the government is mocking me

You know, my mom was saying to me the other day that my blog sounds very negative.  And looking back on some of my posts, it's true that I'm a little heavy on the bitching.  So, I've resolved to be a little more upbeat.  Right after this post.  Because let me tell you about a couple of things that have happened to me over the weekend:

1.  I finally filled out the Census form that had been sitting on my dining room table for about a week.  People kept talking about how it's only 10 questions, but did you see the packet they sent?  It was pages and pages long.  Well guess what?  It's only pages and pages long if you have a lot of people living with you.  I filled out the front page of the packet, and I was done.  You're thinking, "Hey that's great!  You're so lucky, you must have been done in less than 5 minutes."  Sure, but trust me, it doesn't warrant the celebration that you would think.  It actually only serves to further prove my pathetically lonely life.  I only had to fill out the first page because I don't go past Person 1.  Sadly, I don't think my cat can count as Person 2.  As the Beatles wisely sang, "One is the loneliest number."  So true.

2.  I also finally got around to doing my taxes.  (If I do them earlier, it will help me when I apply for Financial Aid for Columbia.)  Now, last year, when I entered my W-2 into TurboTax, a little box on the left-hand side of the screen told me in happy green numbers how much money I would be getting back.  I'm telling you, that was one of my best days last year.  It was awesome.  Well, this year when I put in my W-2s, the little box on the left-hand side told me in angry red numbers how much money I still had to pay.  Not so awesome.  I mean, really?  They know how much (rather, how little) I make, and yet they're still taking money from me.  Come on!  The US Government is like a perverse version of Robin Hood: "We steal from the poor and give to the rich!"  Ugh.

So that's my last rant for awhile.  And not just because I've decided to turn over a new leaf and be "happy," whatever that is.  I won't be posting for awhile because I'm going to Africa to see my boyfriend!!!!!  In Census terms, I'm going to see my Person 2.  And let me tell you, it is long overdue.

Peace out bitches.