Wish me luck

So I finally got my apps all finished for pharmacy school. I only applied to two schools, University of Washington and UH Hilo. I just heard back from Hilo and I have been invited for an interview for the school. I was actually pretty surprised at how fast they got back to me. PharmCAS sent out my application last Monday and Hilo reviewed the application and got back to me by Friday. Honestly, Hilo is my first choice for a number of reasons, so I'm pretty excited about the interview. My interview is either going to be Jan 20, 21, or 22 so I'll be in Hilo around that time. I know that they offer interviews on Oahu, but I figured that I could go and check out the area once more and visit my family in Hilo. I'm just relieved that the application process is pretty much over and that it's now out of my hands. Hopefully I'll have more good news in about a month.

I hate being ripped off

So I was checking across my usual blogs that I read everyday, Lifehacker and Consumerist, and they had this interesting article. Now it has been a while since they posted a story about that company, but it reminded me about why I will never, ever, ever buy anything from them. Just reading about it just gets me so frustrated, so writing about them is kind of helping me to vent out. I just really don't understand how this is even able to proceed to court. Obviously something is wrong with the justice system and copyright infringement laws. I mean who the hell in their right mind cannot REASONABLY differentiate between AV cables and mini-golf.

One thing that did put a smile on my face was this article. I'm glad that someone was able to stand up to that ridiculous company. It is just absurd in my mind how it works. And their products are ridiculously marked up, upwards of 1000% sometimes. So please please please do not purchase anything made by them. There really is no reason, unless you got it for free somehow, in which case I would just not use it. And if you really need cables, I would say purchase them from monoprice, an amazing site that sells pretty much any kind of cable that you need, and more. Plus shipping to Hawaii is actually pretty decently priced.