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pariah_kittie
05 July 2009 @ 12:34 pm
Okay, so I finished the wings! Aaand it's a secret first posting right here!



Still need to hear back from the commissioner before I post them on DA. But really, it feels so good to finally be completely 100% done with commissions! I suppose it could be time to open them again soon, for one last tiny round before NDK.

And it turns out that Friday was in fact my last day at Game Crazy! And of course, it seems, that all of the things happen on the last day to remind me exactly of why I was leaving  lol. All the stupid people...the stupid questions and problems and on and on. I feel great, srsly.

For the past 3 weeks or so I've been slowly working on a new "drawing wings" tutorial. It's taking foreverrrrr but oh well. I think outside of commissions that very well may be one of the last things I post on DA between now and NDK. Fanart and such I'll probably only post here. I know I have some fanart on DA but I want to be selective about what I put on there. I mean, it's already wierd enough knowing that there are some people who watch me solely because I draw "furry" stuff. Dammit, I wish they'd just call it anthro...

At least I have everything set out for NDK...what I'm making, how much I'm making, materials I need to make said items, and the setup and stands for the table. This year should be really fun, and possibly the best yet I think. I know as for the wings I probably won't have any over 2 feet. People just don't plan on buying anything bigger than that. I'm going to try to make some that are folded too, and a bunch of maybe really tiny ones if I can. Like, shoulder width. I think more people would buy those than larger ones. Larger ones are probably more for the commissioning type I think. But that's fine with me, since smaller ones take less time and less space lol. 


 
 
pariah_kittie
03 July 2009 @ 12:07 am
Quiet online pretty much.
But, lots going on. Err, thinking about lots going on heh.
Working on a commission from way back when, the wings. I'm still not sure how I'm going to post them since I never officially opened commissions for them but yet I'm working on one, even though I started talking to them about it when I HAD commissions open. But, just haven't started working on that until just recently. I could say that I guess.

BUT oh well.

Also, Sunday is my last day at Game Crazy. Or, it damn better be. Coz I'm not going in after Sunday. Screw that, man.

I don't remember what else I was going to say. Hmm..... it's late, so I guess I'm forgetful.

Sleeeeeeeep now. Bye.

 


 
 
pariah_kittie
Okay, so remember in my last post I said that someone had contacted me for an interview to their company? Well, I got some more info on exactly what that was.

From what I get, the company offers a lot of services (different offices) covering things from mortgage lending to investing and consulting. I think that it's to help people with plans for how to handle their money and house or investments. I'm totally not familiar with anything like that, so I still don't exactly know what it's all about.

But I went ahead and scheduled an interview with them anyway. I mean, why not? What if it turns out to be a really good job? I realize it has absolutely positively nothing to do with art. BUT if it makes enough, it'd be a really good way to pay back my loans, so I don't have to worry about making enough money as a starving artist lol. If I have to work a couple years doing something outside of my field so that I CAN move to working in my field, I think it'd be worth it.

So the interview is at 3:00 tomorrow, right between my two jobs lol. Busy day indeed! Game Crazy is from 9-1, interview at 3, then Aaron Bros from 5-9.

They might decide I'm not even a good fit for the job anyway, but oh well. I'm still happy to be at Aaron Bros. =]
 
 
pariah_kittie
20 June 2009 @ 10:39 pm
Well, I've finally taken as much BS as I can from Game Crazy. It's been 3 weeks since they started looking for someone to hire and they STILL have yet to hire anyone. I'm done waiting for them to get their shit together so on Monday I'm putting in my two weeks notice. I really don't think I can stand to stay their two weeks, but hell I've done it this long, what's two weeks more.

Then today, the weirdest thing at Aaron Bros. I got a call (on the Aaron Bros store phone) for me..and I never get phone calls. So I answer it and it was a customer that I had helped a couple weeks ago. She was asking if I was interested in a job offer! So, from what she said in the 2 minutes that we talked, they're looking for people to head their offices. It's a company that's expanding, and she thinks that I would be a good fit to head one of those offices, or even just work with them, full time or just part time. THEN...the crazy part, she said that depending on what position in these offices one held, one could earn upwards of a 6 figure income!
BUT, it's safe to say I'm pretty skeptical at the moment, considering I couldn't get her to tell me what the company actually was. The store was pretty busy so I wasn't able to talk to her any more, and I gave her my phone number. She said she'll give me a call to schedule an interview.
I figure I'll at least go to the interview to see what the job is, right? I'd feel really dumb not going then finding out it was something really good.
SO we'll see how that turns out. Whatever it is lol.

