| Beach! |
[Jan. 30th, 2006|03:31 pm] |
Right now I'm getting paid $11 an hour to sit at my desk at work and write this livejournal entry. That's about $1 every 5.45 minutes.
If I were to take an hour off to go sit on the beach (it's fucking beautiful outside right now) it would effectively cost me $11. But it's fucking worth it.
Besides, it's my birthday, I deserve it. |
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| FUCK |
[Dec. 9th, 2005|03:38 pm] |
The Volvo is in the hospital now. Everything was going great. We made the 300 mile drive up from Santa Barbara last night with no incident, and I got to Fry's and back without any problems this morning. So this afternoon I set out to see Allie at Stanford, stopped to purchase some fuel, and then hit the freeway. Less than a mile onto 85, however, and the car died. In a serious way. No amount of coaxing could get the engine to start again.
I was able to get a free towing by leveraging my expired AAA membership, and Holly picked me up and drove me back to Saratoga. I tried to figure out a way to get to Stanford anyways, and even considered asking the tow truck driver to take me there. I feel really bad, cause I promised I'd make it up and then wasn't able to. Dammit.
Now I'm faced with the choice of paying thousands of dollars to fix a car that is almost definately going to find new and exciting ways to break even after being fixed, or paying even more money to buy a whole new fucking car. Considering that I've got a dollar in my wallet, less than 30 in the bank, and I still have to worry about finding money for tuition, this isn't good. Plus I just spent some money on gas for an automobile that I can no longer drive.
My only consolation is that I'm currently watching Star Trek, one of the episodes in the Maquis arc. And that's not much consolation at all. |
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| Come from the air... |
[Dec. 5th, 2005|11:45 am] |
Wowza! I just sold three textbooks for a grand total of $119.25. How very exciting! I was honestly prepared to accept about $5 per book, but I got offered $25, $44.25, and $50 for them! That's a damn good sale, in my opinion. This money came just in the nick of time, too, because I have less than $20 in the bank, I had less than $10 in my wallet, and I need to buy gas to drive back to Pleasanton on Thursday. My first check from work was supposed to come on December 1st, but I haven't seen it yet.
The other business ventures I'm currently setting up aren't really going anywhere right now, but it's too early to expect anything. Hopefully I'll be getting a small but steady flow of income from Usana by the end of 2006, and I think UCSBWiki will start making money around May or June.
So after I get off work today I'm going to go over to Davidson Library and study. How weird is that? But it's a necessary evil. My math grade is very precarious right now, and if I don't get at least a C I've basically destroyed my chance of majoring in Computer Science. So studying it is! The final is on Tuesday, and it's the only real final I have. I also have tests for Computer Science 10 and 20, but I have very high As in both of those classes right now, and the finals are going to be jokes. |
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| Intergalactic Stud |
[Nov. 16th, 2005|01:13 pm] |
I fell asleep at Emi's last night after the Colbert Report. This morning when she got up to go to class I decided that I don't need to go today, so I trekked back to Manzanita and worked on my CS 10 homework instead.
I'm at work right now, and my boss brought the most adorable little golden retriever puppy in with him today. It literally pains me to restrain myself and stay in my chair in my office instead of running over to his office to play with Apollo.
So Microsoft gives out a lot of money in scholarships every year, and I think I could probably win one. The catch is if I do I'm committed to working for them for 12 weeks in Redmond. Now, as much as I dislike the company I wouldn't turn down the job for that reason. However, there are so many other things I want to do this summer that I'd feel really iffy about commiting to that right now. It could interfere with my plans to go to Hong Kong, and quite simply it would mean that I'd get to spend very little time in Pleasanton. I would also probably prevent me from going to San Diego for the sub competition.
Since I'm already missing Burning Man this year because of my Hong Kong trip I want to commit to going for sure in 2007. I know that's a long time from now, but I really want to make it happen. |
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| this week (and beyond!) |
[Nov. 14th, 2005|02:10 pm] |
Everything is awesome.
