welcome to the year of the dog

for those of you born this year:

The Dog will never let you down. Born under this sign you are honest, and faithful to those you love. You are plagued by constant worry, a sharp tongue, and a tendency to be a fault finder, however. You would make an excellent businessman, activist, teacher, or secret agent.

however, if you are born this year, and are reading this... wow. anyways, may you wag the year of the dog, and it not wag you.

to catch up over the last week:

new years was good. i saw some of my friends that i only seem to see on a yearly basis. but we are still friends nonetheless, so all is well. drank a lot and had a lot of fun.

now things seem to be in a race to next monday... when my new job starts. i'm trying my best to tie up as many loose ends as possible at work right now, and get things orginized so i can take as much personal data home with me as possible. i'll package things up as best as i can over the next day or so and see what happens. i have a fair amount of books i need to get out of here as well. this is going to be complicated.

i've been spending a lot of time trying to figure out how i'm going to handle my finances once things get up and rolling. the next few weeks are going to be rough, since i know it may not be till the end of this month that i see another paycheck. all of my bills can float for the time being, so atleast i'll be able to eat. i have a few hundred comming from my current job still, so things are atleast bearable. anyways, my priorities seem to be the following (once cashflow is re-established):
1. get out of debt
2. washer and dryer
3. elipitical machine
4. sound system for living room
5. plasma or lcd tv
6. ps3

of course, 1 will be continuous, but i refuse to let it take a back seat. and i will be getting new clothes the entire time, probably 2 shirts or 2 ties or a pair of slacks every paycheck (depending on need).

i just hope i don't fuck this all up.