Goddamnit. Something had to come along and foul up my mood before vacation. On Friday, I received a letter from my condo association saying I owed $900 in overdue association fees. I figure it must be a mistake because I always pay my fees on time. I call the management company this morning to straighten things out. I discover that my association fees had been raised by $20/month in January. January, 2003. Why did I never find out about this? Because they were still sending billing statements to the previous owner of my place. So I’ve been unknowingly racking up late fees for over a year now. The management company waived the late fees after realizing their fuck-up, but insisted I had to pay the remaining $300 and some dollars. I wrote a letter of appeal to our Board, so we’ll see what happens. If I had a little less dignity, I’d play the “poor cripple” card, but I can’t bring myself to do that. I refuse to let this affect my trip, so I may just have to resort to a couple drug runs to Mexico. After all, who’s going to search the inside of my ventilator? Or I may have to start producing and selling some amateur porn on the Internet. Other ideas on how I can make some quick cash?
You know, I’d like to think that Richard Clarke’s allegations regarding the Bush Administration’s pre-9/11 handling of counter-terrorism will piss off a lot of voters, but I think so much of this comes across as too wonky for the average American. It gives something for the talking heads to joust back and forth, but I think most people just want to know whether they’ll have a job in six months and how the hell they’ll pay for the next hike in their health insurance costs. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Kerry can find a way to spin it so that people sit up and start asking questions. But I’m not optimistic.
