The Eye of the World

I'm starting to feel some of what finta is going through with Amazon, although the book I'm waiting for should not be so difficult to get a hold of. I think. I mentioned earlier that I had ordered Volumes 3, 4, and 5 of The Sandman at the beginning of the month. I wasn't informed at the time that there would be any problems with my order. They were all in stock. Supposedly. Well, maybe two days later I was told there would be a delay with Volume 4, Pieces of You, although they didn't make it sound like it would be a big delay. I received Volumes 3 and 5 a week after I placed my order, which is no biggie since I was going with the free standard shipping option. I was then told the delay would put the shipment of my last item somewhere between July 20 and July 28. I just found out tonight that the delay has now been pushed to August 20 or so, and I needed to confirm whether or not I still wanted the order. Of course I do, but I'm wondering whether I could find it in a bookstore faster. I remember looking at Border's selection when I was in California, and I don't think they had Volume 4, either. I'm sure some volumes are more popular than others, but let me know when I order the book if you don't have it. Geez.

Which brings up another unrelated consumer grievance. We bought a Sesame Street Kid Clips player at Toys R Us last Saturday for Corinne. It comes with the "C is for Cookie" cartridge. Corinne loves it. I go to find more of these clips to put in the thing, and it turns out they're not in production anymore. Can't Toys R Us let me know this sort of thing before I buy the product? I know it's not really their problem, but now I have to buy more of these clips off eBay if I don't want to hear "Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C!" all day long.

Josh just brought me a Green Tea Frappucino. Mmmmmmm. Everything's looking better.