lordkalkin

Today, I made a time sacrifice to Greyface and did my taxes (gasp). For the record, I rarely do my taxes because I've never mad enough to be required to file. Before you tell me that I should file so that I can get a refund, for the last several years, I've worked for public universities, making me a state employee who didn't have any taxes taken out. I did file a few years back while I was working for the writing center, and I got all of 70 bucks back from state and nothing from federal. I'm really not one to waste my time for governments when there's nothing in it for me. Hence, I don't vote, either.

This year, my taxes in the States were incredibly uninteresting. Nothing I made this year in the US counts as income, especially when measured against my tuition, so I get nothing back at all. I filed those before I understood the nuances of that, so I did waste my time there. Canada, on the other hand, was a different story. The Canadian government owes me enough to cover the hotel room and car rental for our trip to LA, so I can at least feel less bad about that part of it. Well, less financially irresponsible. I feel great about the whole thing, expenses be damned.

However, shit like doing taxes really saps my strength, so I didn't do a great deal of school work. I'll have to get cracking again over the weekend. The good news is that I'm not behind at all, so no worries.