one bright spot of england has been meeting one of lucko's friends aka phil, who is about to pick me up for dinner. updated this post w/ a link to him, even though he never posts on his blog. RUBBISH! plan to get extremely drunk and hopefully the spasm in my neck that started last night will go away w/ enough alcohol. i can't turn my head to the right at all. :(

also, my iphone fell on the floor right after i busted and the screen is completely cracked. i run so fucking bad.

tv and dance (and some ff)

what in the world is going in pop culture right now?! dance and musical theater are making serious comebacks.

i danced as a child (even inexplicably made a dance troupe that i couldn't join due to soccer) and once dragged an ex boyfriend to a britney concert in part to watch the backup dancers. i was glued to kids incorporated and star search as a child, but it's been awhile since there was something close on mainstream television.

i think this recent trend started w/ high school musical, which i've admitted on this blog to having seen (numerous times). there is so much song and dance in teen/tween shows these days, and since that translates into $$ and marketing opportunities, it's transcended its initial target market.

slumdog millionaire is evidence in the film market, and glee is the most recent evidence in television.

while living in vegas this summer i spent a lot of time at my friend* augie's house, hanging out w/ him and his gfriend amy. they are really into "so you think you can dance." i had successfully ignored the show until the summer, but consider me hooked. they do a way better job than american idol of not overhyping the bad dancers, but also set up the stars nicely. this is my first time watching from the audition phase, and i'm psyched to see how the first chick (wendee?) does in the later rounds.

glee wasn't quite as good as i'd hoped last night, but i can overlook its faults to watch the singing and dance. some of the acting is really stiff and i have no idea where they're going w/ a few of the plot points, but at least it's different. it feels a little like the awesome one-season show wonderfalls and i wanna check to see if there's any overlap in producers.

speaking of season premieres, i've always prided myself on having never seen an episode of melrose place. that changed this week when i watched the premiere of the "new" melrose place and i'm embarrassingly hooked. i have no idea if it's at all close the original, but the character/story set-up is terrific, and the acting was much better than i expected.

it reminds me in a weird way of mad men. both are an evolution of television that started as the nighttime soap opera, but has now just morphed into mainstream tv. granted mad men is far more creative in its premise, but it's still a soap opera.

looking forward to fringe and biggest loser premieres in a few weeks, very sad about true blood finale next week, and then only four more months till LOST!

saw inglorious basterds last weekend and really enjoyed, and if you haven't seen district 9 yet what are you waiting for?

FOOTBALL TONIGHT! can't wait for the start of the season. unfortunately there is major drama in my last league that drafted last night. some people didn't look at the scoring that was on the site, and the league commish quit b/c he thought the scoring was the same as last year. sigh ff drama. i'm bummed b/c i was looking forward to the league w/ the people in it, and now it's falling apart for no apparent reason.

in another league my first matchup is v. bayne. hope to trounce his ogres.

random dream mention: lucko says nobody cares about dreams except themselves so read at your own risk, but i had a dream that freaked me out last night.

my first job out of college was at the michael hartig agency, a small theatrical talent agency in nyc. i worked there about eight months. it was run by michael and another agent, and in my dream they called me and asked me to work with them on a project. after my meeting w/ them i was scheduled to meet up with a friend from high school in atlantic city. so much going on there w/ confluence of current worlds.

michael passed away awhile ago and i haven't talked to the other agent in a couple of years, but both featured SO realistically in my dream. michael was a total queen, probably in his '60s, fairly old-school, and demanding yet tender at the same time. it's really impossible to put him into words, but he was one of a kind, and i can still hear his distinctive voice in my head after all this time.

it must be a result of all the dance and music i'm absorbing, which reminds me of theatre. it took me awhile to recover from how vividly he appeared in my dream, despite him being out of my life for ~ 8 years.

att is a JOKE (rant ahead)

i have had all sorts of second thoughts since purchasing my iphone, which as i've mentioned previously is by far the worst phone i've ever owned. my dad sent me a link to an article yesterday which details how the iphone has totally messed up att's network, and it's dropping calls way more. uh, thanks, i already discovered that.

then today i noticed a 2 minute call to austria on my bill that i have zero recollection of making that they charged me $9 for. wat?

i called to complain, and got it taken off, but then realized that i've been calling london for the past week making hotel arrangements and setting up meetings, and it turns out that my 5-10 phone calls have so far cost almost $40. i got transferred to the international division and was told that for $3.99 a month (that they will retroactively start) my calls will only cost 8 cents or 28 cents a minute, depending on whether landline or cell.


here's the part that has me incredibly incensed. that is only if calls originate in the US. if i call either US or anywhere in london while i'm in london, it's $1.29 a minute. my only other option is to pay $5.99 for a "world traveler" plan, which then lowers each call to .99 cents. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME ATT?! no, sadly, they're not. any call i want to make on my iphone while i'm in london is going to cost me .99 cents a minute.

