November 10, 2008

Hopes Dashed?

Bad news, I'm afraid. USC has been fiddling around with the latest budget cut, and they finally decided on how much to cut from the department I work under. Well, our budget is getting cut by a grand total of about a million dollars. Now, as a temporary employee, my "agreement" runs out in December. That means they have to sign me under a new agreement if I am to come back in January.

So yeah, getting a new agreement is basically asking UTS to fork out another $20,000 or so while it is trying to cut $1,000,000. Chances are, it will not happen. However, that isn't set in stone, as a temporary employee is far cheaper to employ than a permanent one. I'll have to see. Until then, obviously buying my car has been put off until I can secure some form of employment in 2009.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, I spent some time during the weekend, and I couldn't find any jobs I really qualify for. I've looked at most places that would hire people like me (ISPs, banks, etc). That's why I'm really hoping I -can- work here for a while.

November 5, 2008

Quotes Raise My Hopes!

So, I got my quotes, one for the Fit and one for the tC. I had them quote me full coverage with a $500 deductible for collision and comprehensive. The prices were MUCH better due to some multi-car discount, since my parents have their car insured by State Farm as well. Here's the results!

Scion tC: $853.72 ($142.29/mo.)
Honda Fit Sport: $718.45 ($119.74/mo.)

I'll most likely be getting the tC. Thank God, affordable insurance...

Obama Wins, Democrat Majority in House and Senate

Personally, I think it is going to be a rough ride, but whatever. I didn't vote for either one of these guys.As long as Joe Wilson won and the beer/wine referendum passed, I'm happy.

Well, I can't say that's honestly the truth. Basically, Democrats were destined to grab control of Congress and the White House. Obama winning just gives them a tight grip over all three branches (after all, how do SCOTUS judges get appointed). Even if by some miracle McCain won, Congressional Republicans were going to lose seats, making it even more difficult for shit to get done.

My biggest hopes? I hope the national debt gets paid off with the massive taxes we are going to see, and I hope we don't see a massive surge in Socialist bullshit.

My biggest fear? Democrats holding the White House and Congress for 20+ years. If that happens, enjoy your 60% tax on income to pay for ghetto/trailer trash. Socialism will turn America into a train wreck.

November 3, 2008

Insurance Quotes OTI, is Insurance Even Affordable?

Wow, what a load of bullshit. I can't even get a decent quote for how much insurance would cost on a new car thanks to the shit questions they ask.

Here's one: When did your mother first get her driver's license? Oh wow, thanks assholes, because it really is relevant when someone in their fifties got their damn license. Here's another: If your car gets stolen, but you had liability, so no claim was filed and you weren't given the value of the car... How much was "damages" valued at? What, DAMAGES? You mean, how much was the car worth? How the fuck am I supposed to know? Well, I can't leave it blank, and I have no fucking idea what the car was worth. Here's another wonderful question... If you just bought a car, and you haven't owned a car in 6 months, and you are trying to apply for insurance on a new car, have you within 3 years time been without insurance for 1 month or more? If yes, well, when does your current insurance expire? HA, got you fucker. Oh, so you'll answer no? Even better, why the hell did you let your insurance lapse you deadbeat asshole? FUCK.

Needless to say, what quotes I can fudge to hell and back come up with jacked up prices. Geico was a pain and I ended up giving up on their site, Progressive required MASSIVE fudging and gave me the low price of $2000+/6 months (oh, and for the second time I've had them quote me a price did NOT have ANY comparison rates), and State Farm is by far the cheapest and least annoying, but quoted me at $168/mo. if I put a $2000 deductible on collision. Problem is, I fudged that one too, so who the fuck knows how much I'm going to have to pay?

I have a bad feeling that no matter what I try to own, because of the bullshit that's happened to me, I won't be able to afford insurance on a new car, and what's the point of having a used car? So it can get stolen again or slammed into again and I get shit on by the insurance company? I've already pissed thousands away on the three cars I -did- own. What makes this even worse is that I'm getting priced high because I'm a 22-year-old male, not to mention that I've lost three cars in less than three years.

Seriously, the nightmare only begins there. Someone slams into your parked car and totals it? Great, here's $800 for your troubles. Too bad that $800 will be absorbed back into whatever insurance takes you because, yes, your insurance goes up for accidents that aren't even your fault. Wonderful. Oh, your car got stolen? Too bad you didn't have liability or you could've gotten money for it. Oh, by the way, even though some crackhead thug stole the car for drug money and you didn't get shit out of your insurance, we're still going to charge you more for insurance.

Here's the scary thought, what IF the insurance on a car is more than I can afford? What if the payments on the car are lower than the premium I pay to some shit insurance company? As I said, I've wasted thousands on getting old cars that can just get totaled, break down, or get stolen and fuck me over even worse. I can't get a recent used car because I'll be shoving thousands into it, still have to pay higher insurance, and more than likely won't have any real warranty to work with, so you can throw maintenance costs in with it. Knowing my luck, the transmission would die 6 months later, if it didn't get stolen by then.

That's just it, I'm fucked. I'm fucked because some border-hopping fucker who can't speak a lick of English sped down a rainy road and slammed into some guy in an SUV who didn't yield right-of-way and totaled my first car. I'm fucked because I spent $2500 on a car that shit out on me, and not even what I expected it to shit out from. I'm fucked because some drug addicted bastard had to get his fix and stole my car to get it. I'm fucked because I'm under 25 and male and single, because apparently that allows them to compare me to some frat boy smashing daddy's ride.

Other than pissing money away on a car that wasn't in good shape, I don't get what I ever did wrong. My ass is paying for other peoples' mistakes. All I can do is go to the State Farm agent and hope that the shit I didn't say online doesn't hike the price up a few hundred dollars, but don't worry, it will.

The question remains, what do I do? Not own a car? That's going to fuck me over if shit causes me to lose this USC job, which judging on the last 22 years of my life, will happen (especially since I don't know many other places I can apply at).