Today is President's day but I forgot and it was really eerie on the way to work. Nobody was out except, of course, (e:heidi) on her way to school. I'm surprised so many people actually have the day off. I do get comp time for working today which is much better than having the day off. I save up all my comp time for summer because I hate being inside when it is nice.
Valentine's Day was nice. I did end up going to the marriage equality rally in front of city hall. I'll post pics later. Mike came over and we had the house to ourselves. I made dinner which was some yummy steaks. I was going to make chicken marsala but they were out of marsala at Gates Circle Liquour.
I'm working a lot. They are offering us unlimited hours at work so I am going to try and keep it up. I really am not sure if we will have jobs after September. We shall see... So Suze says to just save what we can. Check out saveyourself.com. You can get $100.00 after making 12 consecutive $100 deposits in a year.
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02/16/2009 14:08 #47762
President's Day02/10/2009 08:49 #47699
Cupid's arrows aren't always straight!!!I think I might go to this. (e:mike) and I just saw Milk and now I am all rallied up.
Interestingly, in Milk you find out that The Advocate was unwilling to endorse Harvey Milk, an openly gay man running for public office. They thought it would invoke more hatred towards gays. I just read this article from The Advocate about this faith based initiative of Obama's. I'm not too happy with mixing public funding with religious organizations that can discriminate against the GLBT community.
"Cupid's Arrows Aren't Always Straight!!!"
Please rally with us at our
3rd Call For Marriage Equality
February 14th, 2009 - 1pm (sharp!)
in Niagara Square in front of City Hall (Delaware & Niagara)
as we ask, once again for the right to marry!
LGBT FAMILIES deserve equal protections as Americans!
Dress warm and bring friends! Free Hot chocolate to warm you up!
Then join us for the After-Party!
2pm to 5pm
Pilgrim St Luke's Church
(Richmond and Utica)
Love IS out there!
Enjoy a glass of sparkly and some chocolate hugs & kisses! Come out and play!!!
Single? Take a chance at Queer Speed Dating!
Dance a little (or a lot!) Chinese Auction & 50/50 raffle!
Hot Pizza & Wings available for purchase from Main Menu Café!
$5.00 admission (cheap date!)
All proceeds go OUTspoken For Equality
to continue the fight for LGBT Rights!
Need More Information? Call Kitty! 716-578-3782
We used to just be FABULOUS! ...
But they are messing with our civil rights & our families~
NOW WE'RE FURIOUS !!!
OUTspoken For Equality!
Kitty Lambert
President, OUTspoken For Equality
Fighting for Marriage, GENDA, and the Dignity For All Students Act
22 Bolton Place
Buffalo, NY 14210-2131
(716) 578-3782
www.OUTspokenforequality.org
Working for Marriage Equality, Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Protection
and Dignity For ALL Students through Safe Schools and Positive Educations!
Interestingly, in Milk you find out that The Advocate was unwilling to endorse Harvey Milk, an openly gay man running for public office. They thought it would invoke more hatred towards gays. I just read this article from The Advocate about this faith based initiative of Obama's. I'm not too happy with mixing public funding with religious organizations that can discriminate against the GLBT community.
joshua - 02/10/09 11:13
I recently saw an episode of "Most Notorious Places" that highlighted the murder of Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone. It was interesting and really brought out the tragedy behind the entire episode. It was a tad scary to see how much Sean Penn actually looked like Harvey Milk in the movie.
I recently saw an episode of "Most Notorious Places" that highlighted the murder of Harvey Milk and Mayor Moscone. It was interesting and really brought out the tragedy behind the entire episode. It was a tad scary to see how much Sean Penn actually looked like Harvey Milk in the movie.
02/04/2009 14:08 #47635
Financial balance sheetYesterday I did Suze Orman's online expense sheet. It is really kinda awesome for me to have done this because it is my desire to develop some personal financial security. I really want to improve my FICO score and to have an emergency fund which would also double on the down payment of a house some time down the road. Doing the expense sheet has made me see my own fianances more clearly so that I know better of what I need to do to achieve my goal.
