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d_aulnoyIt really is deeply odd to consider how damn quickly my life has changed this year. From grad student to grown-up, 0 to 60 ....
1) This one's for all the city-dwellers who believe firmly in the glories of public transportation: get a drivers license. No, now. No, right now. Even if you plan on spending the rest of your life wrapped tight in the MTA's vaguely abusive embrace ... get thee to a DMV. Apparently, because I never had a license, the world now expects me to promptly crash into things, doubling our insurance premiums: however, if I'd had a damned license, even if I'd never, ever used the damn thing, I'd have a perfect driving record. Sigh ....
2) Check your credit regularly. (This one I did, thank god.) If your credit is good, kudos! If not, dude ... fix it. Because, apparently, there are parts of this great nation where it is impossible to rent a decent place, necessitating the purchase of a house, and if your credit blows, you're just kinda ... screwed. Here, note that by "fix it", I do not necessarily mean "pay off all of your grad-school-induced debts and become a productive member of society" (though that would be nice too, I guess): I mean, employ enough of the jury-rigged tactics accepted by the nice people at FICA to drag your score up. Spend a few months paying more of your balance, periodically apply for a new card to show you're a decent, capital-spending member of society, never cancel a card, etc.
And, finally, at least for now ....
3) Avoid having childishly high expectations for the new Harry Potter movie, because, seriously, you know better. Also, David Yates? You cut all of McGonagall's good lines? And most of Grimmauld Place? And, and, and ...! [shakes fist impotently]
1) This one's for all the city-dwellers who believe firmly in the glories of public transportation: get a drivers license. No, now. No, right now. Even if you plan on spending the rest of your life wrapped tight in the MTA's vaguely abusive embrace ... get thee to a DMV. Apparently, because I never had a license, the world now expects me to promptly crash into things, doubling our insurance premiums: however, if I'd had a damned license, even if I'd never, ever used the damn thing, I'd have a perfect driving record. Sigh ....
2) Check your credit regularly. (This one I did, thank god.) If your credit is good, kudos! If not, dude ... fix it. Because, apparently, there are parts of this great nation where it is impossible to rent a decent place, necessitating the purchase of a house, and if your credit blows, you're just kinda ... screwed. Here, note that by "fix it", I do not necessarily mean "pay off all of your grad-school-induced debts and become a productive member of society" (though that would be nice too, I guess): I mean, employ enough of the jury-rigged tactics accepted by the nice people at FICA to drag your score up. Spend a few months paying more of your balance, periodically apply for a new card to show you're a decent, capital-spending member of society, never cancel a card, etc.
And, finally, at least for now ....
3) Avoid having childishly high expectations for the new Harry Potter movie, because, seriously, you know better. Also, David Yates? You cut all of McGonagall's good lines? And most of Grimmauld Place? And, and, and ...! [shakes fist impotently]