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Turning dreams into gold one jot amp scribble at a time Home Bio IT CAME FROM NETFLIX Subscribe to feed Ouch Posted by Josh Mar 4 This is another one of those personal posts you can probably ignore It isn t all fun and games out here kids I m looking for a new place to live I need to take our littlest kitten to a vet because she s way overdue to see one Vera needs some additional servicing since I didn t get her an oil change when she was last in the shop after my run in with INCIDENT REDACTED and there may be yet more hoops my lovely wife and I must hop through in order to get her legally working here in these United S

ates All these things are going to take capital cash moolah And none of these things are included in my monthly budget which is devoured in things like rent car payments amp insurance keeping the lights on and information flowing through the Intertubes I eek out what entertainment I can in the forms of leaving the apartment with my intrepid Canadian companion at least once a week and bringing in new movies and games when possible and I always make room in what finances I have to go see my son in State College Anyway the point is to keep Damsel my car and my wife s immigration efforts healthy more cash is required I was hoping that cash would be coming from Uncle Sam But after dealing with a few other financial loose ends this afternoon I turned my attention to my taxes Initially I filed truthfully as someone married filing jointly which yielded a rather sizable refund estimate Unfortunately since my wife doesn t have a Social Security number it might not be possible for us to file in that way at all And if I file as single with the intent to amend the return later the refund will be significantly smaller 811 smaller to be exact Want to know how that feels That s how that feels Add in another rejection from the Escapist and all the other day to day doings of the dayjob and well you can probably predict where my head is at right now Nothing to see here really Move along Filed under Current Events RSS feed for comments on this post TrackBack URI 5 comments Comment by awitelintsta Rachel on March 4 2010 at 3 00 pm Yikes Josh what the hell is it with this month or so Everyone I know has some bad crap going down Car accidents money issues unemployment and of course my own problems gt lt You have my sympathy Comment by Purpletempest on March 4 2010 at 3 11 pm erm you want me to ask my hubby for tax advice He might know how to help with your particular situation There s got to be a way to account for both of you on the taxes Comment by Amanda d Adesky on March 4 2010 at 3 13 pm Well here s hoping that ICFN donations will pick up Though perhaps I should consult my marketing books to see if we can drum up some more readers And to anyone reading these comments we writers can t entertain you if we re too weak from hunger to write See that bright white square on the bottom right of the screen Click some of those ads pretty please It costs you nothing and means the world to the rest of us Comment by Josh on March 4 2010 at 3 16 pm Purple you have an email incoming Donations are certainly appreciated but certainly unnecessary My intent in posting this today wasn t to rattle my tin cup to emphasize the few measly pennies inside I just needed to vent It s been a really rough time and it ll likely get worse before it gets better and I had to blow off some steam about it in some way shape or form Those of you who ve contributed you didn t have to but from the bottom of my heart I thank you Comment by Amanda d Adesky on March 4 2010 at 3 23 pm Josh I know you weren t rattling your tin cup that s why I did it for you lol As the saying goes I ain t too proud to beg I m the Development Manager for one of the departments within the International Game Developers Association for crying out loud I beg without actually begging all the time I consider this practice Name required Mail will not be published required Website About the Alchemist Aspiring novelist freelance writer gamer occasional web developer occupational hazard Recent Posts Ouch Works Life in Progress Regarding Halo Game Review Mass Effect 2 Going To My Corner Game Review The Adventure of Link IT CAME FROM NETFLIX Wanted Card Revisited Movies in 15 Minutes Describing Description Categories Comics Current Events Fiction Gaming How To Maintenance Netflix Notes Opinion Podcast Politics Reviews Uncategorized Cloud o Tags Abby adventure badass Battlestar Galactica BioWare blizzcon Canned comedy Comics drama Escapist fantasy Farraday Fiction films FOX Gaming horror How To jovian Maintenance Marvel mmorpg modern Music Netflix Notes personal Politics rant Reviews sci fi shooter Star Trek steampunk supernatural tabletop television The Project thriller video warcraft work writer s block writing Wayback Machine March 2010 M T W T F S S