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we now continue our previously scheduled splah. of course, i wound up quitting that job. entailed with the job switch was a switch from driving to using cta rapid transit to get to work, a $75/month pass (bought eventually, after i got over my hangup about the CIA being able to track my daily movements; […]

so, recently i managed to finally get myself out of credit card debt. about 7 years ago, i took on two major expenses — i bought a new 2001.5 Volkswagen Passat GLS sedan, and i bought my mother a house in rural texas. then about a year later, my personal circumstances dramatically changed and, suddenly, […]

O Frabjous Day!

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so yesterday i submitted two online payments to my citibank mastercard for the last $2202.10 of my credit card debt. it’s, like, paid off now, and shit. and then i did my 2008 budget and flung some at Médecins Sans Frontières, because i am a wild woman and you cannot stop the crazy when i […]

a brief update

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man, so much to do, so little frigging time to do it in. madness, lately. stay tuned for updates hopefully soon. in other news: man oh man do i look forward to when “payday” doesn’t also mean ‘”pay all your bills and leave yourself with a couple hundred bucks for groceries and stuff for the […]

so, as you might have heard, i recently settled a little debate between the irs and me regarding whether or not i had in fact filed my 2003 tax return. (me: of course i have, i always file my taxes, and your stupid electronic system’s braindamage is not my problem. them: oh yes it is, […]