The expense sheet really makes you think about where all your money is going to. She asks you to *guestimate* (that was for (e:zobar)) what you are spending per month on everything form toiletries to movies, tobacco and alcohol. You enter in your rent, your loans, utilites as well as your monthly income. Under the fast food category I realized I can save the most without sacrificing too much. I am spending $100/month on eating food in the cafeteria! My big challenge now is trying my hardest to limit this to let's say $25 month. Even things that seem relatively benign such as going to the movies can be a huge expense over a year period. The one great thing I realzed when doing all this was that I didn't have to put anything into the tobacco category. If I was still smoking a pack a day I would have to enter in $168/ month at a rate of $6.00 pack. There is no way I could afford to go back to smoking! That is more than $2000/yr.
I'm really annoyed that I have an expense in the cable category. I really did not want cable it was something my roommate considered to be essential and now I am stuck paying for half of it at least until July. After that I will refuse to pay for it anymore because I really don't need TV and don't even care if I don't even have one of those things they ran out of coupons for when they make the digital switch so that you can watch TV with an antennae.
So, I definitely recommend doing one of those expense balancing sheets for yourself sometime if you are interested in improving your financial situation. It is a great way of facing reality.
It is really kinda awesome for me to have done this because it is my desire to develop some personal financial security. I really want to improve my FICO score and to have an emergency fund which would also double on the down payment of a house some time down the road. Doing the expense sheet has made me see my own fianances more clearly so that I know better of what I need to do to achieve my goal. The expense sheet really makes you think about where all your money is going to. She asks you to *guestimate* (that was for (e:zobar)) what you are spending per month on everything form toiletries to movies, tobacco and alcohol. You enter in your rent, your loans, utilites as well as your monthly income. Under the fast food category I realized I can save the most without sacrificing too much. I am spending $100/month on eating food in the cafeteria! My big challenge now is trying my hardest to limit this to let's say $25 month. Even things that seem relatively benign such as going to the movies can be a huge expense over a year period. The one great thing I realzed when doing all this was that I didn't have to put anything into the tobacco category. If I was still smoking a pack a day I would have to enter in $168/ month at a rate of $6.00 pack. There is no way I could afford to go back to smoking! That is more than $2000/yr.
I'm really annoyed that I have an expense in the cable category. I really did not want cable it was something my roommate considered to be essential and now I am stuck paying for half of it at least until July. After that I will refuse to pay for it anymore because I really don't need TV and don't even care if I don't even have one of those things they ran out of coupons for when they make the digital switch so that you can watch TV with an antennae.
So, I definitely recommend doing one of those expense balancing sheets for yourself sometime if you are interested in improving your financial situation. It is a great way of facing reality.
drew - 02/04/09 14:32
You are right on, Libertad. (e:Janelle) helped me convert to the ways of budgeting, and it has allowed us to become much better at saving, and focusing our spending on the things that we really want to spend on.
You are right on, Libertad. (e:Janelle) helped me convert to the ways of budgeting, and it has allowed us to become much better at saving, and focusing our spending on the things that we really want to spend on.
02/01/2009 14:50 #47592
WTF? On wheels!(e:mike) and I saw this parked on Anderson. We saw it the night before and it was much funnier when it just said WTF? When I went back to photograph it with my real camera instead of my phone someone added "Wash me!". The add on isn't quite as funny but WTF? Was exactly what Mike and I said when we saw it. This thing is like twice the size of a hummer at least. When you look at it from the front it actually looks like a 16 wheeler. I should have shot it from the front too cause this photo almost makes it look small.
lilho - 02/04/09 14:44
that, "thing", offends me, right to the core.
that, "thing", offends me, right to the core.
metalpeter - 02/02/09 18:18
I have seen one of these before but not sure where. I call it a double door pickup truck. I think of it that way because there are two full doors. It looks like the bed has a nice cover to it, I wonder if Oakley (the sunglasses people have anything to do with it). It almost looks like it could be used to to tricks on. There are trucks made so you can add rails and stuff to them for alt. sports.
