Grabbing life by the horns (sans a Dodge Ram!)

Being without a job from my last til the week after next or never at all; I felt that a list would let me gather my thoughts a little clearer. First, I was OK where I was working they almost always seem to pay more the less you do. I'm not being a douche here, 80% of the other employees (there's was only about 14) would agree. Not only that it has become the gauntlet of time for me to make it or break it for my very late raise. Or should I say lack of equal pay. I was getting a damn good amount where I had worked previously til they had to shut their doors, but making $11 here is not beneficial for me at all, (and just a little higher than half of what I was making!) especially when I still have health stuff that should finally be coming to a close. But the bills still have to be paid. I had previously had not ask for a raise due to a bunch of emotional stuff I had put myself through. Now, I'd say that life's timing is even worse this time around, but now I'm grabbing it by the bull horns! Kind of a weird turnaround for lots of other stuff too.

Things to accomplish this week (7.2.2009-7.8.2009)

• Clean up and organize a lot of my junk so that my mind may think
  
• Fix my bike's braking system so that I may fully increase my time exercising and its frequency. Bike fixed July 4th
  
• Clear out everything out of the basement of my parents, first starting at ground zero: my room. (Moth problems that aren't fought vigilantly enough result in "peace" keeping)
  
• Reformat and clean install XP on the downstairs computer at my mom's Done July 3rd
  
• Try to get some sort of time line for my new temporary home on what work will be/needs to be done
  
• Take pictures on The Fourth and also begin building up my SketchUp texture library for modeling Bellingham in Google Earth
  
• Do more art, writing included. When is that sci-fi story of mine coming out? (Whether or not it's a comic or novel!)
  
• File for unemploymentDone July 11th
  

Things to accomplish this summer (Now to October)

• Unlock my online stock trading account
  
• Study the market and spot the next big thing (while it is still out of the limelight!)
  
• Buy or sell stock
  
• Look into creating a portfolio or getting certified for anything
  
• Study up on web design, databases, CSS, Flash and both C++ and Basic
  
• Find a direction I want to go and stick to it career and personal wise
  
• Study up on Tax law and Corporations. This is both for possibly professional and personal reasons. Damn rich people telling us to do OUR BEST!
  
• Get a Dev. Kit of Anything
  
• Dress and act closer to what I am as a person
  
• Find a girl that is generally smart, beautiful and strong in both will and self-esteem so that she doesn't hop around. I don't have to date her, it would just be nice to know that she exists! I mean when a coworker says you're gonna get a big-breasted physicist as a girl doesn't that mean something? (Did I already find her?)
  
• Hopefully either be employed or am somewhat self-employed in my dealings with business and personal/professional growth over the summer