Monthly Totals

In what I hope will be my most frivolous month in terms of spending, my monthly total for August came to exactly $998. Just two dollars under the amount I have allotted on average per month, but still a number far, far higher than I wish—and especially, need—to spend. It goes to show that when I have money I still spend it. And so the less I have the less I spend and the better I feel about it.

But unlike last month when I broke down my spending by category (for the record, my going out and dining out spending was way higher with bills, food and unexpected spending remaining rather constant) I will instead breakdown the nothing that has been occupying me.

Over the last month I have continued to ride my bike for a daily 18 mile round trip commute, hung out constantly on the porch with my housemates, and managed to fit a few books and short stories in as well.

Additionally, my friend Mike and I have begun using all the recording equipment that he owns and have been working on a few musical ideas that we have. I have also began to research, line by line (using wikipedia mostly), what is perhaps my favorite book, Reader’s Block, in hopes of fully understanding its intricate system of cross-reference and literary allusions. Beyond that I have continued working on posting these thoughts, as well as slowly continuing work on some other thoughts that I’ve neglected far too long.

I have been carrying out these last ideas all with no monetary incentive nor even necessarily the completion of them, but rather only for the enjoyment of the acts and the processes themselves. It beats watching TV and demanding to be entertained.

But still, I haven’t begun drawing again.