"Temptation, thy name is P.O.D."

I recently came into a bit of money, the refund of my Pell Grant for the spring semester, and am going to try to put it in my savings and sit on it. Three things that will most likely immediately draw from this little bit of money are an oil change for my car, the graduation fees for college, and some more paper for my classes.

However, as parsimonious as I may seem to other people, though not many, I find that the fact that I have a little extra money tends to make me feel that I am free to spend what little extra money I have. This would not be a healthy thing to do as I don't know how much I will make each pay period. The best idea would be to save this money in case I have to miss some hours at work and don't have enough for rent, the electric bill, gas, and food (why gas before food? As most college students will attest, Ramen noodles are cheap and easy to fix).

So, as much as I love my music, it will have to wait until I myself can afford to purchase it, which is at it should be. I don't think the new secretary of the treasury or my fellow tax payers really want to foot the bill for music that would probably not be as aesthetically pleasing to them.

REFLECTION:

This may be a whole post unto itself in a few days,
but I would like to reflect on the passing of Coretta Scott King.
We lost Rosa Parks last year.
That generation that won so many
freedoms and civil liberties
for so many
who had gone without them for so long is all but gone.
As many people have been saying on the news,
and will doubtless continue to expound upon,
it is now falling to the subsequent generations to
grab hold of the human rights torch and carry it
flaming into the future.
I hope to do my part.