June Expense Report

Another month of living at home. Helping around the house, and applying for jobs. Doing chores instead of paying rent. I’m a lucky person. Home/Rent – $0 Auto – $0 Transit/Travel – $0 Health/Wellness – $0 I was able to seamlessly hop onto my parents’ insurance plan after losing my job. Thanks Obama. Aside from premiums, no spending. I did get a little fever and…

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April 2020 Expense Report

I lost my job at the end of March. Luckily, I had a paycheck and a half trickle in during the month of April. Additionally, I received a $1200 ‘gift’ from the United States federal government. They’re calling it a ‘stimulus check’. Given my situation, my $1200 is going to stimulate my online savings account, earning an incredible 1.55% in annual interest. When you’re unemployed,…

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March 2020 Expense Report

March marks my last month paying way too much rent for a ‘luxury’ apartment. But again, gambling is the line item that is dominating these expense reports. Good news: I cashed out almost the entirety of my political gambling funds. Bad news: I lost a good chunk of cash. Who would’ve thought? We have a massive accounting gain this month, compared to the exorbitant accounting…

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February 2020 Expense Report

Well, we slowed down from last month’s gambling recklessness, because many of the presidential primary elections that I had been betting on finally happened. Compared to December and January, tossing $2497 towards gambling this month seems much more reasonable. Again, not reasonable at all, but comparatively less ridiculous. $89 per day spent on political gambling. That’s a pace of over $32,000 per year. I also…

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Elementary School Motto: Try Your Hardest, and Never Give Up

My elementary school had a school motto, paraded by the principal at our school assemblies and over the morning announcements. My older brother, I guess the person I looked up to most as a kid… constantly berated the motto. He added his own personal corniness and sarcasm to the phrase, which always made me laugh. But upon reflection, it’s some of the most simple and…

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