As for other things, I spent pretty much all evening drawing, tracing, then cutting out the feathers for the felt wings I'm making. My hand was pretty cramped up for a minute there. I cut out 119 feathers! But damn, it's nice to really make something again. It makes me even more excited to quit Game Crazy, knowing I'll have more time for stuff like this!  I still need to make some wings for the Ravenglass Gallery to have with her at the Farmer's Market this summer, plus I'll need at least 10 pairs for NDK! But, at least for those I only plan on making mostly small ones...probably two foot outstretched and 2 foot folded.

I want to open commissions again too... but at the same time I don't. I want to do a bunch of stuff for me, and I keep thinking that maybe I should open commissions for the money. BUT if I open commissions, I'll have less time to draw pieces to get ready for NDK! It's such a catch 22...make money now, or make money later? BUT I NEED THE MONEY NOW TO GET MATERIALS TO MAKE STUFF FOR NDK T TO SELL...so..yeah, gotta figure that one out I guess lol.

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pariah_kittie
13 June 2009 @ 09:23 pm
Art
Without the computer still, but I've been thinking that I might just give in and stick my tablet driver onto Kyle's comp so I can mess around in Photoshop a little easier. His area isn't exactly the best layout for a tablet, but eh. I still don't know if I want to do it though, as I have other things that really need to be worked on first. One is a painting that I literally started last year for father's day, and have YET to finish. I...just feel like total fail with that, and I really want to get it done for him this year.

The other project is a pair of wings for a client that kinda started from way back when, but we actually didn't start the commission until just recently. I feel a little bad, because I've had my Felt Wings nommissions listed as closed for who knows how long, and then I start this one. But, what's neat is they're plannnig on using the wings in a photo shoot, plus they were ready to pay immediately, so maybe that's why I went ahead and started this one. Either way, I hope to oficially open commissions somewhat soonish. I don't know how many I'll be able to actually take since I'll need to start making some for NDK and such. That, plus all the other loads of stuff I want for NDK this year. Sooo much to do. *sigh*

Truthfully, I've been feeling kinda overwhelmed with trying to work on things I really want to work on. I have the motivation, but not the drive? Eh, I don't know sometimes. I think I really just need a good kick in my butt to get going.

Job
I hate Game Crazy. There, that's pretty much the just of it. Why do I still work there? I really don't know. Maybe it's because I feel, with all the "great" luck I've had with jobs, that if I quit it'll backfire on me so hard. I mean, I need the money...shit, it's just a shitty situation at a shitty job. End of that.

What else....
A few weeks ago I got a friend request from my ex bf on Facebook, also telling me that he's grown up, apoligizing for the way he acted in high school and asking if I'm still friends with basically the one person I dislike most in the world. You could say I immediately rejected THAT one. That's the last thing I want, is high school crap in my current life. It's much better without it, for sure.

Oh, and then today I got a friend request from the ex bf of that one person I dislike the most in the world...so, wierd stuff
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OK, I stopped writing this like an hour ago and just came back and realized that I had started lol.
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pariah_kittie
07 May 2009 @ 08:38 pm
Hey, haven't updated in a while! I'll separate subjects to make it look like I'm not rambling on and on and on...yeah.

New Place
So, at the beginning of May we (Kyle, our friend Justin and I) along with our friend Nick who is also staying with us for the moment moved into a house that we are now renting. It's pretty nice, and I'm liking it far better than any of the apartments previously rented. =]

NDK 09
So, I'm already thinking about what to do for this. Last year was really stressful waiting till the last minute to start everything. This year I want to enter the contest for the program art, and I want to have lots of things available including new anime themed (and even fanart) prints, bookmarks, stickers, keychains, phone charms, magnets and possibly plushies of sorts.

Now I've always been one to follow the code of "original art only" but I've really thought about it...and I've gotten past the whole - refusing to do fan art of any kind - thing. I mean, this is an anime convention. Considering the type of crowd that attends these things, I really think that I would greatly benefit from selling artwork that people actually recognize.

