Saturday, October 08, 2005
I hate money
I'm starting to doubt that I'll be able to stretch my meager income to cover rent, utilities, food, and the hundreds of dollars of textbooks that I charged and haven't yet paid for. I'd work more, but that would involve spending less time on school stuff (I'm stretched pretty thin in that respect as it is). Indeed, school events force me to sign off work shifts. As I write, I am skipping work, because I forgot to sign it off for this dumb orchestra thing I have to do this afternoon. I was supposed to get a raise in a few months, but going AWOL for a shift will probably affect that.
Meanwhile, it's getting colder and yesterday I spent $78 on the cheapest jacket at Active Endeavors; money which I had been preparing to pay my Verizon bill.
If I don't pay my University bill, I won't be able to register for classes next semester. This means I have about a month and a half to come up with that money, and I'm not too confident I'll be able to do it.
I'm seeing a societal metaphor in this. Here we have a huge international economy that is entirely formed on fickle and finite resources (petroleum). As long as we hold on to our precious lifestyles without asking ourselves how we're going to pay for them down the road, we will never be sure we aren't in for a long, cold winter.
Not to be a Gloomy Gus or anything.
Meanwhile, it's getting colder and yesterday I spent $78 on the cheapest jacket at Active Endeavors; money which I had been preparing to pay my Verizon bill.
If I don't pay my University bill, I won't be able to register for classes next semester. This means I have about a month and a half to come up with that money, and I'm not too confident I'll be able to do it.
I'm seeing a societal metaphor in this. Here we have a huge international economy that is entirely formed on fickle and finite resources (petroleum). As long as we hold on to our precious lifestyles without asking ourselves how we're going to pay for them down the road, we will never be sure we aren't in for a long, cold winter.
Not to be a Gloomy Gus or anything.
