The federal government can kiss my shiny metal ass.

Well, after clearing up some snafus with who's a dependent of whom, I owe good old Uncle Sam $600. Fuck them; I hate having to give my money to a government that thinks the life of an undeveloped embryo is more valuable than that of a person on death row or in another country, and which thinks that abstinence is REALLY the most practical way to prevent pregnancies. But I digress; what pisses me off more is that I had to break down and ask my folks for the money YET AGAIN. I HATE that I'm so poor in real life, but not poor enough in the eyes of the IRS that I can't spare a few more dollars to fund this piece of shit, hypocritical set of morons we have in office right now (again, sorry for the ranting). Shit.

In other, much better news, happy birthday to my brother Gabriel. Apparently, he doesn't have a LiveJournal or any such thing, and as far as I know, he's really not interested in one, so this is the next best thing (aside from a phone-call, which I'll deliver in the evening).