something new

So I've realized that I've become very set in my ways. I've learned to live on a budget which isn't fun. OK, so it isn't really "learned" just a necessity since I'm on a fixed-income (geez, I sound old) but I'm doing OK. I could get a job, but then I wouldn't have time to do the stupid things I like to do.

What's the point of this rambling you ask? Well, last month I finally resolved the problem with the VA and my school. My school said that they sent in the paperwork, the VA said they don't have my record on file. That was all cleared up last month, good. I've been missing my GI Bill money since June, been living on a tight budget of my savings. Then a few weeks ago, something crazy happened.

Have you ever put on a jacket that you haven't worn in years? Reached into the pocket and pull out a $20 bill? You automatically think, "Oh! Free money!" Even though it was yours all along, but somehow you've managed to live without it all this time so it basically is free money? I'm not going to get into the exact figures, but let's just say that for the last year the VA has been paying me the wrong amount every month. It was only last month that they caught the error and made the correction. OK, fine, it was like a $500 a month difference.

So, I go to check my bank account online, thinking that I'd have just a few bucks when, BLAM! Like a shotgun, I get hit with this large figure of money in my account. Some people might thank their lucky stars, cash it, close the account; but I'm different I guess and I thought "Ah, crap. Someone made a mistake." This happened on a Saturday morning, so I had to look at it all day and then Sunday too. Calling up the VA first thing Monday morning was my priority. Now I know I sound stupid, but I was sorta mad at them and demanded to know why I had so much money in my account. Well, after about 30 minutes I got an explanation that satisfied my curiosity. It was a $20 bill in my jacket pocket.

The moral of the story is, what am I going to do with this free money? Yes, I'm saving some, but there are a few things that I do need to get. I've lived without them for so long that it has been my justification for not getting them. So far I've gotten some new power tools (for my crazy building ideas) and a new laptop & printer. Went to the Apple Store, got this Macbook. Using it now, in case you were wondering.

I figured that you might ask yourself why I'm typing on a Mac all of a sudden and how I got the money to buy it. Yup, $20 bill in my jacket. Lots of bills in my jacket. Lots of jackets with lots of bills in the pockets.

And if there are any cool/stupid ideas you have that I can do with some of this money, let me know. So far I'm planning an Appalachian Trail hike with some friends. I'm getting a lot of camping supplies.

don't throw it away

The jury is still out on the bulletproof backpack. Although I might just pick one up for myself if they're big enough. Funny that "protecting" our kids is MJ. Michael Jackson. OK, fine, I'm going to ask my dad to raise my allowance so I can get one of these bad boys.

You sow what you reap. I can't feel sorry for the people injured, except the kids that may have been forced to go because their parents come from the shallow end of the gene pool.

Frick! Damn Nazis, they went back in time and killed a bunch of dinosaurs. Probably forced them to dig their graves and then shot them! I was thinking seriously though, wouldn't the any mass dinosaur grave site have oil? So that'd make the Middle East the "biggest" mass grave? Which we could then blame the Muslims? Are you following me? Tricky bastards.

Maybe the smartest guy. Or could be that the heat just finally got to him. $1200 to fix an AC unit? What the hell? You can REPLACE one for cheaper. Again, that's mostly all labor. You gotta check for leaks which is just time consuming but you can fix an AC unit for about the price it takes to put a conventional AC on your roof. I just can't believe that the battery actually runs the AC unit. Whew.

Indiana having more stupid fun, the Michael Jackson type. So a lawsuit probably in the millions, plus losing your job, is worth $140 to you? Good math, people. Must be the same people that do Wesley Snipes' taxes.

I guess I can see the stoner logic behind the arguments. Pot can help national security... you come up with some wicked ideas when your baked, of course the terrorists would just waltz on by while you're stoned but at least you have your ideas. Or are they talking about the paranoia associated with it? Maybe the paranoia is only associated with it because of the legal status which would disappear when legalized. $10 billion? That's a lot of dime-bags. Bigger than porn. Pot is bigger than porn? Study must've been conducted by a stoner. And how does one go about gathering such information? Going to dealers and ask them how much they make? Like these are the most honest people.

I say crack was involved. If you're mentally capable of discerning that you and your "wife" have mentally problems, they're not that bad. Didn't seem to retarded to get married either. Or retarded enough to have a kid. Although I admit that $1000 ain't that much for a kid. You know a healthy kid can go for upwards of $200,000 on the black market? Huh, maybe they are retarded.

shark porn

So I was up late last night. Not really doing anything except downloading Bud Light "Real Men of Genius" commercials. That and some Carlos Menica soundbites, like the 'Dee Dee Dee' song and dissing Kanye West. Of course the TV was on and I saw the most awesomest video game commercial ever! It's the Lego Star Wars Original Trilogy. It's the f***ing trifecta, Lego, Star Wars and video game. Well, I got my weekend planned now. Buy game, pop in game, and sit in front of TV. Whoever came up with that concept was a real Bud Light Real Men of Genius. Thank-you Mr. Lego Star Wars Original Trilogy video game concept comer upper!