so much going on in the news today. the pipe-bomber moving to Iowa, Palestinians being released from the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, yet another train wreck in London, the FBI spy got sentenced to life, and i got a new job. well, it's not a real job, but i am going to start tutoring to make money on the side. this way, i might be able to survive and not living paycheck to paycheck as much anymore. this way, i can afford to go to la burrita every week. i am also thinking of other ways to generate income, mostly in the website business.
finances are always clogging up everyone's minds, and definitely a huge factor in influencing my actions. i wish that were not the case for anyone, ever.
in any case, i need to get married so that my finances will be in check. every month, there is one thing that happens which completely drains my checking account... like... mother's day... car accidents... car repairs... new car... taxes (for tax day, i owed the government 1200 dollars... insane, huh?)... every month, something just HAS to come up.
what about investing? well, two years ago, my dad gave me money to buy stocks, specifically in a company called Metromedia Fiber Networks. Try looking up the ticker symbol now... it's MFNX. can't find it? GEE, i wonder why. that's about another grand down the drain.

in light of my finance handling ability, which should qualify as a tax deduction in itself, all the sports teams i ever choose never do well either. since i was born in San Diego, i root for all their teams... no, not the new jersey teams. those would come in second, but a far second. so these are the teams i root for, and how they fared their last seasons:

Baseball: San Diego Padres. Finished last in their division (behind the ROCKIES for goodness sake!).
Football: San Diego Chargers. Finished last in their division (they started 5-2 in first place... then lost 9 in a row. my luck shall always prevail).
Basketball: Los Angeles Clippers (they used to play in San Diego). This team might make it next year. This past season, they did very well despite the fact they had a losing record and not in second to last place like in 2001.
Ice Hockey: Chicago Blackhawks. Why Chicago? Because it was my favorite team when I got my first ice hockey game for nintendo. Ice hockey in San Diego? No way. This team made it to the playoffs this season, but got smashed in the first round.

whenever people ask me which teams i root for, it has always gone like this. 99.8% of the time. the 0.2% is when someone else likes the same team i do, which has yet to happen ever, by the way.

"what's your favorite team?"
"umm... (insert relevant team name while hanging head low)"
"THE (relevant team name)?!?!?!?"

basketball season:
"which team you root for?"
"umm... the clippers."
"THE CLIPPERS?!"

football season:
"what's your favorite team?"
"umm.... the chargers...."
"THE CHARGERS?!?!"

you get the idea. and now you understand a small part of my life.
i hope this doesn't happen to the girl i marry.
"so who's your wife?"
"umm... (insert name here)"
"THE (insert name here)?!?!?!"