So TGS is out next Tuesday...

[Toy and Minion]

Well, I could possibly get the VERY FIRST SIGNED BOOK!!!  NUMBER ONE, EVEN!!!

 

>:(

[mmeeshal]

:-*

Good luck with that.  If you do....Congrats in advance. :P

[mcs0083]

I doubt it

[Toy and Minion]

I doubt it

 

Your doubt will make it all the more sweeter a victory.  Just have to get there around...5 hours in advance?  Think that's early enough?

[mmeeshal]

Well, considering that the copy of TGS that is leatherbound and signed by Brandon is probably already signed.  It was a prize for winning the WoT costume contest at D*Con.  It should be in the mail either on or before the release date. :P

[Toy and Minion]

Okay.  But is it NUMBERED?  He's numbering the first 100 copies at each event. 1-100.

 

I WILL get #1!!!!

 

[mcs0083]

Well I think me having to travel 4 hours to the nearest city that there will be a signing, and having to wait in line will make me feel more accomplished.

[mmeeshal]

Well, in that case...you should camp out, DSage. *nods*

[LedZepMan]

wow, yuo guys know what I am doing that day.......

 

gonna go to work, fix my truck, play some video games.............smoke some cigarettes, and ummm, right, go to bed

[mcs0083]

You have no plans to buy the book?

[LedZepMan]

not in hardcover, too rich for my blood

[mcs0083]

Weirdo

You can pre order it online for like, $15.00

[Toy and Minion]

I can't order online, dammit!  There are like...ten things I want really bad, but can only order them online, and I can't.  :'(

[mmeeshal]

You should find a job, then open a bank account and set up a PayPal so you can shop online if you want to. :P

 

Although the job part will likely continue to be difficult.

[Toy and Minion]

Indeed it has been.  I've been able to grab up a few part-time jobs, but they don't last long.

[mmeeshal]

That sucks. :-\  It would be nice if once you have a job you could be guaranteed to continue to have a job, but...*shrugs* That's not the way of things, obviously.

 

I myself am now applying for jobs. Didn't want to have one while in school, but I'm desperate. First application I'm turning in?  McDonald's. >.<

 

Ah, I wish things didn't have to be so difficult.

[Toy and Minion]

Ah yes, McDonalds.  I'm keeping that as my little ace-in-the-hole, so to speak. >.>

[mmeeshal]

:D

 

I'd say, any job is better than no job, and you can keep looking for another job while you're working at the job you have.  (That's why, if I get hired back at Mickey D's, I'm going to take the job but keep turning in job apps elsewhere because I've worked there already and I don't like it.  Just got to get to the restaurant and hand in the application that's been ready to return for a couple days now. >.<)

 

At this point...I think I'm screwed as far as the book signing goes.  *takes a long, shuddering breath* 

 

I signed up for a free trial membership with Amazon Prime to get free 1-day shipping on my digital camera.  It was a 30-day trial.  Unlike most trials I've done, it didn't tell me when the 30 days was up.  It just took $79 out of my account without saying.  Leaving me with $4.14.  I was pretty much in tears; I canceled the membership and they said they'd give me my money back, but I don't know if they're going to put it INTO my account or not.  Since I'm using my check/debit card in place of a credit card.  So I don't know....

 

That $79 might appear in the next day or two, but if not, I don't even have a way of getting to Chicago anymore.  That money was supposed to buy my bus ticket, which I was in the process of doing when I discovered I had less than 5 dollars in my account.

And then I don't have a job yet, and nothing's appearing to offer me ways to earn money quickly.  I don't think I'll be able to afford to buy the book, much less pay for the hotel room I'm supposed to be splitting with Barm and Nae.

 

This whole thing just sucks.  I had plenty of money when I first applied for Storm Leader, but then a while passed, I didn't think I'd get it, and I decided it was better not to go.  So I spent some money.  Then I found out that I WAS a Storm Leader, and I figured I could still afford to go--only bus tickets were already more expensive because it was so close to the date I needed them.  Now, at this point, I CAN'T afford to go.

 

I should've just turned it down, and backed out of the job.  But I already confirmed, they're depending on me, and now if I can't find a way there I'm SCREWED and they're left with one less person than they were COUNTING ON.

 

*buries face in hands*

 

What a wreck my life has turned into this month.

[el Nynaeve]

I hate when big companies do that, they make life such a pain in the arse. I'm hoping you get your money back soon meesh! *hugs*

[mcs0083]

Also DSage, PayPal is good and all, but if you are old enough to get a Debit Card you should do that. Then you don't have to wait on PayPal to take DAYS to process the transaction.

[LedZepMan]

yes, my debit card is a life saver. no credit cards though. serious

[mmeeshal]

Also DSage, PayPal is good and all, but if you are old enough to get a Debit Card you should do that. Then you don't have to wait on PayPal to take DAYS to process the transaction.

PayPal never takes that long to process any of my transactions.  It always takes the money out of my account immediately.

Of course I also use my debit card without the PayPal account in some places, but either way, the money comes out right away.

 

*hugs* Thanks, Elli! :)

[mmeeshal]

OOooo, update.

 

Firstly, the money has been put back into my account.  So I have $83 in my account.  Secondly, I've talked to my mom about the trip, and she offered to work something out with my dad; he can drive me to Davenport to catch a bus from there, which saves me $30 on the ticket.  In return I have to help out a LOT around the house for the next week.

Thirdly, I have yet to pick up my last check from the daycare I worked at over the summer (it's been 2 months since the check was available >.>).  When I pick it up, I'll have $42 or so.  Which gives me $72, or around there, to use for the rest of the trip.  That pays for the $54 for my share of the hotel room, and I *think* I should be able to afford the book too.  Though it might be slightly out of my leftover money range and I might have to earn a little more money yet.  But a few bucks is more manageable than $100.

 

Phew, things are looking up now. *dances*

[LedZepMan]

congrats meesh.  ::)

[mmeeshal]

Except that I just found out I can't buy the bus tickets online anymore.  Have to purchase 'em in person now.

 

Oh well.

 

It's been an adventure trying to work this whole trip out.