February is nearing an end and spring isn’t too far away. Here are some things going around in my head. I’m still thinking of buying a house. The one I like right now is $104,900. If I put $21,000 down on it with a 3.774% interest rate and live there/own it for 30 years, I [...]
With folded arms and a jealous grin you say
“You wrote that for who?”
And it’s a lie when I say, “I forgot
but this one’s for you”
I was encouraged to write one of these things, so here goes. January 2011 I started running a CNC lathe at work which was quite a departure from supervising and office work. It’s much less stressful, but at times monotonous. Early 2011 saw rising gas prices and my increasing frustration with my daily commute. So [...]
Well, I’m pleased to say that my Materialism 2010½ update is pretty much taken a non-issue! Days later I bought a new computer, Adobe Creative Suite CS5, and my parents gave me a pretty keen desk for my birthday at the end of July (and I don’t feel I need a new drawing desk nearly [...]
Moving isn’t fun at all. If you disagree, you’re sick and should seek help immediately. So, starting tomorrow I’ll be living in Aurora. You should come visit because I don’t know anyone else that lives in Aurora. Anyway, I’ve never lived in an apartment all on my own, so this will be an interesting experiment. [...]
In 24 days I need to have a new place to live. The toss up is between DeKalb and Aurora. Aurora is closer to both work and the city. I’m going to miss Chicago, but it would be nice to visit regularly. I’d especially like to start printing more and playing more music. Hopefully cutting [...]