BUT... that's one one gets living in the upper, upper midwest where we occasionally get arctic weather patterns ( did I say 'occasionally,' that's wintertide in a nutshell! )
I suppose at least it's only 6 months 'til decent weather, neh ?
ANYways...
some bits of my past unfortunately came to 'bite me in the ass' financially, so I'm living pretty tight... and will be for awhile
*shrugs*
not the first time, but it's been a good 20yrs, at least, since the last time I was living on partial shoestring
at least I'm paying major bills in full & 'minor' bills partial
SOoo... - yeah - there is the potential of their being no actual Vacation for 2021
normally I'd be looking into car rental deals at this point & vaca dates that work
( car rentals are FAR cheaper setting them up in advance - last year's rental would've been over 4x the cost if I'd done it even as close as a month to the dates of! )
so as much as people are "you can save up & get a rental as you get closer," it's heavily unlikely I'd have saved up enough for an advanced rental, let alone a close-to-the-date rental
*shrugs*
it's not like I haven't done a year without a vaca before - it's just gonna be kinda mind-numbing is all
keep in mind, I DO have vaca time to use... the equivalent of 3 workweeks PLUS 2 workdays *Oi!*
which I will use, but gotta figure out/strategize when best to utilize without going insane spending weeks at home :(
weatherwise is still a factor, as I only vaca from/'tween April & August, and is moreso in play if it's too demn cold to even go for a walk !
if I have to spend a week INSIDE, I'll go absolutely ape-shit & then some...
then you'll be hearing about me on the news media rather than via posts like these :D
I've cut out some things I haven't been utilizing
( though I'm trying to contact one that - even though I discontinued it & turned off auto-billing! - decided to charge for another year weeks after!
so I've sent a couple messages already, can't find a bleedin' number to call :( assuming there'd even be someone there when I'm at home to call
nonetheless, it'd better get bleedin' refunded or I'm gonna be PO'd as fuck! >:( )
I placed - today - some fb local marketplace sell-thingies for some DVDs & Blu-Ray I have duplicates of
obviously I can't ship or bring to any place, so it'd be pick-up only, but if it gets me some extra $$ for an occasional eating out or adding into my accounts, that'd be nice !
they're just taking up some space at this point
not surprising the bank was "you should cut out anything like celphone bills, vehicle costs, cable & satellite..."
dude, I haven't owned a vehicle since '99, my smrtphone & e-cel are pre-paid & have a LOT of minutes/time remaining, & I don't have cable or satellite !
shit, it's kinda hard to cut out luxuries when I HAVE no bleedin' luxuries - I live a pretty frugal life !
one person at work ( jokingly? ) asked if I even have a tv *laughs*
oh well - I'll make things work, I always have... and my biggest expenses are necessities
either necessities for life or in order to have my daughters ( and if I didn't have my daughters, as limited as I have them, it'd cost me even MORE out of every paycheck! )
ANYways... that's where my life is/has gone for a bit - and will be for awhile
no worries, my Lovelies & Gentlefolk - if anything, I'm adaptable
though, y'know, any multi-millionaires out there want to give me a grant to do some legal & can-do-without-cost-or-risking-life-and-livelihood, hit me up - I'm probably in :D
Farethee well for now !
weeks of twittage ::
10/2 : laughing when a biden-for-president goes glitchy : "I was born in... the united states senate... couldn't imagine... couldn't fathom... few months on your own... obama... to me... public health crisis..." *LAUGHS* - absolutely PERFECT !
10/3 : "wow - how many horror films do you have ?!?"
[grins evilly] 'I'm SO glad you asked!' [laughs maniacally]
* almost half of the films I own are horror and/or thriller - almost 900 are JUST horror - most are collections, too ... I suppose you could say I like horror films :D
10/3 II : Oi! & *ugh* - just down the hall two apartments are having a shitty music battle : spanish-polka vs 'gangsta' rap ... thankfully I can't hear either from my apartment, but passing between while carrying my laundry - thankfully they're not direct neighbours, it's bleedin' awful
10/4 : *Oi!* be nice if there was a way one could tell fb, etc sites that I already (early) voted so stfu, please - particularly in the cases when their links go to politically-baised/-pointed sites & not that of the official state voting sites... you can't change my mind now, *yeesh*
10/6 : still working to resolve some temporary monetary issues that arose recently - unfortunately loans are off the table (lack of assets, etc), but if you know me you know that I always figure out a solution... even if it may take awhile longer than expected/desired *shrugs*
10/7 : dreamage :: find someone I hadn't seen since '88 'homesteading' in abandoned earthen/stone buildings in woods on gov'mt land in/near big woods township (near where I grew up) - nearby at dusk, (large!) ball of fire reflecting the moon appears, along with soldiers(?) *weirdness*
10/8 : shitty music apartments update : the spanish-polka is now coming from the 'gangsta' rap apartment ... not sure if I should be concerned or intrigued... either way, it's still bleedin' awful - miss the '80s rock/metal that used to come from the 'gangsta' rap apartment *sighs*
Recent Random Playlist (albums) ::
Blue Öyster Cult - [multiple albums]
Megadeth - [multiple albums]
watched recently :
via rental/streaming:
Lovecraft County (1st Season)
Lucifer (5th Season)
The Boys (2nd Season)
Black Christmas (1974)
Let Her Out
Tacoma FD (2nd Season)
Grimm (1st & 2nd Season)
Vice Academy
Vice Academy 2
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
Hubie Halloween
Blade: The Iron Cross
Dark Matter (1st Season)
Stephanie
Zombie Strippers
The Final Girls
Death Valley (only Season)
Helstrom (1st Season)
Doctor Who (11th Season)
ownedflix:
Fringe (4th & 5th Season)
Broken Lizard's Club Dread
Charles Band's Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead
The World's End
Legion
As Above, So Below
30 Days Of Night
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose, AK/GOT (OOP)
"Keep Living & Loving Life!"
"America needs creation not destruction, cooperation not contempt, security not anarchy, healing not hatred, justice not chaos."
President Donald Trump * June 1st, 2020