I have seen one of these before but not sure where. I call it a double door pickup truck. I think of it that way because there are two full doors. It looks like the bed has a nice cover to it, I wonder if Oakley (the sunglasses people have anything to do with it). It almost looks like it could be used to to tricks on. There are trucks made so you can add rails and stuff to them for alt. sports.
leetee - 02/02/09 08:32
Love how it looks two storeys high with the houses in the background. WTF indeed.
Love how it looks two storeys high with the houses in the background. WTF indeed.
tinypliny - 02/01/09 22:47
Oh man!! Don't you all REALIZE???? It is THE BATMOBILE!!!
Oh man!! Don't you all REALIZE???? It is THE BATMOBILE!!!
james - 02/01/09 22:33
That made me throw up a little in my mouth. What asshole owns that?
That made me throw up a little in my mouth. What asshole owns that?
mike - 02/01/09 17:36
seriously you cannot imagine how crazy huge it was , and just parked on Anderson like it belonged there.
seriously you cannot imagine how crazy huge it was , and just parked on Anderson like it belonged there.
01/27/2009 22:04 #47537
Winter always turns to springIn Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism there is a letter that Nichiren wrote to one of his followers that is titled "Winter Turns to Spring". It is a letter he wrote to Myoichi, a recent widow with children in order to encourage her. It really is such a beautiful letter but the reason I share it is just because we all need that little reminder that winter without fail turns to spring.
metalpeter - 01/28/09 18:01
Not to be a downer but sometimes in Buffalo there isn't a spring. Sometimes it is so short that it almost goes from winter to summer. Either that or it rains all spring.
Not to be a downer but sometimes in Buffalo there isn't a spring. Sometimes it is so short that it almost goes from winter to summer. Either that or it rains all spring.
leetee - 01/28/09 12:24
Just so ya'll know, it is totally my fault for the bad weather this winter. I am sorry.
See, wherever i move, there is always the "hottest summer on record" that year. Because, of course, i do not like the hot weather.
How is this relevant, you ask?
Well, one of my fears of driving that has kept me from getting a license has been driving in the snow.
This is my first winter driving. So, it only stands to reason that it would be snowy. And snowy in that constant never lets up sorta way that freaks me out.
Sorry peeps.
Thanks for reminding us that spring will come, (e:Libertad). :O)
Just so ya'll know, it is totally my fault for the bad weather this winter. I am sorry.
See, wherever i move, there is always the "hottest summer on record" that year. Because, of course, i do not like the hot weather.
How is this relevant, you ask?
Well, one of my fears of driving that has kept me from getting a license has been driving in the snow.
This is my first winter driving. So, it only stands to reason that it would be snowy. And snowy in that constant never lets up sorta way that freaks me out.
Sorry peeps.
Thanks for reminding us that spring will come, (e:Libertad). :O)
dcoffee - 01/28/09 11:27
Yea, I'm looking forward to gardening, and having afternoon parties in the yard. And painting the house fun colors... it'll happen
Yea, I'm looking forward to gardening, and having afternoon parties in the yard. And painting the house fun colors... it'll happen
libertad - 01/28/09 07:15
Yay I got a very rare Terry comment on my journal! Here is the link IMK2 :::link:::
Yay I got a very rare Terry comment on my journal! Here is the link IMK2 :::link:::
imk2 - 01/28/09 00:28
where is the letter? link?
where is the letter? link?
terry - 01/27/09 22:08
It's never going to happen!!!
Coldest winter since I've been alive and I feel it every friggin morning in my car that no longer breathes a wisp of warm air until I'm pulling into the parking lot at work. Brrrrrrr
Really, ask Buddha to make Spring hurry this year will ya?
It's never going to happen!!!
Coldest winter since I've been alive and I feel it every friggin morning in my car that no longer breathes a wisp of warm air until I'm pulling into the parking lot at work. Brrrrrrr
Really, ask Buddha to make Spring hurry this year will ya?
Oh tiny! Do you have thousands of dollars stuffed inside your mattress? ;)
The deposit is FDIC insured like a regular savings account would be up to I think $10k or maybe it's $100k. Either way nothing I would have to worry about in the moment.
So they give you $100 for the $1200 you give them? Sounds too risky. What if they sink at the end of this year and take your principal with them?