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Three days left of my work-a-thon.
So I was looking at my finances today; or rather I was mourning over my lack thereof. Seems I’ve let my money get out of hand .. again. I need to get better at keeping track of things like that. Nothing new, of course, but just the same old complaint that I keep coming back to. I know what the problem is; I eat out way too much for someone in my pay range. And I’m a bit frivolous as well. For instance, I have accounts with Netflix, Zune, and FFXI. I have stuff from Netflix that I’ve had out since December and my FFXI account’s been idle since my Dell desktop stopped working sometime before I was removed from my last place of residence. Zune I’ve gotten some use out of lately; been downloading all sorts of things from time to time to try out, listening to some things that I wanted to give a shot and enjoying the trip. But things are looking up a bit at least: I may finally be getting my raise.
Sure, it’s only been ten months coming now; I’ve been doing the whole Level Two thing since last September, but later is better than never. After my conversion takes place I should be much better off financially; which would be one hell of a switch from what I’ve been for quite some time.
I’m used to being thin on funds occasionally, but not constantly. It’s difficult to live alone, but I manage I guess. I’ve managed to make it a full year without having any of my services disconnected, though I have had Citi kvetching at me every now and then. I always pay them more than they want each month, but I think I ticked them off when I told them that I had no interest in taking out further loans from them unless they could drop my APR by at least ten percent.
I guess that’s enough of a small update for tonight. I’ll be out of the office in only ten more minutes and I am so looking forward to hitting the road.
Wall-e
In the future there are robots. Cute robots and their cockroach pals. Oh, and garbage. Huge freaking piles of garbage. But that’s ok, Wall-e’s here to clean it up while we’re away.
The movie Wall-e opened recently and I managed to get over to see it with my parents on Tuesday past. To say that the movie was delightful would be a serious understatement. The film follows the exploits of the little trash compactor on treads, Wall-e, as he follows his crush, Eve, while getting swept up into an adventure that places the fate of humanity in his little gaspers.
Pixar’s excellence in animation shines here. No other animated film comes close to the quality that they consistantly offer forth. The landscapes that are shown often look nearly photorealistic and the little extras that pop up from time to time, such as the camera refocusing, are expertly integrated into the film in such a way that to most people, unless pointed out by some sort of geek (raises hand), they might not even stop to think that such things as camera jostling or refocusing don’t exist in the realm of computer generated images. There is no camera. Instead these little add-ons give a deeper feeling of realism that makes the audience’s immersion even fuller.
All in all, I intend fully to deck out my area around my computer by picking up little Eve and Wall-e figurines to keep me company. If you haven’t seen the movie yet.. what’s wrong with you?