As for actually posting any of the fan art on my DA account, I think I'll hold off. I really don't want to get attention and watches solely for fan art. I could post it here I guess. So, if you're reading this it means you are going to be one of the very few people to see my fan art outside of the NDK artist's alley. I feel much safer here lol.

Oh, and so I was inquiring about the dangers of selling fan art from American based companies (such as Marvel and Lucas films) and I found that it really doesn't get to be a problem unless you're making more than 600 gross dollars from the reproductions. So, with that in mind I think I'm going to expand my fan-art themes to outside of anime, like to Star Wars, Thundercats and other cartoons, and some games as well while still keeping the quantity to a minimum.

I want to do a bunch of phone charms especially, as I don't remember seeing too many of those. There'll also be some zodiac phone charm combos  -_^  And of course, I'm going to do a bunch of felt wings, but I think I'll lower the price a bit for the con as kind of a "special" sort of thing.

Aye, so much to do!

 
 
pariah_kittie
28 April 2009 @ 09:09 pm
Ok, so I've pretty much fallen off of the face of LJ for a while now, so it's time for a quick update.

Tomorrow morning we start moving into our new house. Yes, it's a real house! No more apartments for us! It's gonna be Kyle and I, and our friend Justin. It has a driveway, a small front yard, a bigger fenced in back yard, 3 bedroom, 2.3 bath, sunroom and an extra extension to the side of the house like another livingroom in which the guys are going to turn into the "man place"...for gaming and working out.
I'm so ready to move in already! That sun room will be perfect for painting and drawing. I want to plant a garden too =]

So yeah, internet and cable will be connected tomorrow morning, and tomorrow night I rented a U-Haul to get the rest of the stuff.

Besides that, my computer is still busted =(
As soon as I can I want to start working on more stuff for NDK. I have lots of ideas but no way to really apply them.
 
 
pariah_kittie
22 March 2009 @ 04:40 pm
Kyle, Nick and I looked at our 2nd house today and we decided to put in an application for it.
It's 3 levels. Upstairs has the master bedroom (huuuuge!) with attached bath and walk-in closet. The closet isn't exactly a full walk- in, but it works I guess. Next to the master bed is a small bedroom, no closet though. What's weird is both rooms have glass doors...but oh well, that can be fixed with curtains or something.

The main level has all hardwood floors with a living room in the front, the door to a 2 car garage to the left, and down the hallway you get to the kitchen. To the right is the main part of the kitchen, and to the left is the main family room with a fireplace, all connected as one room. If you keep going straight there's a balcony/deck. Downstairs theres what seems to be a studio (lots of electrical outlets and studio lighting), and basically 2 more rooms with a laundry room. I think we can request a washer and dryer fora  little extra a month.

Also downstairs is a door outside to the backyard, where there's another deck.. The backyard has a tall, solid fence that's currently being re-done, that goes all the way to the sides of the house with locking fences. In the corner of the yard is a storage shed.

I think once the grass starts to grow again it's going to look really nice. I don't know if we'll get it though, as we're still waiting for Nick to hear back for a job, and there have been 3-4 other applications already. But, it all depends on who the landlord picks, and he seems really nice to hopefully we'll hear some good news soon.
 


 
 
pariah_kittie
06 March 2009 @ 09:59 pm
Moving
Yes! I'm moving. It's actually probably a good thing, as this place is uh....not the greatest. Especially the part about how it gets to be over 100 degrees in the summer.
So, Kyle and I are thinking about renting out an actual house with one of our friends. That...would be SO amazing. It'd be nice to live in a house again. I'm so sick of this 3rd story noisy ass neighbor crap. Not to mention that, somehow, no matter how nice the apartment is that they show us, we always get an "old" one.
Anyways, there are actually a lot of reasons why we want to move, but I typed it all out earlier and the internet got screwed up and lost it so...I'm feeling lazy and giving the short version lol.

