Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Grarg!

I have no money (see previous post). I have no life (see previous post). I need to fix my car....

When will all of this shit end? I'd like to have some money at some point in my life. Thus, the epic jobsearch continues. Joy, joy, joy.

Wish me luck!

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Stupid people in the ST '09 Fandom

Really enjoyed reading some stuff I found in the new Star Trek Reboot fandom. Some awfully good writers out there.

However, there is a pet peeve that is driving me CRAZY with all the writers out there.

People:

THE ROMAN NUMERAL NINE IS NOT WRITTEN OR TYPED IN THE FORM OF...."XI."

Dudes, that's eleven, NOT nine.

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You see my point? It's annoying.

If you want to write NINE in roman numerals, it's IX. Because one is I, two is II, three is III, FOUR is IV, five is V, six is VI, seven is VII, eight is VIII and NINE IS IX, while ten is X. The placement of the "ones" is what determines whether the number is larger or smaller. If it's placed in front of the larger number, then it's like saying "subtract this from the above." So technically you could write eight as IIX, but the convention is to write it VIII. Or, "five plus three" in other words. So putting the one AFTER the larger number makes it BIGGER. Thus, I+X is nine, but X+I is eleven. That's the formal convention, anyway.

ARRRG. I learned this in latin and spanish literature classes. Because classic spanish literature uses the convention of roman numerals to number the chapters. So DUH.

Can someone PLEASE GET A CLUE?

Mrr.

And my apologies to singingintime, who is an awesome writer, but her site did have a good example of this error (and I saw a lot on other sites....but her's was the one with the tab open, so I used it as an example). Which is why there's a link to her stuff above. You don't have to read it, to see the "xi"-ness.

On another note, spent the day cleaning and baking. Yum for scones!

Friday, October 09, 2009

Today Sucked. End of Story.

Have just had the day from hell. I shall prove my point (and the fact that I'm broke is "fun" too):

Item 1: Discovered that I only got paid for about THREE DAYS from last month on this paycheck, due to a stupid technicality from the accounting department that pays us worker bees from the 15th to the 15th... but we get paid on the 9th. WTF? Hello? 234 bucks don't cut it.

Item 2: Have no money for bills, let alone rent. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. If I pay some of the rent in arrears from last month, will REALLY have no way to pay bills. Must pay! Or else pay even MORE late fees. Gas bill is due this month too.

Item 3: Spanish tutoree has dropped the class, so I have to go and search elsewhere for tutoring gigs. This will require time and money if I have to meet the tutorees somewhere. Damn.

Item 4: No money for bills, means no money for food. And I don't have enough to make it through this month. Starvation, here I come.

Item 5: Bike that I've been riding to work (3-4 days a week) now has a flat. Which will have to get fixed this weekend. Too tired to do it now. And now I won't have the money to get a spare until next month, so must pray that fix holds. Damn.

Item 6: Told friends that I would come visit, watch tv...work on Halloween costumes. Have no money, so can't afford gas (they live in Fullerton) and can't buy stuff. Really need car for days when I don't ride my bike to school (errands, etc.). So no go. Hate disappointing friends.

Item 7: Tried to call friends to let them know about snafus...and that I would be late due to bookfair that I have to help run, or I don't get cool new books for the bookfaire. No one answered, and their mailbox was full. ARG.

Item 8: Car not working. Like whoa. Problem (I think) with fuel injection. Am extremely reluctant to drive it, not just because of cost of gas, but it needs to be fixed. That will probably put me in the hole 500 to 600 bucks. And, I have no money. Scary check engine light will spell eventual doom. Costs even more to have it towed home when it does break completely, and then I'm totally out a car.



Good things;

1. Found dad a goodie for xmas/stocking!
2. Got jamba juice smoothie for only $2.00--hooray for fundraisers!
3. Have food for dinner tonight and tomorrow...
4. Found out how to get HPV shot for cheap cheap cheap. Yay! Merck rocks.

Solutions:
1. Friends need to get off lazy asses and visit ME once in a while. I can't visit them more than once a week, and now, can't visit them at all. No money, no energy, except maybe on weekends.
2. Find tutoring jobs. This will cut into free time. But so what, because I need the money.
3. MAD JOBSEARCH. Need to find another job, obviously. This sucks!

Usually, I like fridays. Today, I just want to kill something. Or smash something. I just feel so discouraged. Have decided not to move from home. Fuck it, friends can lump it.

All I can say is that I tried today. At least things in the library went swimmingly!