Actually, I'd settle for a canoe. I'm really getting sick of this. Besides my student loan debt and my auto loan, I currently have $5,799.44 in credit card debt, almost all of which is for medical, dental, or auto repair expenses. There are very few expenses I can cut out of my life right now, unless I decide to sell of most of my belongings (including the car) and move into some teeny-tiny place in a co-op or rooming house.

Of course, without the car, I won't be able to substitute teach, and no one else seems to want to hire me right now. But hey, Wal-Mart is hiring!

Sorry to be grumbling at you (the whole three of you that actually read this thing) so feel free to move along to somewhere more fun. I'm just getting extremely frustrated these days. The rich are getting richer, and I'm eating oatmeal for every meal so that I can save money. And I'm comparitively well-off...I don't have kids to support. I do, however, have a cracked filling and a leaky fuel line, both of which need to be repaired ASAP. Say goodbye, Washington D.C..

I get lots of advice from people. "Do some more volunteer work, and it will look good on a resume and lead to better job opportunities." "You should go back to school." "Try looking for an internship or an entry level graphics job somewhere." "You should take a second job, like waiting tables." Well, there are only 24 hours in a day, folks, so what do I choose? Did Dubya ever have to make these choices? Did Dick? I tell ya, I'm getting fucking sick and tired of pulling myself up by my goddam bootstraps.

About the only thing I seem to be good at is scoring free tickets to things. I would gladly trade that in for some luck that was more lucrative. Honestly, I don't need to be rich, but I'd at least like to be out of the red. I can only tread water for so long. Can someone please tell me when it is supposed to get better?

/rant