Working more
Yups. I wanted more hours at work and I magically got them before I actually mentioned it to my bosses lol. So it seems with all the management shifts that have been happening lately at both jobs, there are more hours and shifts that need to be filled. Between the two places I think I'm at 56 hours for next week. Hoooooly crap haha that's a shit ton! But I could reeeeealy use it right now too. And unfortunately....with the move and the onset of school loans, I don't think I'll be able to go to Comic Con this year. Sad.... but yeah, that's life I guess. Unless some miricale happens I don't think I'll be making enough to go anywhere this summer. Ah well, things can change quickly, so I guess I can only hope for the best.


 
 
pariah_kittie
01 March 2009 @ 04:28 pm
Sick  
Oh, yay.
So...nasty cold decided to hit me right after coming home from Missoula.
I've pretty much lost my voice and have to leave for work in about 20 minutes. And I'll be working alone pretty much the rest of the night. With no voice. How the hell is that suppose to work?

Bleh, it'd just be so nice to sleeeeeep. I have energy, and I'd totally use that towards drawing but can't.
And having no voice is so frustrating! Kyle keeps asking me questions that are not yes or no.....UM I CAN'T TALK SODJFPSDFJE stoppit
So yeah....tonight is NOT going to be fun. Especially trying to talk to customers?

Yay. I'm so optimistic aren't I?
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pariah_kittie
11 February 2009 @ 03:47 pm
Wow, checking my bank account today was kinda scary. You know, when you forget that you sent out about $735 worth of checks and payments in one week the results can be -not- pretty.
Lucky for me I have overdraft protection, but then again, I've been spending money I thought I had. . =(
There's always tax returns, but it also costs like $80 to get them done. And my car's almost out of gas.

This always seems to happen when I let my money management slide and think to myself "oh, I have enough for this or that"...but it goes so damn fast. And it's obvious now that it's going faster than it's coming.

And to make it worse, I'm out of town for the next week and a half (starting the 17th) so no work for that time. Bleh. NOT good. But what to do? Get a 3rd job? Yeah right. Not doing it.

It seams  the only reasonable thing to do is tough it out, take what I can get and work on my portfolio to start applying for jobs that will actually PAY something. Like....more than $9/hour would be good. That's all I need, at 30 hours a week.

I dunno anymore. From what I've heard no one - anywhere - can get a good job. It just really sucks, and I hope that things start to turn around soon.
 


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pariah_kittie
15 January 2009 @ 06:23 pm
I got one of my W-2's in today, and after I get the other one I'm getting my taxes filed! This is always an awesome time of year...I'm expecting at least $700, which is enough to get a good start on money for Comic Con!

Oh, speaking of, I've been thinking I might want to dress up this year. But as who?

Costume ideas here )
 
 
pariah_kittie
13 January 2009 @ 04:18 pm
Yup, it seems I am positively sick once again this oh-so-awesome snow season.
I work every day the rest of this week, so I still don't know when my next day off is...makes it kinda hard to recover from such things.
It doesn't help that I've been having these wierd lower-abdomen and side pains...hope it's not anything to worry about.

There's a bunch to do in the next week or so of course, and little time to start or do much. Gotta get hotel reservations set for NDK and Comic Con this year soon, as well as start (and finish) the rest of my anthro commissions.

That reminds me, and I've really been thinking about this for a while now. I believe that one reason that my art seems kinda stuck is because of the anthro genre. I can't seem to get away from it, and it feels like I either need to completely break away or I won't be able to move on. All of my commissions are anthro, and although anthro is the most faved thing in my gallery at DA, (besides the wings) I don't feel like it really means anything...
It's not that I don't appreciate it, because I really do. But in a career sense, I don't think anthro fits anywhere. I get the feeling that video games that have anthro-like characters are looking for artists that draw humans and other creatures with the abilitiy to draw anthro. Not an anthro artist with the abilitiy to draw humans and creatures. :/

SO, in light of that I may loose many watchers over the next few months, but that's OK. I'd rather have watchers interested in my artwork and style, rather than watchers who just like to look at fuzzy animal creatures. Yes, it's interesting and cute and fun to play with, but I think it's time for me to be serious.

And why am I not posting this on DA? Dunno. Maybe it's just the certain people on here that I want to really read this. People who might understand better what an artist must do to advance, and not possibly get annoyed at my decision to change my focus in my art. Not that it really matters what many think or say, because I'm doing it anyway lol.

Yup. Gotta go to work.