IT GETS WORSE!!! they also charge me extra to use my data plan, i.e. email/surf web/etc.

they have various packages where i'm looking at an additional $25 or $59 (or more) in order to even send/receive emails. this is in addition to the 5-15 pounds a day that most hotels charge to use internet.

so, what do i do? i don't really want to rent or buy a prepaid mobile there, b/c most contacts have my cell phone number already. however, i'm not sure it isn't best to do the above, and use it for most calls/texts, and then only use my phone very sparingly. needless to say i'm very frustrated and disappointed at this development. there is no way it costs att this much to use cell phone towers in london, and the whole thing is complete bullshit. plus now it adds another component, which is dealing w/ renting/buying another cell phone there. adfnhkljsdl;fjasdl;fjasdkfakl;sdjfkl;asdj

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football and poker

two years ago i was a last minute addition to a fantasy football league despite being completely clueless, and i had a blast (even though my team sucked). i depended mostly on bayne, who was not in the league. last year i was in five leagues, and actually had a decent showing. i think i finished 2nd in two, and third in another, very tough league. i made the playoffs in all my leagues. again, though, bayne and lucko were huge crutches.

this year lucko and i are doing the nffc, which is a big buy in nat'l ff league. since i plunked down a lot of money i figured i ought to learn something. i'm doing that draft plus three others (although i have a piece of two other nffc teams). i did a bunch of research on my own (gasp) and thought i was ready last night when i had my first draft. unfortunately i'd have to give myself a B. the best part about having the fourth pick is that if i was 2 or 3 i'd be completely torn on who to take, and 4th made it easy. i'd take whoever of forte, turner or mjd made it to me. i was pretty happy it was forte tbh, although i don't see any way he can match his numbers from last season.

my team:

forte (sweet!)
andre johnson (double sweet!)
wayne
bowe (coulda taken thomas jones in this spot, but i felt so meh about him)
wells (shoulda taken rice here, sigh)
gates (score!)
mcnabb (double score, stay healthy pls k thx)
parker
bradshaw (damn you guy who picked in front of me for taking mendenhall!)
hightower
new england (worst pick ever in this spot, shoulda taken sproles)
mason
morgan
williams
akers

i will pick up a backup qb in good time, but it was my symbolic vote of confidence for mcnabb's health. :)

i'm slowly getting my confidence back w/ poker. i finished 2nd in a turbo horse tournament the other night (omg i <3 those so much), and have been cashing in a much higher percentage of the tournaments i've been playing lately. unfortunately i finished 16th for jack shit in a tournament where 1st paid 5k, and my 2nd in a 90 man was a $3 buy in, but it's something. i am taking lucko's advice and playing fewer tables and focusing more on them. stoner told me i should stop watching tv, which is ldo, but i love having the bg. i may try to switch to music more, although w/ football coming up on sundays that will be tough.

i won't play any wcoops, but am psyched to play some mini ftops before i leave for england. lucko won a seat to the english poker open, and since he can't go i'm going to play in his spot. i have meetings in london before and i'll watch eric liu taping the european cash game that will air on the poker channel, then go to nottingham for the epo, and then head back to london to work at the wsop europe. it's a longish trip that i'm not as psyched for as i would have expected, but hopefully it will be fun and i can win us some moneys!

poker update

i'm cross posting this from my CR blog, which i don't do very often, but it's a typical rambling post.

basically, poker has been on a steady decline for me. my last big tournament scores were in march -- i finished 2nd in a $50 fo on stars for about 18k, and finished 19th in the 750k and deepish in the sunday million a couple weeks later. i started working for CR on 4/20, and have not had one decent score since. ironic, huh.

anyway, i dabbled in hu limit but probably played too high considering i had no clue what i was doing, and i have trouble playing nlhe at micro stakes, even though i should. i'm contemplating going back to tournaments, but the problem is the time intensity. i don't know if it's that working in poker now has made it less of a hobby, but after spending 8 hours all day working at my computer on poker, i am having trouble motivating to fire up a bunch of tournaments and sit for another 8 hours. i didn't have this problem when i was a lawyer.

i've thought a lot about this the past couple days. the best i can come up w/ is that poker was, to some extent, an escape. i hated my job, and i looked forward to coming home and player poker asap. even though i lived in nyc and occasionally went out on weeknights, i def spent more time than i should have home playing poker. now i live in the boring suburbs, but find myself watching more movies, reading more books, and going out more. well, i go out a lot less since we got the grill, but i'm cool w/ that.

i used to think that tournaments and players had changed and i was behind the curve, and that's true to some extent, but i think moreso i've changed, and i'm simply not playing as well as i used to. poker money became play money, and i've become desensitized to losing money in a way i never thought possible. i am too aggressive for today's tournament game, where people are calling three bet shoves w/ KT for 20 bbs. open shoving 15-20 bbs became popular awhile ago, but i'm still not sure what my shoving/calling ranges should be given this.