Last weekend was super sweet. I don't want to write up all the details, but suffice it to say that even after driving a thousand miles in the span of four days I had a fucking awesome time. Shout-outs to Jessie, Kristina, Nicole, Janet, James, Ladd, Allie, Erika, MeMe, Sophia, Anne-Marie, Carlo, and Siarah. And of course when I got back to school last night I was immediately greeted by the wonderful news that Emi had purchased some Triple Sec, so I went over to San Nic and we had cocktails.
This week is going to be a bit iffy: I have three programming assignments due, a math midterm, and various other scholarly requirements. I can deal, though.
I think I'm going to be able to Sow another Seed of Empire this week, too, which will be great news if everything works out.
I brought my suit down, and I'll probably be wearing it to the TriDelta date party this weekend. I like wearing my suit, but I'm going to try to resist the urge to buy a new shirt or tie to go with it.
We're planning a Vegas trip in addition to the Mexico trip. No word on dates yet for either of them, considering they'll be moderately expensive and that I'm broke and tired of driving, it'll probably be Winter or Spring quarter before we actually go, but it's still going to be awesome. Emi has never been to Vegas before.
SHDH6 is coming up on December 10th, and as long as my finals schedule permits I'll be able to attend. Today an idea for a quick and simple software project struck me, which I might try to develop that night. I think I'm also going to do a geek pitch for Barracuda and AUVAI/AVI. I think it'll be at the very least interesting for the other geeks there, and I'm hoping that by doing the presentation I'll be motivated enough to get back involved and start coding again. |
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| I am the what? |
[Nov. 2nd, 2005|02:40 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | money, school, work | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Nine Inch Nails - The Collector | ] |
Yes, I'm at work and I really should be doing that instead of updating. I've also got three homework assignments due at various times throughout the evening (5, 9, and 12) that I have no time to complete. So naturally I'm doing everything but those.
I've decided the work I've done so far on The Empire is actually pretty decent, but I'm going to need to really keep at it in order to truly reap the fruit of my labor.
One thing I really need to do is stop spending so much money. Between my halloween costume, buying food for cute girls, buying food for myself, and other random impulse buys I'm starting to feel the strain on my bank account. My first check from work should come within a couple of weeks, and that will start to alleviate the strain, but I need to be way more careful with how I spend my money.
The sun just burned a hole through the clouds outside the window of my spacious office, and is now pointing directly at the screen. I'm too lazy to close the blinds, though. My office is pretty cool, and has a great view. I hope when they move me to the new building I get one that's at least close to being this cool. |
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[Oct. 16th, 2005|11:05 pm] |
Sometimes the music I list on these entries relates very closely to what I'm writing about or feeling, and other times it has nothing to do with it at all.
I'd also really like it if I could list multiple songs for an entry. It'd also be cool to have a field for current weather, and other things like that. I think some of that could actually be important meta-data for an entry.
So for the most part this weekend has competly rocked. Starting Thursday night and ending sometime this afternoon I spent a TON of time with Emi, and on the whole it kicked ass.
This weekend also saw the success of AMA's roadtrip, which she deserves both huge props for pulling off and congrats for finally making some major progress with her parents.
I also found out a lot of shit about a lot of people, some much more shocking than others. Honestly though it's all good, and none of it's gonna keep me down.
Plus I made hella money on the markets on Friday.
If anyone wants to know more about anything I alluded to in this entry feel free to ask; I'll either tell you or I won't.
Alright, I've got a paper due tomorrow, which again hasn't been started. I've also got a math midterm on Friday, which is bad news because I suck at Calculus. Wish me luck! Have an awesome night! |
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| G-Ziss |
[Sep. 4th, 2005|12:45 am] |
I just got off the phone with Greg. He's been staying with Caitlin at the University of Georgia. Apparently he's just been sleeping on her couch for a few nights. Anyways, apparently his situation has changed again: He's not going to Davis this fall, he's going to be going to a private school in Wisconsin with his roomate. I guess they're giving really good financial aid to hurricane victims, and his roomate (from Tulalne) is also going there.
