August 14, 2011

  • Mo Money, Mo Problems

    I remember playing a Grand Theft Auto game and I remembered a pedestrian saying "mo' money mo' problems" as I would drive by in some vehicle that I recently hijacked. Even though the quote was popular even before Grand Theft Auto, it speaks a lot of truth; even so, no money can cause more problems as well. Either way, when you live in an economy that requires some sort of monetary exchange (which is every type of economy), you have to acquire something of monetary value in order exchange it for goods and services. In my case, I have to acquire US currency to pay for goods (parts for my car) and service (manual labor). Due to inflation, my monetary value of $7.25/hr, and the condition of my car, I will probably be spending money that I don't have to fix my car up. Based on recent events, you know that I was experiencing problems with my car: for one thing, my suspension needs to be fixed, my rear tires need to be replaced, I had to replace a busted radiator hose (at a BP gas station by some random stranger I might add), and I'm currently dealing with my car not even managing to CRANK (which started out as just a stop-light stall). My mechanic told me that the suspension needed about 1,800 dollars of work to fix the suspension; that ain't gonna happen, so that's thrown out for right now. My rear tires also need to be replaced (which is a month of working at Kroger with my current hours and rate of pay). Right now, times have been stressful because my car has been sitting in the shop for several days and for whatever reason, they can't seem to find the problem. I'm not sure if they've tried looking at it deeply, or if they've had other cars to fix up (after all, it's a BODY shop and not a MECHANIC shop). The only reason why I'm using them as my mechanic is because my aunt hooked me up with management up there who "owes" her from previous business partnerships with HER store. Supposedly, it's saving me money; otherwise, I would've went to an actual mechanic so they could diagnose the issue. Right now, it's just a patience game. I'm waiting to pay money that I don't have; at least with patience, I'll have more of an opportunity to save up money so I can actually afford the bill on my own, but I gotta see my girlfriend too. Originally, she was just 25 minutes away, but now that she's back at her university, add another 20 minutes and you've got yourself a long drive. If I had my car, I wouldn't mind paying for extra gas; it's a great car to drive, really comfortable, big doors so you can rest your arm on it and everything. Relationships are about sacrifices and I have made a ton of them, but I'm not willing to stop. Times are just a little rough right now because I have to rely on my grandmother's car, and my grandmother isn't too happy about that because my dad has to rely on her car (since his Honda Accord is pretty much garbage); basically, I already rely on her for practically everything, and now I rely on her car to take me places. I understand her frustration, but I'm not too happy about taking her car either; I'd be more than happy to drive my car, but when you drive down the highway and your car stalls to the point that it won't even crank anymore, you have to throw in the towel and recognize that you have a problem and that you have to work towards a solution. I need to see my girlfriend, I have a lack of transportation, and therefore I must use all the transportation that I can get. I know that my girlfriend is willing to wait a couple months (considering I waited a couple months for HER), but we're young and in love...the last thing we want to say is "next week baby...next week." No, I want that shit to be tomorrow. I wanna roll up in my Firebird knowing that my girlfriend will be up there, that sexy and amazing Brazilian woman that I call my girlfriend, waiting for her future husband to breakdown that doorway and say "RAHHHHHHH...WHERE IS MY WOMAN! COME HERE BABEH AND GIVE ME SOME SUGA!"

    In other news, I started writing a book that I feel pretty confident about. It's going at a slow pace, but I'm still generating ideas on what to include in it. No, it's not an autobiography BUT there are some significant details in my life that may appear in the book. Basically, it's going to be a book about a guy falling in love with a girl. Is there a catch? Maaayyybbeee. I can't say till it's done. At the rate I'm going, it could be a loooooong book. Haha. Well, that's all for now.

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