I woke up yesterday morning thinking "I'd like to go to work now ( Read more... )

So even though I'm unemployed and trying to go back to school, financial aid for school goes by your former income, which is just barely too much to make it worthwhile...I mean, I suppose a discounted Tuition is better than nothing, but I was at least hoping it would cover books ( Read more... )

Well, one of the things I've been doing to keep myself from going insane from boredom while unemployed was playing in a band ( Read more... )

So maybe it was foolish of me to opt for the card rather than direct deposit, but I wanted to open a new account first, and really didn't want the employment commission to have access to my account. Finally, since I had to mail in the account info, I figured this method would be quicker ( Read more... )

Guess who's getting laid off at the end of this month ( Read more... )

While I was out of town, at my Dads house, my upstairs neighbors water heater exploded...into my condo! I got the call this morning from the home owners association, I was 300 miles away at the time, so I had to call a friend to check it out and make sure my computers didn't start an electrical fire ( Read more... )

So for the first time since I've known her, she now has her very own vehicle ( Read more... )

Some beautiful stop motion animation in this video. I particularly like the way the guy seems to be made of organic material, all sticks and pine cones.

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After putting 100,000 miles on my Yaris, I stayed home this weekend to get some maintainance done on my car. My greatest fear being the cost of replacing a timing belt ( Read more... )

After hanging out with the Slow Poisoner last weekend, I recently rekindled an old attitude about touring and playing that I had long since forgotten. It seemed in the past, that if you were in a band, and you got payed for a gig, as long as it payed for gas and a meal, it was a good gig ( Read more... )