right before i started w/ CR i had a coach, and knowing that someone would be analyzing my hands, and constantly saving hands for review made a huge difference. i didn't realize how much until i didn't have my coach anymore. i have an email draft somewhere in my inbox of saved hands, and i do occasionally post hands on forums, but it's not the same. i'm not ready to take on a new coach b/c i'm not serious enough about my game right now, but i have to remember how much reviewing hands helps.

my next live tournament was going to be the borgata in september, but it's looking like i'll be in london for wsop europe (working, not playing, sadly) so i'll have to wait till the borgata winter open. i didn't play online at all last sunday, and haven't decided yet if i'll play this sunday. there's something very freeing about having this extra day in the weekend. a friend of lucko's burned us season 1 of fringe. the first two episodes were more about cringe, but it def got better. i missed a bunch of episodes when i was in chicago right after i started for CR, and then didn't want to ruin it by watching the later eps, so i missed the last 4-6 eps and am psyched to catch up in time for the new season.

i did play live last weekend at the fringe friend's house, but busted the tournament when my top set of Ks was busted by lucko's almighty Q9 when he hit a flush on the river (we got all in on the flop). i got beat in pots by club flushes 3x that night. :-(

i just finished a book called the tourist, which was a spy book in the vein of nelson demille. it was fine, and set up well for a sequel which i'll probably read, but def not the best book i've read in awhile. i'm now on the third sookie stackhouse novel (which true blood is based on) and enjoying the books, but wary about having the show ruined. alan ball is so excellent that it's one of those rare occasions that i'm worried the book will ruin the tv show.

pls post, forward, tweet, etc.

thanks to mike and mike there is now a website up for my cousin here.

he is desperate for a matching donor. thanks to all those who have already been tested, but please if you can send out this info to your friends or pass along on your blog i'd really appreciate it. if you have any questions you can email me at princeharibo@gmail.com, or email my cousin or his wife (email addys below). he really needs to find someone in the next month, and thus far he has not found any matches. they send the kit out to you in about two days, and you can overnight it back.

How Can I Get Tested?

Call Lab Corp at 1-800-533-1037 and ask to speak to Sharon, Tanya, or David. Tell them that you would like to be tested as a potential donor match for Mitchell Brown (Date of Birth: 1-5-1977). Let them know that Mitchell is part of the Hackensack University Medical Center Friends and Family Account, so they know where to send the results.

Lab Corp will send you a testing kit. The test involves nothing more than a swab of the inside of your cheek. Please understand that there is a cost associated with the kit that is typically not covered by your insurance. Lab Corp will bill you a charge of $150.00 after they receive your kit back in the mail. However, if you are interested in being tested and cannot afford it, please let us know (as there may be funds available to offset the cost.

You will need to follow the directions and mail the kit back to Lab Corp ASAP. When filling out the paperwork, please be sure to give Lab Corp permission to fax your results directly to CarolAnne Carini, Transplant Coordinator at Hackensack University Medical Center. Her direct fax # is: 201-996-5691.

What If I am a Potential Match?

As a potential donor, you would need to come to Hackensack University Medical Center or your local hospital to have some routine preliminary tests such as an EKG, Chest Scan, etc. Once confirmed that you are healthy enough, the transplant involves a shot called Neupogen®, which is designed to quickly increase the number of white blood cells in your body. The Neupogen® sends a message to your bone marrow to start producing more white blood cells, which in turn increases the number of Stem Cells floating through your blood. Shortly after the Neupogen® is administered, you will be required to donate blood for a few hours a day over a two day period.

Please note that as a donor, all medical costs incurred in connection with the donation (preliminary tests, the Neupogen® shot, the blood donation, etc) will be covered under Mitchell’s medical insurance as the recipient and there will be no additional costs to you.

Being a donor today is a lot less invasive than many years ago. It’s quick and as easy as as donating blood.

Will you consider getting tested today?

Thanks again for all of your support and please feel free to email us with any questions at mfbrown05@aol.com or jillow1231@aol.com

dear at&t mobile,

i woke up this morning unable to make or receive phone calls. at first i thought it was my iphone, which wouldn't surprise me since it's the shittiest phone i've ever owned. randomly enough a family member, who works for your retarded company, informed me that there was some sort of outage in northern new jersey that was probably the source of my problem. despite this i decided to let you know of my problem by going to your website and filling out a form.

i filled out all of the problems i was having, and was almost done when i came across the required question (denoted by an asterik) saying "which of these things is wrong with your phone? (check all that apply)" there were four choices, including unable to power on and off, cracked screen, etc. i tried to not check any and click submit, but b/c this was a required field, i was forced to check one, and then explain in the short comment field that actually i was not having any trouble powering my phone on and off.

so i ask you -- do you not do QA testing on your website? how is it that this required field made it through rounds of testing without anybody realizing that you needed an additional checkbox that says "none of the above." i am not surprised i am having problems with my phone, since you guys can't even put up a web form properly.

please fix this outage soon so i can make and receive phone calls, and when you're done with that, please fix your website forms so they can be filled out properly. thanks so much!

all the best,

lj