I HATE BCSLSB!!!!!!

So I have to rant about the British Columbia Student Loan Service Bureau (BCSLSB) because I absolutely hate to have to deal with them. My first rant is about my address. They NEVER have my correct address no matter how many times I change it. The most recent address is no exception. I know I changed my address online when I moved a year and a half ago, on the phone last January, by mail last October when I put in an extra payment (more about that in a minute), and on the phone again today. I also changed it online. You're supposed to wait 24 hours for the changes to show up. What are the chances my current address will appear when I check it tomorrow? Not good. It's so frustrating, especially since I need the statements to know how much of my payments go to interest in order to write off the interest on my taxes. Interestingly enough, they have my new last name...
The second rant is about the extra payment in October. My husband and I re-financed our mortgage and got some extra money, so I put a significant amount on my BC student loan (I must admit it was mostly to pay them earlier so I wouldn't have to deal with them anymore). In the accopanying letter, which had my new address on it, I specifically told them to apply the entire amount to the principal; in fact, I think I put it in boldface. Lo and behold, when I look at my payment history, the bastards put about 60 bucks of the money towards interest. I know that compared with the amount I paid it's not much, but I specifically told them not to do that. Are the administrators there able to read? I tried not to use any big words...
I have other rants, like about when you call them, you can't always understand the person on the phone (I'm pretty sure that their call centre is located in India), and the times they took money out of my bank account without telling me, but I don't want to alienate my few readers. I just want to warn those who have BC loans, or are going to get them: if you have to change your address, do it online, check it, and if they don't have it right, do it again. Repeat as needed.
I can't wait to pay these bastards off; the sooner the better.

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

So one of my co-workers told me about this weird Internet video, featuring a dancing banana. The graphics are ridiculously pixelated (think Introduction to Computer Programming 101), and it's pretty stupid when you think about it, but when you see it, it's pretty funny. The link follows:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/banana.php
Just a warning though, it'll be stuck in your head for DAYS.
Apparently this video is so popular that a recent "Family Guy" episode featured Brian doing the dance for Peter. I can't post a link but it's on You Tube if you're interested.

You know, this reminds me of the dancing baby from the "Ally McBeal" days. The baby was funny-looking but watching it always made me smile. I still have the file on my computer, but it won't load onto my blog. Once again, You Tube, the mecca of bizarre video, has it.