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In a nutshell posted : 11/02/09 at 02:48pm pst

You ever get the feeling that only bad things ever happen to you? I guess my line started a long time ago but I'll start at the end of summer to keep this from running on too long. I live in Alaska. I want to go to school for computer engineering which the colleges up here don't offer. I want to move to Washington because I know they have a really good program there. The root of my problem, as with many others, is money. Everyone knows college isn't cheap. I am currently working at a job that pays $19 an hour to do graveyard stocking. For me thats a lot and I can save up relatively easily when you compare me to all my friends. The thing is life keeps coughing up costly events which constantly make me backpeddle my financial plans. At the end of summer the starter in my car went out. When I went to get it fixed they found out I had a really bad oil leak and my rear left brake was bad. In the end it cost me $1200. Of course when I looked at the receipt it was $300 parts $900 labor. That in itself wasn't a big deal. I mean my car is the sole reason I even got a credit card and given I make $19 an hour with substantial overtime I got that paid off in less then a month. Shit happens.Thats life right? Then the girl who I was going to stay with initially when I move to Washington changed her mind and decided it wasn't a good idea. Shit again. I have to completely rethink my strategy on getting my foot in the door in a place where the only person I know wouldn't let me stay with her even after it was agreed that I could. Nothing like scratching plans that were in place for 1+ years and starting from ground zero. Financially its a  near disaster as moving somewhere without a roommate easily clears $600 a month just in rent not counting bills. Fucking shit happens. The whole point of even staying with her was just until I could find a roommate. My foot in the door so to speak. Then a few weeks ago I noticed the heater in my car stopped working. Last time that happened all I had to do was replace the thermastat and it was as good as new. This time it wasn't the thermastat. Unfortunately it was the waterpump and heater core, which although sounds simple enough, isn't so simple to fix. In order to get to those components they had to remove my starter and take apart my dash. So as you would guess the labor part of the bill was unproportionably high. Down goes another $1700 for another car fix. So grand total since the end of summer I spent $2900 on a car I only paid $4000 for. Its a deep wound but reality dictates its still cheaper than buying a  new car. Since I work graveyards I can't take the bus because they stop running at a certain time so there really was no alternative. I had to fork up the cash. Stupid fucking shit. So not only did "shit happen" and "fucking shit happen", but also "stupid fucking shit"  happened. A trifecta of monetary catastrophies put a dent in my plan to go back to school in Washington. And that would be the end of my rant. All that was just one aspect in my existence of this universe. I won't even touch into the relationship issues I've been having. I can write pages upon pages about that angle. Then again who couldn't right? So anyone know anyone trustworthy who is looking for a roommate in the Seattle/Tacoma area come this Spring? Could also use some advice on how to move to a place where you don't know anyone. How much I should save and what I could expect my expenses to be. Stuff like that. Will listen to anyone who has experience moving a lot. Thats all my brain can cohesively muster at the moment. Now I need rest before work. Until next rant.

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