I was also really psyched to hear that Greg is getting really invovled with the hurricane relief effort. Coincidentally, this afternoon I decided I'm going to sell all my old magic cards on E-Bay, and give the proceeds to the red cross. This was inspired by the Penny Arcade charity auction, in which two pieces of art are currently going for over seven thousand dollars. I know my old cards aren't worth that much, but I'm pretty sure I can pick up at least a few hundred bucks for them, which ought to help the Red Cross at least a little. I also need to remember to donate blood. And I think I'm gonna give $50 or $100 as soon as I make sure I have enough in the bank and that I don't urgently need it. |
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[Jun. 22nd, 2005|10:28 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | allie, money | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Muse - Stockholm Syndrome | ] |
Well, as I'm writing this Allie is sitting and staring over my shoulder. Well, she isn't sitting over my shoulder, but she is sitting on my bed and staring over my shoulder. Anyways, I'm writing this at her command; apparently in order for her to have updated her Xanga today I am required to do this.
Today was pretty cool, especially financially. I woke up with no money in my wallet and only pennies in my bank account. By 1:00 PM I was up to sixty bucks in my wallet, the fruit of my tutoring labor. I also got $20 from my mom to reimburse for my haircut. Then I found my report card in the mail, and due to me being an exceedingly excellent student, and due to my hourious hours of study, I recieved a 4.0 GPA (exactly) and earned $500 from my stepfather. Woot! I then proceded to sell my old laptop to my mother for an additional $500, so I've basically done pretty well today.
Woo! Muse ended a bit ago and we're listening to Star Wars music now. Very awesome. |
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[Sep. 26th, 2004|02:37 pm] |
Alright, so it's not fair for me to pin this entirely on her. I do remember agreeing to change something regarding my accounts a while back, and it may have been me who dropped the ball in getting the right tax-info to allow me to setup the new account for the money. But I'm still really mad about that $400. |
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| Antirich |
[Sep. 26th, 2004|02:15 pm] |
Ahhhhh!
I'm fucking pissed off at my mom. I just found out she liquidated all my stocks in March for $2000, which is now sitting in a bank account somewhere earning %2 interest. She claims to have discussed this with me before, but I have no recollection of this. Almost all of the stocks went up, and the value of that account would be $2400 today. And now she's mad at me for telling her it's her fault, so she's taking it out on me by making me do extra chores. See ya. |
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[Aug. 28th, 2004|02:23 pm] |
I'm in Saratoga for the afternoon; Brett and Holly are having their family birthday parties today. Don and Hunter are here, and Na and Pa are coming later. Don already gave Brett his present, an X-Box, and I'm sure he gave a wad of cash to Holly. To my suprise, he also had an envelope for me, which contained a late-birthday card and $100. Pretty awesome, expecially considering my birthday is in January. It's probably a combination late birthday, thank-you for being so helpful on the houseboats and payment for the Kill Bill 2 DVD I gave him.
Also, when I was pulling up I saw Sean driving Don's Carerra GT. Thats a pretty awesome welcome-home present.
I'm also stoked because I'm getting more letters from colleges who want me to apply there. I know it doesn't really mean I'll have a good chance of getting in, but it still makes me feel pretty good about my chances just getting them. So far I've gotten letters from MIT, West Point and Central Florida. I'm gonna need a lot more luck to actually get into any of those, though. |
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[Jul. 6th, 2004|04:26 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | computer, money, music | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  contemplative | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Calibur - Lost | ] |
I'm thinking abotu selling Fernando. I should be able to get $500-$600 on EBay, which should almost completly cover buying an iPod AND my new (used) desktop. What do you think? |
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| Vacation |
[Apr. 24th, 2004|11:40 am] |
I'm ofifcially taking a vacation from work (including freelance, webdesign, and programming) until AP testing is over. Then I'm gonna start making some bling bling. |
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| Taxes Filed |
[Apr. 11th, 2004|01:23 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | money | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  relieved | ] |
Well, I'm done filing my taxes.
I'm pretty sure I did everything right, or at least right-enough to avoid an audit. I actually think that if I had been properly prepared, I would have saved another hundred dollars or more, but due to my last-minuteness I was unable to gather all the info I have, and I'm missing out. As it stands I paid $59 to recieve a $20 tax rebate. Although I'm mildly miffed at this loss of income, I really can only blame myself, and I am relieved that I was actually able to get it done. |
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| Coding/Taxes |
[Apr. 10th, 2004|11:42 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | hacking, linux, money | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | wired | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | The Postal Service - Recycled Air | ] |
God, I'm kinda hosed.
