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Today’s New Plan

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The ING Direct gun fund account has become the emergency fund. 10% into it, no matter what. No more CDs right now. I want to annihilate the Paypal Buyer Credit balance as quickly as possible, so that [...]

Those Folks Are Crazy

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Alright. I just updated all of my numbers, and here’s what I came up with:

Net Worth: -$36,597.83
Average Daily Change: $4.12
Projected Zero Net Worth: March 4, 2032

These are calculated using net worth figures dating back to 9.26.07. Of [...]

Crisis Imminent

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Sallie Mae expects me to pay. The first payment is due January 1, for $277.97. As if. I have no idea how I’m going to pay that much every month, other than by somehow magically knocking out [...]

Lessons learned

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I tried to put everything in for the last week or so in ClearCheckBook, and everything is all fubar. Lesson learned: Put things in there right after they happen, rather than filling the wallet with receipts and [...]

Here we go…

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My training was moved up to tomorrow, 1500. One of the nicest things about this (or pretty much any) new job is a regular schedule. Out at the park, the schedule was never the same, the hours [...]

My FICO: 561!

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I knew it was bad, but holy heck! I signed up for myFICO’s monthly service. It’s $8.95/mo, which I think is a small price to pay – I’d want to be checking it at least every month [...]

Wake Me Up

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Oh wait, September is ending! Everybody’s favorite time of month, when the bills come due. I was privileged enough to be paid a whopping $300 Friday from GTP, and am looking towards a cool 150-175 from the [...]