 


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pariah_kittie
09 January 2009 @ 06:21 pm
Feh  
It seems the holidays are not over for me...nope!
Well my hours have increased at BOTH jobs again, different reasons, but still.
At Game Crazy there's a visit from my boss's boss's boss...the BIG GUY apparently, and my manager is freaking out about everything and scheduling people to do all of this crap around the store to make it look perfect.

At Aaron Brothers my boss told me that one of the guys will be working more at his other job...so I'll pick up his hours. And she's thinking about ditching our framer (he's so clueless it's not even funny....) and so there's MORE hours, and I'm pretty much the only one that can pick them up.

But there is some good news! It seems that the shift leader got interviewed for a management job for another store the other day. He told me he'd know if he got it within the next couple weeks which means....I'LL KNOW IF I'M GETTING PROMOTED SOON FINALLYYYYYYY!!!!

But I'm worried too...that he WON'T get the shift lead job, and  I won't get promoted...then what? I mean...I'm working 2 freaking jobs AND I'M STILL BROKE... yeah.

......

So...it doesn't happen much, but the other week I finally broke down...just...completely. I guess my frustrations finally came falling down and I couldn't bare it any more. It's been a long time since I actually cried. Kyle helped me...we talked about some stuff that was bothering us and it really helped. This holiday has been rough I guess, being so overworked and such. Since early December that's all it's been - work. Sure, I see people there but it's not relaxing. There's been little time for friends and other general activities, even getting groceries or doing household chores can be hard to find time for. It's just so frustrating sometimes.

Next week I'm scheduled to work all 7 days again...45 hours, no overtime pay.

I feel like a need a miracle.


 
 
pariah_kittie
28 December 2008 @ 12:32 pm
Hey look, I'm writing something here! That means I have time....I HAVE TIME?!!?!? Holy shit, how did this happen? I thought I was suppose to be doing slave labor for the rest of my life in retail! D8

Whew! Well actually I DO have to work today in about an hour. So YAY AGAIN lol. But I have tomorrow off! That means that tomorrow is my first actual, REAL day off in... 3 FUCKING WEEKS. And the only way I got it off? I told one boss that my other boss had scheduled me all day. Lame huh? I can't wait to quit Game Crazy, I hate that place!

Yeah, I'm about to go batshit crazy if I have to work another day and listen to people complain about having to work 5 days in a row or that their next day off isn't for another 2 days and omg it's so hard for them! I WILL KILL YOU PEOPLE RIGHT NOW YOUDONTEVENKNOW.

Okay, I'm done ranting now? Yeah....


Well anyways, I'm hoping to go to Montana within the next couple months here. Hopefully the shift lead job at Aaron Bros won't magically open while I'm gone and be given to someone else...AGAIN. I really need to get out of retail. It's such a DEAD END.


HAH.


Next year I'm going to San Diego Comic Con again...it's the 40th year anniversary! I'm going to work on a portfolio for that, since I have until July to get one together, and hopefully.....I'll find something there. Still gotta get the hotel reserved though, and I'm not sure who's all going yet, but yah never know who's planning on going until later I guess. For now I just...kinda want to get out of Colorado. Sure there's like a couple game companies but really it's mostly graphic arts jobs here.

I'd really like to find a job doing illustration work, concepts or comics. Anything like that! Even web games would be fun.

For the future, I'd really like to have my own studio, even if it's just me it represents. Or have my own comic series! Lol that would be awesome.

.....


Not sure what else to say right now. At the moment I'm just feeling really exhausted from working the holidays, and want to relax...do some stuff that's not so demanding. Bowling would be cool....
 


 
 
pariah_kittie
15 December 2008 @ 10:40 pm
Winter!
Hey look, a post! Not that I really have anything super-awesome exciting to talk about right now. XD
I guess, I can say that I'm already waiting for summer to be here! Winter is WAY too cold and uncomfortable, and I don't even skii or snowboard so what the heck am I doing here? Why can't winter just be snow, without ice, and no colder than say...20 F above zero?

Computer and Painter-X
Anyway, I've still yet to play around with Painter X....kinda wondering if I should wait anyways. My computer's been a bit bogged down and there's a possibility it might have a virus or two. SO if that's the case I'll probably have to wipe the hard drive and reinstall everything so I might as well wait.

