Happy Independence Day

Or, 4th of July, as we've all come to know it. Kinda like how Christmas is about Santa and presents more than the birth of Jesus Christ. Which is probably appropriate, come to think of it, seeing as Jesus specifically told people not to celebrate his birth, rather his death.

But anyway, happy Independence Day.

I started work the other day down at Pac Rim. Finally. I kinda got fucked in that whole regard, I moved up here under the impression that I had work lined up, and then to have it not work out was kind of a kick in the balls, financially and otherwise. My dad has agreed to pick up the tab for my bills for the last month, as well he should, given that I had no income and that's kinda his fault. I called my mom out on that the other day when I brought up how I was going to need about a paycheck's worth of money in order to catch up to current on my expenses. She tried to fault me and poor money management, and I had to explain to her in no kind terms how if I hadn't gotten screwed by them, I wouldn't be in this position, and that I had money saved up for Japan already which I had to spend to cover the cost of not working.

So it'll be nice to have income again. I'll be making $9/hr straight up, which is $1152 a month cash. I figure I'll put half away each time I get paid, so by the end of August I should be near the $1200 goal I set to have saved up for when I leave. Add another month in light of recent events, maybe a little longer, and that means I'll actually be fairly well off. Nice to not have to pay rent, but, I will have student loans, and other unseen expenses like always which I'm sure will make saving up harder than anticipated. But I'll get it done. I think I can live on $575 a month to pay bills and have fun. Well, actually, no, I can't, but, I have to. The math works out to like $475/mo in expenses what with student loans and credit cards. I need to just take a bite and pay a couple off straight up and quickly, to save money later on minimum payments. But I'm sure you're all fascinated by the details of my personal finance.

With that, I go to bed. I have to go to work in a few hours, and it'd be nice to work in some sleep.

Oh, and check it: www.serentiymovie.com They're finally making the FireFly movie. Yay!