The Holy Biblee

Yeah, you know the routine. Comment for adding consideration.

Poll #1390489
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Art thou bored?

I'm torn over what may be one of the greatest questions of our day. And here's where you help out.

Poll #1357984
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How would you best describe what we're getting on the East coast, hmm?

ANYTHING'S POSSIBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE

I had the car all picked out. Just what I wanted. We'd agreed on financing terms with the dealer. FOUR banks all said no unless I had my parents co-sign, bumped the down payment up from $200 (the value of the car) to $2000, or paid it back in 48 months instead of 72.

Fuck this shit.

This is here for future reference. I'll be knocking things off as I go along.

Doable items:

* Sell off any games not needed for the collection.
* Pare down the books to less than what will fill the two bookshelves.
* Get rid of clothes which no longer fit.
* Get rid of electronics, etc. that are not needed.
* Move out before 2008.
* Crank up the job hunt, and apply for at least five positions. (Less if one pans out quickly.)

Ongoing items:

* Go to the gym on a regular basis (at least 3x/week). Continue the weight loss progress. Cancel gym membership, if not using it.
* Dial back the thrifting.
* Don't buy unnecessary crap.
* Save money. End every pay period on a positive note (as in, don't spend more than the income).
* Pay every bill on time, and get caught up with payments. Where freely available, put everything on auto-pay.
* Pay attention to what's going on with the family, and be able to discuss the goings-on.
* Get work done on time, without undue procrastination.
* Make more local friends, who will invite you places. Invite them too.
* Unless up for some other purpose, in bed no later than 2 AM.

(italics = in progress, bold = done, strike = changed)

21 days of checklist:

• UNBURDENING
  • Make complete list of video games to sell.
  • Move clothes together.
  • Bring appropriate clothes to consignment.
  • Sort out what clothes are for consignment.
  • Bring unwanted clothes to thrift store.
  • Whittle down books. (one bin ready for donation)
  • List and photograph eBay-bound stuff (not video games) on/for eBay.
  • Move all TV shows/movies to external drive, hose down comp. (Well, except for the ISO of Dark Side of the Rainbow, which refuses to move... what, can't handle a four gig file?)
• EMPLOYMENT
  • Apply for all interesting positions.
  • Update resume.
  • Pick out best clips and page samples.
• FINANCIALS
  • Open online savings account. (Current profits from selling things: $318.85)
  • Research apartments.
  • Make budget, if affordable, visit apartment.
  • Shop for, and if possible, buy car.
  • If unnecessary, donate current car to charity for juicy write-off.
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • Send out your goddamn cards already.

Think that's enough for the rest of the month, yes?

As part of the Ongoing Process of Manning Up, it's time to unload these CD's. Proceeds go to the Building Fund (read: car down payment). Just a heads-up that none of these have the tray cards, if you care about such things, but yeah. The important thing?

Name your price. Whatever you want to pay, no reasonable offers refused.

( The list )

(x-posted on Craigslist)

Here's the list of CD's I'm unloading. If it matters, many of them are just booklets and CD's, a good number have full packaging (either because they're digipaks or I decided to sell them before breaking them down), and some are just CD's. If it's an issue, let me know and I'll check on their status. Once something's been claimed, it'll get crossed off, unless I hear otherwise. Also, if you can't get me the money in a reasonable amount of time and don't let me know ahead of time, it'll go back up. I figure that a week is a good time to have these up, so place your orders no later than June 4. I figure that $4 apiece, including shipping, is a fair price, but I'm negotiable as far as artwork and such.

( The Grand List )

In addition, I'll be listing various other items on the eBays. Check the first link in my layout, and if that doesn't show up, then try this one.

Poll #964757
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All right, Michael Jackson. Which one is it, huh?

As you can see, being stuck in the middle isn't an option. No ducking the question this time. We'll get to the bottom of this yet. :)

EDIT: By popular demand, this entry is now public. It was just too good to bottle up. And by EQUALLY popular demand, an explanation: all the choices are from the lyrics to "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'." The third one's the end of it, and the fourth one is, well... uh... one of those "did he really just sing that? Huh, seems he did" parts of the song. You can find the lyrics here, and it seems it's actually about LaToya and her issues... according to LaToya's autobiography. But the thrust of this is really just posting a bunch of lines from that song. :)

Inspired by a conversation we just had at work (don't ask how this got started, I won't remember). Over-the-top-rope battle royal between every fast food mascot ever. Who wins?

Poll #917259
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Who takes it? Whose cuisine reigns supreme?

Hey kids! Who wants in on Threadless's $10 sale? I've got an affiliate link now (sorry, subplots, hope you don't mind the competition) but it doesn't make the site any faster. ;P

Also, (sporfle)*. Aaaand back to work. Public because pimping really IS easy.

* So I'm listening to this week's installment of Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! and they're in the middle of the lightning round. Fill in the blank questions, and here's one of 'em.

"Lexus has introduced a new sedan that is able to go blank itself."

The panelist got it wrong.