Work
So, still doing two jobs for the moment. Aaron Bros and Game Crazy. Right now I'm on a 10 day working spree, Thurday will be my first day off since last Sunday so I'm pretty darned excited!
I'm really nervous right now at Aaron Bros because there's a Management job opening at another store, which means that if the shift leader at my store gets it, then I have the chance to FINALLY get the shift lead job. But, there's still a possibility of someone else getting that management position, in which case nothing will change for me. I really need that shift lead job though -_-;  If I had that I wouldn't have to work 2 jobs, and I'd get bigger checks! I'm just so nervous though, I've worked really hard to get the shift lead position, and I've been outright turned down for it once, and automatically denied the chance to get it another time. And it was the position I was hired for! It just really frustrates me (and pisses me off) that I don't have it by now. I think I really deserve it, and I don't know what I'm going to do if I don't get it! I simply can't affored NOT to get it. >_>
 



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pariah_kittie
18 November 2008 @ 11:52 pm
Ok, I can actually remember my dream for once! I can't say it's anything fabulous, but more just plain weird! So here goes:

Me and Kyle are driving down a highway to what looks a lot like Boulder, CO (very open and close to the mountains). Kyle says to me "take this next exit, it's a shortcut" so I turn off of the highway on what looks like what used to be a dirt road, but has grown over with grass.

This "road" then starts to follow next to a large river in some sort of canyon going up into the mountains. The road at one point runs into the river and we (I'm not sure who is exactly driving at this point) end up running the car into the river and flooding the engine. We leave the car and start wading through this swampy marsh-like area which somehow goes up-hill. (??) At the top of the hill where the grass is dry is the tree line where the forest starts. The trees are so thick that you can't see through them.

As we get to the trees Kyles says to me "we need to get through these trees" and then turns into the Hulk and proceeds to tear them down. But, when some of the trees are cleared we find what looks like to be the side of a cabin, but you can't see the edges through the forest. We start to tear down the boards blocking our way and crawl through the hole into a large well-lit room, like a cabin itself.

This is actually another dimension, and once we were on the other side we find out we can't go back so we start to adapt ourselves to the new place. A phone rings and it's my "alternate dimension" cell phone. I pick it up and there's a guys voice on the other line (whom knew me somehow from this other dimension) and told me that he had used my Game Crazy discount to get a few things.


Yeah, that's what goes on up there...
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pariah_kittie
21 October 2008 @ 11:30 am
Omg you guys, I had so much fun last night! Kyle took me to my (technically) first rock concert ever. And it was so KICK ASS!!!

If you don't know who Apocolyptica is, check it out -->http://www.youtube.com/user/apocalypticavideos?ob=4

They are just as good live as they are recorded, if not better. I've never seen anyone rock out on cellos so hard in my life! There was so much energy involved in their performance it was unbelievable. Between the four cello players and the drums it sounded like there really was a guitar somewhere in there. Of course the cellos were hooked up to electrics, but part of that was to emit sound better. One of the players even plays a 300 year old cello! Some of the songs they played were so crazy fast that their hands were a blur. I have a few video clips that I took but sinse I was right in front of the speaker they're a little garbled heh.

They played a few songs that I hear on the radio pretty often, like I'm Not Jesus --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrlvOYUay_4
They also played some slower more orchestrative songs soo, which I really liked.

By the time the concert was over we couldn't hear anything lol. The theatre was set up with a MASSIVE sound system and we were standing right in front of one of the speakers. Half of the time I couldn't tell if it was the speaker or my own heart pounding.

All in all, I would definitely see them again! It was the parfect mix between hard-rock/death metal and classical music haha 8D
 
 
pariah_kittie
20 October 2008 @ 05:17 pm
I am SO FREAKING excited right now! Kyle is taking me to the Apocalyptica concert tonight at the Ogden theatre! AAAAHHHHHH! 8DD
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pariah_kittie
14 October 2008 @ 01:06 pm
So I've figured out that I need to make at least $845/month to pay bills. That doesn't include buying food or anything else. Just bills.

I think I might have to get a second job, and I reeeally don't want to! I just wish my job now would give me the hours I need...so my paychecks would actually be more than $200 a piece.

It'd be so much easier if I wasn't forced to start paying off student loans 6 months earlier than expected. >_>
 
 
 
 

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