I put off my taxes until tonight, and I'm trying to log into the H&R Block site to file my returns and stuff, and I can't remember the password. No biggie; I hit "forgotten password" and they send my hint to my email. Except for my hint I chose the phrase "You loose". Now, this isn't actually a password hint. This was filled out by an arrogant 16 year old who knew he would never forget the password for the site, so there was no need to use a real hint. Fuck. I need to do these tonight, too, because I'm leaving for Utah tommorow morning.
Anyways, in less audit-inducing news, I met up with Jeff today for the first time in at least 2 or 3 years. It was pretty cool. We were gonna play a bit of Quake, but we ended up just talking about coding, and comparing various languages and stuff we've written recently. He's a pretty cool guy; hopefully we'll get to chill out more in the future.
I'm pretty wired up on caffeine, too, because I was downing Dr. Peppers left and right at the barbeque earlier, and Jeff and I met at a coffee shop. I'm gonna be up for a few hours at least, but they'll be productive. I'm gonna figure out how to do my taxes, somehow, and I'm also gonna get Fernando ready for the Utah trip. I need to install a Java IDE; or configure the KDE IDE, or do somethign so I can work on BFP. God, I'm talking like I work in marketing. Anyways, speaking of productivity, I should go exhibit some.
Late. |
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| Money (3) |
[Apr. 4th, 2004|12:08 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | livejournal, money | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | good | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Smash Mouth - Your Man | ] |
Heeheehee!
Inspired by the copious amounts cash found in my bedroom, I went out to my car, and managed to find about $6.50. This brings the total to almost $60, if you count the pennies.
I think I'll take a vote/poll to see what I should spend it all on.
Poll #273303 I've got hella coinage!
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllWhat should I spend it on? Other: |
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| Money (2) |
[Apr. 4th, 2004|11:50 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | money | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | rich | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket | ] |
Whee!
I've been kindasorta cleaning my room today, and as I kept finding coins throughout my room I added them to the Box of Coins on my bookshelf. When cleaning got so boring it was unbearable, I whipped out the box and started counting coins. I have over $50 in the box. I thought it was like ten bucks. $50 bucks is definately enough to get something cool, I just have to pick what. |
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| Money |
[Mar. 25th, 2004|08:02 pm] |
Robbie Hart is at an interview for a job at a bank.
Mr. Simms (Kevin Nealon): Do you have any experience?
Robbie (Adam Sandler): No, sir, I have no experience but I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in.
--The Wedding Singer
I'm feeling pretty good about my financial situation right now. Even though I've been spending money pretty liberally (with my recent hosting upgrade, purchase of new domain names, buying food, movie tickets, and gifts for Caitlin), I'm still making it faster than it dissapears.
I'm spending fewer and fewer hours working at SkyStream, but the money I'm making as a freelance Desktop Support provider is more than making up for it. At SkyStream I get paid $10 an hour; working freelance I make up to $20. My best client gave me $160 today for an 8 hour job. I'm considering doing a little advertising, if I can bring in a few more clients then my income would be pretty awesome.
Right now I'm still in debt to my parents, but its nothing compared to the $2,500 dollars I owed last summer. $400 for my dad and $70 for my mom, and I'm a free man. I think I have enough in the bank right now, but I'll probably pay it off over the next few months, so I can still have money for gas and food.
I've fallen pretty far behind my plans for Blue Field Project, though. Maybe I should just focus on finishing up the game. I'm hoping that I'll get a couple hundred bucks through Jeff's site for it; but current activity at OpenWare suggests that might be a little high. Perhaps the site will get a boost in traffic before the game is completed.
Or maybe I should just focus my effort on school. If I tried I could still get higher than a 4.0 for the semester, which would dramatically increase my chances of getting into a decent college. It also probably wouldn't hurt to do a little studying for the AP tests, which are now only a month away.
Or I can just go play nethack. |
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