Thank God.
I really and truly thank God for this. The Patriot Act is on it's way to expiring.
No more roving wiretaps, no more secret search warants for medical and library records, ahh yes, the veil of the police state is lifting somewhat.
Also, I feel amazingly lousy.
There are a number of things which are somewhat beyond my control.
Two things happened which involved large amounts of money being spent on me and I feel really bad about it.
1) My car had to get it's heater repaired. This was amazingly expensive for a repair on a used car. $1125. They had to replace the 'Heater Core'. And to make things worse, getting at the stupid thing to fix it in the case of my particular car, means having to take off the entire front dash unit, which means a hell of a lot of work, which means a huge bill for labor. So my parents are unhappily paying for it. They'll get over it, but I feel lousy about the expense. My mom reminded me today that six years ago when I got the car, I insisted on the Ford Tarus as opposed to the famously maintinence free Toyota Camry. Part of the problem was that they really, really wanted me to get the Camry, and I really, really wanted it to be my decision what car I got, and I liked the Ford a little better anyway...so the long and short of it is they have paid repair bills they may well not have had to pay in the case of a Toyota. So I feel sucky for that. We've agreed that if the car runs into another major repair, were not going to fix it, were going to get a new used car.
2) My school may or may not be picking up the tab for my failure to get my stinking New York residency requirements done in time. I got the bill for school today, I don't owe anything other than the standard comp fee. Whatever that's about. And the bill spesifically lists me as being billed out of state tuition, and the scholarship still covers it. So I suppose what happened, and I'll have to clarify this, is that they just ate the expense for me. Or maybe my tuition wasn't going to change this quickly even if I did get my residency requirements in on time. Maybe they just wanted to make damned sure everyone did it, and so they required it more quickly and set a really, really early deadline. The fact of the matter is that I don't know. I'm costing people money, and it's bothering me. I have got to be more careful about this, because I'm costing people who ought not to have to pay.
Alexei the Sinner.
No more roving wiretaps, no more secret search warants for medical and library records, ahh yes, the veil of the police state is lifting somewhat.
Also, I feel amazingly lousy.
There are a number of things which are somewhat beyond my control.
Two things happened which involved large amounts of money being spent on me and I feel really bad about it.
1) My car had to get it's heater repaired. This was amazingly expensive for a repair on a used car. $1125. They had to replace the 'Heater Core'. And to make things worse, getting at the stupid thing to fix it in the case of my particular car, means having to take off the entire front dash unit, which means a hell of a lot of work, which means a huge bill for labor. So my parents are unhappily paying for it. They'll get over it, but I feel lousy about the expense. My mom reminded me today that six years ago when I got the car, I insisted on the Ford Tarus as opposed to the famously maintinence free Toyota Camry. Part of the problem was that they really, really wanted me to get the Camry, and I really, really wanted it to be my decision what car I got, and I liked the Ford a little better anyway...so the long and short of it is they have paid repair bills they may well not have had to pay in the case of a Toyota. So I feel sucky for that. We've agreed that if the car runs into another major repair, were not going to fix it, were going to get a new used car.
2) My school may or may not be picking up the tab for my failure to get my stinking New York residency requirements done in time. I got the bill for school today, I don't owe anything other than the standard comp fee. Whatever that's about. And the bill spesifically lists me as being billed out of state tuition, and the scholarship still covers it. So I suppose what happened, and I'll have to clarify this, is that they just ate the expense for me. Or maybe my tuition wasn't going to change this quickly even if I did get my residency requirements in on time. Maybe they just wanted to make damned sure everyone did it, and so they required it more quickly and set a really, really early deadline. The fact of the matter is that I don't know. I'm costing people money, and it's bothering me. I have got to be more careful about this, because I'm costing people who ought not to have to pay.
Alexei the Sinner.
posted by Alexios at 11:14 AM
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