I have $5.82 exactly to last me until August 1st, after all my bills are paid. Talk about just making it. I sent a dignified plea for money to my mother via e-mail. They're vacationing (again) so she shouldn't recieve it until today or tomorrow. I am waiting for the lecturing phone call about budgets and extravagant spending and why don't you call ( Read more... )

How the Government Fucked Me, Part One:
I am living on my own. I am single, perky and young. However, I am not:

1. twenty-four years old
2. married
3. a parent

... And because of this, I will very likely be declined for Federal Financial Aid ( Read more... )

My hand is healing nicely. My index finger is no longer the oozing gash it was three days ago, though I still have almost no feeling in the tip. I've graduated from gauze to a simple waterproof band aid. Liberation is at hand. I can play video games again ( Read more... )

So, I was washing out my favorite tea pot last night ( Read more... )

Just a few minutes ago, I was sitting here at my desk and I started having trouble breathing. My heart felt twice its normal size and I could hear and feel every beat. I started breathing as deeply as I could, and it went away. It lasted maybe 10 seconds. That's happened before, but never for that long. Now I've got an occasional faint pain on my ( Read more... )

[EDIT: Nope, guess not.]Monica ( Read more... )

The scene: a garage. I'm talking to the cashier, who does light mechanical work, while Alex pays for his repairs. My car's been acting up for a few days, and I'm pretty concerned."Well, the check engine light was blinking three days ago, about ten blinks. Then it went off. The next day, it came on and stayed on. When I went to accelerate, to pass a ( Read more... )