i wonder... is it too soon to start borrowing against my future earnings? by 2013 i will surely be making a nice fat salary; barring, of course, crazy socialist hillary rodham's commie healthcare plan doesn't reform the current system that pays doctors through the roof while denying health insurance to poor waitresses like my sister. but come on... that'll never happen. by 2013, rich m.d.'s will be enjoying the low tax cuts enacted by president cheney. so why not just let me have some of that now?

i'm poor this week. i got switched over to season four payroll, and the mean, mousy accountant girl who handles paychecks is in over her head. my buddy in accounting, lynne, told me that mousy girl has way too much to do but is too scared to ask for help. so, instead, she just pays you whenever she can, which is usually about ten days after the end of the pay period. this would be fine if i weren't used to getting paid five days after the end of the pay period. eh, no it wouldn't be fine. i'd still be pissed.

NOTE TO MOUSY GIRL: I NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO EAT.

to subtract further from my checkbook balance, the producers have decided that they were "unrealistic" in the way they scheduled season four, so everyone is getting pushed a week. we found out yesterday (and it will be confirmed today) that we will all be getting a week of unpaid vacation starting monday. isn't that sweet?

my excitement over getting into u.s.c. was almost dampened by this news, until i managed to talk myself down and call d___. he immediately saw an opportunity to get out of town for a few days. in the three months we've been together we've never been farther than the san fernando valley together. i'd love to do that, even if i have to charge everything to mastercard to make it happen. i'm very responsible with money in general, so i think i'm allowed to splurge a couple times a year.

on a serious note, people really do turn republican when they start making money. this actually happens. please, someone explain how this is possible. ugh - forget that. explain how any human being in this country could actually want these fucking irresponsible people running things? it just doesn't make sense.