Starving my ass off!
Sep. 16th, 2006 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astillarPfft. It would be nice if you could tell your body to target certain areas while you're hungry. "I can't eat right now, so metabolize fat from that area! And tighten the skin while you're at it!"
So I've been broke for like . . . a couple months now? I dunno. It's a pain in the ass, walking this tightrope. Last week, I thought I'd finally wind up a little bit ahead. Not by much, but a couple hundred dollars in the black, just a little safety net. I was kinda happy, thinking about how nice it would be, not worrying about every dime and dollar going through my hands. And then, on payday, I come home from work, and my car's gone. Huh?
It got towed. (*&%^CR$#!! The tow yard was like less than half a mile away and I'm thinking, "I've gotta pay $300 just to drive my old ass car around the block? This blows!" But the dude adds $50 per day to the fine, so I didn't have time to waste. I hate paying for towing or traffic tickets. That's just throwing money away. And I was mad at myself too, when I found out later that I could've gotten a parking permit FOR FREE and avoided this whole mess. The apartment manager said, "Think of it as an expensive lesson." I was thinking of tearing someone's head off, actually.
So that little incident has extended my poorness for another couple weeks, so I don't have much money for food. I'm hungry. In my fridge right now, I've got Ragu spaghetti sauce, expired bagels, cheese, cream cheese, and tortillas. I guess I could make a really weird pizza.
Anywho, besides that, things are okay I guess. Not having money puts a cramp on my cosplay; can't buy materials. So I've gotta be more innovative than usual. My commission is slowly coalescing. It's PVC-riffic! It'd be done by now if I weren't putting in so many "special effects". Even though the client didn't ask for these options, they just seem irresistably cool so I can't not put them in.
There are two things that are making me happy right now. One, summer's dying right now. No more triple degree temperatures. Thank goodness. A cold front came in last week and broke summer's back. Now it's actually pleasant outside. Of course, I caught a cold from being outside in the rain when that front came through, so that kinda stinks. The weather is almost worth the phlegm.
And gas is getting cheap. I don't have the money to fill up my tank, but just watching the prices drop is getting me excited. $2.35? Oh my god! Is it gonna drop below two dollars? I thought I'd never see that again in my lifetime! These prices make me wanna stock up on gas or go on a roadtrip or something.
Here's a funny pic I took in Waco a while ago. I was driving by and when I saw it, my first thought was, "How does it know?!? That bench is omniscient!" Ha ha ha.
So I've been broke for like . . . a couple months now? I dunno. It's a pain in the ass, walking this tightrope. Last week, I thought I'd finally wind up a little bit ahead. Not by much, but a couple hundred dollars in the black, just a little safety net. I was kinda happy, thinking about how nice it would be, not worrying about every dime and dollar going through my hands. And then, on payday, I come home from work, and my car's gone. Huh?
It got towed. (*&%^CR$#!! The tow yard was like less than half a mile away and I'm thinking, "I've gotta pay $300 just to drive my old ass car around the block? This blows!" But the dude adds $50 per day to the fine, so I didn't have time to waste. I hate paying for towing or traffic tickets. That's just throwing money away. And I was mad at myself too, when I found out later that I could've gotten a parking permit FOR FREE and avoided this whole mess. The apartment manager said, "Think of it as an expensive lesson." I was thinking of tearing someone's head off, actually.
So that little incident has extended my poorness for another couple weeks, so I don't have much money for food. I'm hungry. In my fridge right now, I've got Ragu spaghetti sauce, expired bagels, cheese, cream cheese, and tortillas. I guess I could make a really weird pizza.
Anywho, besides that, things are okay I guess. Not having money puts a cramp on my cosplay; can't buy materials. So I've gotta be more innovative than usual. My commission is slowly coalescing. It's PVC-riffic! It'd be done by now if I weren't putting in so many "special effects". Even though the client didn't ask for these options, they just seem irresistably cool so I can't not put them in.
There are two things that are making me happy right now. One, summer's dying right now. No more triple degree temperatures. Thank goodness. A cold front came in last week and broke summer's back. Now it's actually pleasant outside. Of course, I caught a cold from being outside in the rain when that front came through, so that kinda stinks. The weather is almost worth the phlegm.
And gas is getting cheap. I don't have the money to fill up my tank, but just watching the prices drop is getting me excited. $2.35? Oh my god! Is it gonna drop below two dollars? I thought I'd never see that again in my lifetime! These prices make me wanna stock up on gas or go on a roadtrip or something.
Here's a funny pic I took in Waco a while ago. I was driving by and when I saw it, my first thought was, "How does it know?!? That bench is omniscient!" Ha ha ha.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2006-09-17 10:52 pm (UTC)Or you could just hijack one of those shoprite trucks, and swipe some boxes of poptarts(if yer lucky to get that truck. I always end up with produce. ICK!........ not that I hijack shoprite trucks mind you!)
*pats you on the head* I am sorry for your loss, and life sucks, but we all know that.