Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Ah… Internships. All of DC runs on the nefarious slave-practice of the unpaid internship. It sucks. Personally, I’ve never done it. I’ve always taken paid work, but being a grad from a local school, I have plenty of pie-eyed friends whose idealism for public policy, civics and government work ended up in DC working for [...]
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What’s the most expensive present you ever received from or bought for someone not your parents? What about from/for your significant other?
Sometimes I’m surprised when people say they bought their boyfriend or girlfriend a video game console or cellphone. I honestly cannot imagine spending $300-400 on a single gift for anyone. Well, ok, I can. [...]
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Despite all my homages to meat on this blog, I really really really like tofu. Being Korean, I’m not scared of tofu. I love it. I love hot, I love it cold, I love it fried, boiled, squished into dumplings, deep-fried and now, I like it frozen.
Since my boyfriend likes to eat vegetarian, I’ve been [...]
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Ah. Jersey City. It’s come quite a long way since 9/11 and all those downtown Manhattan firms have moved across the river. My friend’s lovely event was held at the Liberty House at Liberty State Park. There was a gorgeous moonlit view of Manhattan and at the edge, the Statue of Liberty. Beautiful, just like [...]
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And I hate it even more when my posts get eaten by the system.
I just realized that Monday is payday for me. I get paid on the last day of the month this month.
Sux0rs.
I don’t mind getting paid after Wednesday, but getting my check on Monday or Tuesdays stinks. I pay myself an allowance on [...]
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I wish I had more to say right now. There seems like there should be a lot but there isn’t.
1. I’ve been sick as a dog and working from home. Sleep is good. It’s put my wedding trip into jeopardy though. I’m afraid I won’t be able to drive to Jersey tonight. That would be [...]
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My apologies. I’ve been fighting a cold for the last few days. Luckily, I’m in training so I can still work through the illness. I love being a knowledge-worker disconnected from the physical state of my being. *cough* I get a lot done.
While I was writing my March net worth outlook post and writing about [...]
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My Medical FSA check came and I am trying to turn the money around in my checking accounts. Once it goes through, I will have bumped my net worth back up by almost $5K,
I am also holding on to a lot of cash at the moment and probably through April too. For various and sundry [...]
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Most of my knitter friends are not young hipsters who rock out. They’re mostly moms with kids who are edging towards college admissions and retirement. One of them has had breast cancer on and off the last few years. She’s doing her third round of chemo now. It’s spread to her bones. I’m really worried [...]
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I’m dating myself by revealing that I remember the days protesting for divestiture from South Africa because of apartheid. It was a big deal to get our school’s endowment fund to divest in line with its religious principles and values. It seems like a very small act to divest in Sudan because I don’t have [...]
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