jackpot winner

okay myspacers this is a repeat. this is the first blog ever for alana. it is from october 20, 2006. i just don't have any creative juices right now!! ha, so here ya go.....

So I am a Jackpot Winner. No seriously, I scratched off a flyer thingy in the mail and I am - a Jackpot Winner. Now, as you would guess, I was quite excited. I've never really won anything before, except a $1 raffle drawing for a sweatshirt, but there were 30 tickets for 31 sweatshirts, so I don't know if that counts? Anyway - I looked at Jon in amazement, "Jon! I'm a Jackpot Winner!!" In reply he says, "What did you win?!" Now that was an interesting question. The flyer was for a car dealership about 20 miles away, and they were having a big sale and all kinds of prizes were being given away, but only for a couple days and during certain hours. Now, when I scratched my thingy it was the last day and I only had 2 hours to go!! If I was going to do something I would have to hurry. So before I was going to go all the way out there I called. I told the man on the phone " I'm a Jackpot Winner!! What do I win?!!" He told me to just "come on down and recieve my valid prize." ~click~ Valid prize, what the crap does that mean? So the babies were napping, and Jon wanted to watch the Tigers game, I thought, "EH, it's probably a scam anyway." But - Jon encouraged me to go for my Jackpot Prize, "What if it's a plasma tv?! just go!, it's only 20 minutes away." hmmm. So I made the drive.

Now at this point of my story I am sure you have already speculated on what the outcome will be, and are thinking; silly Alana, you should of known better, why are you such an idiot? Please - don't be so quick to judge - have you ever been a jackpot winner?
I get to the dealership to claim my coveted Jackpot Prize. I eagerly find a salesman. ( which I find most car salesmen rather creepy, but I was brave) I say "Hey I'm a Jackpot Winner, here's my flyer, what do I win?" "Alright, that's great, but before you get your prize I get to try to sell you a new car!" says Creeypy. Unfortunately for him we had just recently purchased a new car and don't need another one. And I think that may have upset Creepy, but really, I was just there for my Jackpot Prize. So he took me in the building, had me sit down at a table in a room full of people and said he'd come back with my prize. YESSS!, the moment I drove all the way for, the moment of truth. What could the great valid prize be?

Creepy came back and handed me a pamphlet and said, "Read the information in here, fill out the sheet, and send it in, have a great day." As he walked away I said, "Excuse me, but, what is it?" He annoyingly replied, "read - the - pamphlet." Ok, he should of been fired because I could of been a real customer, and right then I felt like he was being RUDE, after all I was the dang Jackpot Winner. I said, "Um, you mean you don't even know what your Jackpot Prize is?" Creepy, "no." - "Well that's just ridiculous!" ( I really got him on that one - take that)
So anyway my free two nights stay at a Ramada Inn in Florida or Hawaii scheduled no sooner that 60 days and no later than 90 days between numerous black dates after I send in my $50 "refundable" fee to hold my room and pay my own airfare, food, rental car, fees, taxes, and surcharges - is going to be great!

Too bad I threw away my only Jackpot Prize .

At least I can always say, "Once, I was a Jackpot Winner"