My goodness I'm spending alot lately.  And as a man characteristically frugal, I have spent quite alot.  Normally, getting money from me is like draiwng blood from a stone.  However, despite the fact that I took out $200 from a cash machine a week ago and sold three text books for a total of $140, I only have $65 left in my wallet!  Where did all that money go you might ask?  The same day that I sold my books (all for 1/3 less than what I paid for them) I bought a statistics text for $80.  Today alone I gave up roughly $50 at the bookstore for handouts, readings and notes for my Science and Religion course as well as $7 for a couple of 3-ring binders and forked out $40 for the lab work and photocopied text book for Paleobotany.  And I've only put $5 on my one card.  Ok, that explains away$182 of the $275 spent, but what about the rest of it?  Perishables- those things that are quite ephemeral and therefore definately do not hold their value.  And believe it or not, my boredom has driven me to actually spend money ( a fair amount too) on socializing.  I went to a dance on saturday ($7) and was convinced to take swing lessons from that campus swing dance club.  The first lesson is $20 and each following one is $5, and there is a $10 annual membership fee.  So last night alone I spent $30 for a one hour dance lesson.  Ok that brings us up to $219.  I know that I spent $4 on laundry, but where on earth did the rest of it go?  Have I really spent that much on Food?  Could I have actually spent $56 on food in only a week!?  Not possible.  Ok, maybe I spent up to $30 on food, as I'm stocking up on longlasting stuff like laundry detergent, a tooth brush and toothpaste, but what the hell did I do with the rest of the damn money?  Why the hell can't I account for roughly $25!? 
     Ok, this may seem like a piddling little sum to those of you reading this, but I don't have a job and the one I was hoping to get has just been given to someone else.  Not having income sucks!  I can't imagine how bad off Allan must be with roughly the same expenses and having not had income all summer.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
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