They try to keep me away

Yesterday I tried blogging, but the blogger website was down. They suceeded in silencing me for a day, but I'm back! Fight on, my loyal readers (all 5 of you).

I'm currently in the middle of doing my taxes. They're greeeeaat! I kind of don't know what I'm doing, but I'm using one of the free services that they offer to people who earn less than $50,000 and are under 18 and a bunch of other qualifications that also mean "dirt poor." I really hope I don't mess them up...less because I care about doing it right, and more because I don't want to accidentally cheat myself out of getting back more of my own money.

Speaking of money, I wrote a check for $1000 the other day. OF MY OWN MONEY. It kind of sucked, but it was to pay off my Perkins student loan to Northwestern. The interest was going to start accruing soon, and if I'd paid the $40 a month for however many years, it would have added up to $3800. I just decided to get it out of my hair, and I still have the other huge loan to deal with. With my check, I sent a ghetto hand-written note with my information on it, and I really wanted to write "So long, SUCKAS!" on it or something, but I decided it probably wan't appropriate. But, Hannah did convince me to write at the very bottom:

Peace out.
Go 'Cats

Not exactly stickin' it to the man, but it made us giggle :)

Awesomely awesome JCrew dude.
The other day I went to JCrew during my lunch break. There weren't many customers and it seemed pretty slow. I bought a collared tissue tshirt on sale for like $12, and when I went up to the register a nice, somewhat effeminate Asian man rang up my purchase. First, he informed me that they were getting a new collection in next week, and that would be when all the sizes would be in stock - while he very meticulously folded my shirt and wrapped tissue paper around it. Then, he swiped my card, and offered me a kleenex because I was sniffing from the remnants of my cold. He then said that they have been giving away seeds, but maybe I wouldn't want them because perhaps I have allergies. I told him that it was just a cold, and he then asked me if I would like sunflower or daisy seeds. I took the daisy ones - i think my Mom would like them. Then, as he very neatly folded up my receipt into a little JCrew pouch, he asked me if I would like a bottle of water as well - I think he was still concerned about the sniffing. By then I just felt like I was taking too much and I already had a bottle of water in my bag, so I declined the water. In the beginning when he was taking forever to wrap up the shirt, I was a little annoyed because I was kind of in a hurry, but by the end I was just enthralled in his full-serviceness. Its not like I was a high roller or anything - I spent like $15 - but it was a very pleasant experience. props to JCrew dude.

Gonna go hold some babies today!