My stupid cable
Nov. 10th, 2004 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ambericaOK, it finally happened. I got my internet hooked up. Can I get a w00t. Huh. Yeah.
Why am I always so low key? Weird. Anyway, the stupid thing is that I had "Basic" cable TV added to my account because it actually made my bill $4 less per month, so that's fine, but "Basic" is REALLY basic. Like, I get reception on the networks, plus a bunch of public access, a few Jesus channels, some news channels, a shopping channel, and not much else. If I want anything GOOD, like Discovery, TLC, History, Comedy Central, or whatever, I would have to pay an additional $30 a month for what is called "Basic 2" service! heh. More like BASIC SCREW. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Maybe in a couple more months, once I catch back up on my credit cards, I will just go for the full digital package. The only appeal in that is all the super awesome digital music channels I would have access to, but I guess all the weird "specialty" channels might be a lark to flip thru some time, too.
About my credit cards. I had planned on going into debt when I moved down here. I am now in debt. Well, not BAD, but as far as I'm concerned, any debt that is not a car loan or student loan or mortgage is BAD debt, so I am really uncomfortable most of the time now. I am paying for COBRA insurance from my old job until I convert to a perm employee here at my current job. It's over $200. Stupid. I was paying almost half that out of pocket before my job covered me! Sheesh. Oh wait... I was supposed to contact Blue Cross here in MN when I moved. Shit. I could be getting better rates privately. Shit. Dammit. So anyway, I paid for COBRA in October, and also paid for November, but I FORGOT TO WRITE THE NOVEMBER CHECK INTO MY CHECKING REGISTER. Argh. So that made my balance about $200 less than I was thinking it was for a few weeks. That was totally frustrating when I found out. At least I caught it last night. I am so close to the edge on that account it is not even cool. I figure by the end of November my checking acct should be nicely padded again, and by the end of December (I hope) I will be able to start hacking away at those credit cards. Thank GAWD for 5.9% fixed APR on that MasterCard... and let's give a pathetic little "w00t" to the Discover Card cashback bonus award, which now has to be $20 minimum before you can get it back.
I will be mailing my car payment today, and after that happens, I will officially have just ONE MORE CAR PAYMENT!!! YAY!! It won't mean more money though, just a reorganization. Jon loaned me a chunk of money last month, and I will be paying him back in the same amounts that my car payments have been. Not huge, but it will work. He is not in a hurry. I'm so grateful for his generosity. That's the ONLY reason I have been able to stay above water financially these last couple months while getting settled into my new job. I got my first 40-hour paycheck last Friday finally, and another one will be coming every week now. Regular income is nice. I don't really care about money, but I like stability a helluva lot. Once I get everything settled to my own satisfaction, I will be able to start doing some serious saving again, and finally get started on that Roth IRA I keep wishing for.
My birthday was on the 6th. I kept it on the downlow. It was cool, not a lot of people knew, and Jon took me to Ichiban. We had Justin and Jen with us, and they didn't even know it was my birthday until I finally told them! It was awesome. I hate having so many people know and then calling all this attention to me. I like to be private about that. I think its because birthday attention is attention I have no control over, haven't called to myself my choice, and can't really escape once it starts. I hate that. But it was a wonderful birthday on Saturday. Probably one of the best I've had in the last 10-15 years! Thank you again, Jon.
OK, I'm at "work" doing nothing here, so I better try to find something productive to do now... This job is cool. I love it. They have kegs floating around the building at least on a monthly basis. I never partake, but it makes for a cool, relaxed atmosphere. My boss asked if I wanted a hard lemonade a couple weeks ago. I mean, wow!
Why am I always so low key? Weird. Anyway, the stupid thing is that I had "Basic" cable TV added to my account because it actually made my bill $4 less per month, so that's fine, but "Basic" is REALLY basic. Like, I get reception on the networks, plus a bunch of public access, a few Jesus channels, some news channels, a shopping channel, and not much else. If I want anything GOOD, like Discovery, TLC, History, Comedy Central, or whatever, I would have to pay an additional $30 a month for what is called "Basic 2" service! heh. More like BASIC SCREW. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Maybe in a couple more months, once I catch back up on my credit cards, I will just go for the full digital package. The only appeal in that is all the super awesome digital music channels I would have access to, but I guess all the weird "specialty" channels might be a lark to flip thru some time, too.
About my credit cards. I had planned on going into debt when I moved down here. I am now in debt. Well, not BAD, but as far as I'm concerned, any debt that is not a car loan or student loan or mortgage is BAD debt, so I am really uncomfortable most of the time now. I am paying for COBRA insurance from my old job until I convert to a perm employee here at my current job. It's over $200. Stupid. I was paying almost half that out of pocket before my job covered me! Sheesh. Oh wait... I was supposed to contact Blue Cross here in MN when I moved. Shit. I could be getting better rates privately. Shit. Dammit. So anyway, I paid for COBRA in October, and also paid for November, but I FORGOT TO WRITE THE NOVEMBER CHECK INTO MY CHECKING REGISTER. Argh. So that made my balance about $200 less than I was thinking it was for a few weeks. That was totally frustrating when I found out. At least I caught it last night. I am so close to the edge on that account it is not even cool. I figure by the end of November my checking acct should be nicely padded again, and by the end of December (I hope) I will be able to start hacking away at those credit cards. Thank GAWD for 5.9% fixed APR on that MasterCard... and let's give a pathetic little "w00t" to the Discover Card cashback bonus award, which now has to be $20 minimum before you can get it back.
I will be mailing my car payment today, and after that happens, I will officially have just ONE MORE CAR PAYMENT!!! YAY!! It won't mean more money though, just a reorganization. Jon loaned me a chunk of money last month, and I will be paying him back in the same amounts that my car payments have been. Not huge, but it will work. He is not in a hurry. I'm so grateful for his generosity. That's the ONLY reason I have been able to stay above water financially these last couple months while getting settled into my new job. I got my first 40-hour paycheck last Friday finally, and another one will be coming every week now. Regular income is nice. I don't really care about money, but I like stability a helluva lot. Once I get everything settled to my own satisfaction, I will be able to start doing some serious saving again, and finally get started on that Roth IRA I keep wishing for.
My birthday was on the 6th. I kept it on the downlow. It was cool, not a lot of people knew, and Jon took me to Ichiban. We had Justin and Jen with us, and they didn't even know it was my birthday until I finally told them! It was awesome. I hate having so many people know and then calling all this attention to me. I like to be private about that. I think its because birthday attention is attention I have no control over, haven't called to myself my choice, and can't really escape once it starts. I hate that. But it was a wonderful birthday on Saturday. Probably one of the best I've had in the last 10-15 years! Thank you again, Jon.
OK, I'm at "work" doing nothing here, so I better try to find something productive to do now... This job is cool. I love it. They have kegs floating around the building at least on a monthly basis. I never partake, but it makes for a cool, relaxed atmosphere. My boss asked if I wanted a hard lemonade a couple weeks ago. I mean, wow!
