Mopeds and web stuffs

Colleen Beach — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:48:18 +0000

Whoops, it's been a while since I've done one of these things. So my car was unable to pass smog and I'm currently trying to get the guy who sold it to me to give me my money back and he's dodging my calls. Thankfully my boss knows someone in Marin (where I got it) who used to do lemon law stuff and now does legal aid, so hopefully she can put the fear of God in him. But now I have a moped, which is exciting and insurance is only $9 a month, so you can't beat that.

Project-wise things are still in early stages yet. I'm looking at applications to hire a programmer for one of our sites (californiavoices.org if you know anyone who's good at Ruby on Rails and wants a low paying job you can send them my way). And moving the rest of them around so that they all are on joomla instead of a mix of random CMSes.

It seems like up until this point there hasn't been much standardization in the way they do web things. Everything is in different languages, hosted by different people in different places. So it's a little crazy making, but I'm slowly trying to pull everything together.

Thankfully I haven't had the food stamps issues a lot of people seem to be. Other than my mail seems to be super super slow so I got a letter the other day saying that because I hadn't turned something in they were going to cut me off, but when I called they said they'd gotten the paper work.

Making it...

Richard T. Anderson — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:44:54 +0000

I have been wanting to say something about making it on low income.

One, I don't have any secret to doing so. But I aught to, I suppose.

I think I'm a bit different. A lot VISTA talk was about sacrificing by making such a low income for a year. I get the impression that for a lot of you, this is a big change. I, on the other hand, have hardly ever made more than I'm making now. And in fact, had been unemployed since June when I started my service in September.

I don't think I've ever cracked $15,000 for a year. The amount I'll be making from the living allowence is much more typical. And I've made less.

So, I aught to have great advice. But I don't I have horrible credit and I've been to a doctor once since my dad's insurance stopped covering me when I was 19 (I'm 36 now). Hmm. I can say this, I don't trust credit cards or checking accounts. Something always gets messed up. And don't live off your student loans. That was a bad idea.

This is the poverty level, but I still go out. I see movies. I hang out with friends, eat dinner (or lunch) out occaisionally. Take my ex-girlfriend's kids to eat or to a movie. I'd date, but I don't know how to tell what's a date and what's hanging out. I live like I always have, with bills hovering, a car that has problems, and lots of stress.

It's not easy, but with the health benefits (I've foresworn the Seven Corners for an MI Health Card) it's actually an improvement. The fact that I'm doing something I enjoy for a change is amazing. And once this yeat is out I hope that my experience will translate into a job that I enjoy and gets me above the poverty level for a change.

I hope every one is doing well on their low incomes. I had a bit of freak out session with my car tire going flat twice and the door refusing to shut, but I'm doing okay now. I got a used tire for $25 and I just have to remember not to open my driver's side door. :D

Take Care,

Rich

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Mopeds and web stuffs

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