After the happy post, the obligatory downer

[mousme]

Reason 76,482 why Phnee's life sucks:

My Idiot!Landlord has struck again. Hydro Québec called today and told me that if I didn't produce $800 by the end of the day they'd cut off my power.

So I scraped together $500 from what was supposed to be my rent money (the Idiot!Landlord will just have to wait for his cheque since he's the one who didn't let me know about the Hydro bills until now), and promised them my soul if I hadn't paid the balance off by Monday.

So now I need almost $300 that I don't have before Monday. Whee!


I called my bank to cash in my GIC, but the maturity date isn't before August 25th, so I'm screwed until then.

I found my paintball mask, but the boots are missing. Two pairs of boots, actually, which I now realise I haven't seen in over three months, ever since my mother came and helpfully cleaned part of my apartment.

I can't afford a new pair of boots, obviously.

I can't even afford gas for the car.

So unless I can miraculously come up with some kind of cash before Friday, Bigfoot ain't gonna happen.

Have I mentioned how much this sucks?

:::ETA::: This post is also a palindrome. 1001 posts. Yee!

Comments

Suggestions...

[fearsclave.livejournal.com]

You could try and see whether your bank will float you a short-term personal loan backed by the GIC; you'd pay a bit of interest, but you'd get funded sooner. If you have a credit card or two, you can do a cash advance on the card(s) and then use the GIC once it matures to pay it back.

As for the boots, would suggest calling your mother and seeing whether she remembers them, and barring that, looking some more; I guarantee you'll be in the last place you look. I doubt that you threw them out.

Re: Suggestions...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Not sure how quickly I can get a short-term loan, but is worth looking into. Will do that tomorrow morning.

Have only one credit card, and it is very very unhappy with me right now.

Have called my mother, who swears she put the boots in a bag in my closet (no such animal), so I'll look some more. Will in fact be tidying my apartment as much as possible tonight in the hopes of locating the boots.

Thanks for the suggestions. :)

Am currently harassing the Financial Services department at UQAM so they spit out my paycheque, damn them.

[of-evangeline.livejournal.com]

:(

Sell something valuable but without sentimental value?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I wish I owned such an item. ^^;

The things I own are not worth much, except for my computer (and I'm not desperate enough yet to sell that), and a camera for which I'm reasonably sure I wouldn't get my money's worth. :P

Otherwise, my stuff is mostly worthless except for sentimental value. Unless I sell my refrigerator, which doesn't have any food in it anyway. :P

[of-evangeline.livejournal.com]

Sell the fridge! I'll send you Pocky! :D

[mousme.livejournal.com]

*dies*

With friends like you, who needs a fridge? ;)

[griffen.livejournal.com]

*wince* And I wish I could help you :(

[mousme.livejournal.com]

*pets*

Just send good vibes. :)

I know you've got financial worries of your own. ^^;

[miseri.livejournal.com]

I'm willing to loan you the cash. I can drop by this evening after work; are you still living at the same place?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

You're an absolute darling, but I couldn't possibly accept. :)

I am working on a way of getting UQAM to cough up the money it owes me, and if I stay here and scream at them long enough (figuratively speaking), I should be able to get things done.

Thank you so much for the offer. It's really very lovely of you. *beam*

[resonant.livejournal.com]

EEEEE! $800???? How did it get to be so much???

Um ... I know you don't really know me, but the standard offer I have for all my friends is a) space on an air mattress on my floor whenever they need a place to stay, b) free condoms and lube for anyone who needs it, and c) interest-free loans for those in dire need.

Gimmie an address, I can get a cheque in the mail for at least part of it.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Thank you, but I've managed to sort it out. Phew. ^^;

It got to be so much because my Idiot!Landlord was receiving all the bills at his address and not telling me about them. Finally they called him because they hadn't received a payment in over a year, and he gave them my number, washing his hands of the whole business.

Then they called me and were extraordinarily snotty on the phone when I (understandably, I think) flipped out. There's nothing quite like being told by a telephone rep "not to take that tone of voice" when they've just told you you owe them $800 and have 48 hours to pay or be cut off. I would've hung up on them had I not had the 48 hour deadline in mind.

I've *worked* in collections before, and I swear to God I was never like that with my clients. I was calm, professional, commiserated and never ever told them what tone to take or not to take. Then again, Hydro Québec kind of has the monopoly on electricity here, so they can damn well extort whatever they want to extort and take whatever approach they want. :P

*wanders off to kick a wall*