Silly humans with your weekends and holidays.

[tithonium]

Just for the hell of it - mostly - I applied for an Apple Instant Loan, which is backed by MBNA, with whom I've always felt I had a good relationship. I asked for a $4k line. (The machine I'm wanting is going to run $4300)

They came back with $3500 and 23.99% APR. I declined. There is, unfortunately, no "Decline with derisive laughter" button.

Then I called MBNA to see if they'd bump up the limit on my card, which would have the same effect (and only 9.97%). The appropriate department is, of course, closed. Stupid holidays.

I actually have /almost/ enough space on the card to buy the thing, and could clear up enough space pretty easily. The only reason I've been carrying the balance there is 'cause I was focusing on paying off the joint debts first. However, I worked out - in my little spreadsheet I'm using to track the joint debts - that we've got enough on-hand to pay off everything we need to pay off. All that would be left is the gazebo - which we haven't ordered yet so we don't owe anything - and the windows - which are financed for 10 years at about $63/mo, so we can wait and pay them off whenever we want.

Comments

[shadowblue.livejournal.com]

This is one of those comments wherein I respond to something that's been around for months but lately everything's seemed new to me because I'm online so rarely:

That is actually a really great icon. It's the classic "why the hell are you doing that, [computer I am currently using]?" Marty expression.
The hand in the background is perfect.

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

Honestly... This was taken right after I got my digital camera, and I was playing with it and doing semi-random poses that I thought would look good. The camera is in my left hand, I'm sitting on the couch in front of the LR window. One or two others from that series survived. Back when I stared doing the Finn's thing, I decided I needed an icon that actually showed my face so people could find me, I thought that one would make a good one.

I was going to be subtle...

[colindb.livejournal.com]

I was going to try and come up with some witty remark and somehow segue into talking about a9.com, but I think that's gonna require a bit too much effort.

Anyways, we launched (www.a9.com (http://www.a9.com)). It definitely takes some getting used to, but once you get past the beautiful color scheme the page actually isn't too shabby. I've found the search history to be really useful, especially when I'm trying to hunt down a page that I stumbled across a couple of days ago (which I seem to do a lot of).

I'm curious to see how others feel about the site. Any insight (http://www.livejournal.com/users/colindb/793.html?mode=reply) would be appreciated, the harsher the better. :)

Oh, and who am I? I worked with Marty at Amazon.com for last summer/fall before getting suckered into moving down to California for A9.com. I found his lj page about a month ago, but didn't know anyone else on the page so I was afraid to reply. :D