I decided to try to do my taxes online after Lauren left this morning and I managed to just about finish them in 30 minutes or so. I haven't fully completed them because I'm still waiting on a form from one of my college loans detailing how much interest I've accumulated this past year, but even without that it looks like I'm going to be getting a nice heft check of $2600 back this year. I'm guessing it's because I've been paying taxes as if I were working a full year when I've really only worked a little over half of it. I was actually worried a little that I'd owe money this year, but thankfully that's not the case.

I'm pretty stoked about it and while I'd love to buy something like a big plasma or lcd tv to hang up in my room, the money will probably go right back into paying more of my loans. Kind of sad, eh?

I'm not really sure how I feel about the tax rebates that congress is trying to pass right now, even though I'd get somewhere around $300-600 as it stands currently. I'd love the money (of course), but I'm more interested in where that money is actually coming from and why they're able to pull it out of their asses and just give it back to us. I also worry about whether the video game industry will be stable if we do end up going into a much slower economy. I'm not entirely sure it'd affect me at all, but I worry slightly anyway.

I guess if I get laid off, I could always go get a job at Google ;).

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