another day, another half dollar.

again, there is yet another fire at our apartment complex. over fifty people left homeless from a fire that sparked in the third floor of one of the buildings just down the way. over one million dollars in damage. the building is now roofless. this is the second major fire in the past six months. this just strengthens my resolve to buy a home.

now i am looking at my finances and realizing, for perhaps the first time, how frivolously i spend my money. constant eating out. always purchasing new shirts, shoes, corduroy pants i wear once and then relegate to the upper shelf of my closet. booze. things that i buy simply because they're on sale, although i have no real use for them. books i could just as easily get from the library. everything silly adds up, especially the food. i'm sure i could be a bazillionaire by now if i didn't go to the red lobster so much.

so, in a nutshell, here's what's consuming me: worries of a fire in my building and getting my finances in control. also, the legend of zelda. i just need that last piece of the triforce.