165: Storage for almost everything that I had in my last apartment, most of which I got from the Homeless Coalition's warehouse
51: Vermont state student loan payment
65: Federal student loan payment
64: Transportation-train & bus passes
120: Phone. Last year, I finally got a smartphone, with which I can film videos and take pictures, and publish them online while things happen or soon after they happen. It has always seemed to me that my documenting what is happening is the only way for me to raise awareness about how destructive what's happening is. I can also check my email and do work and housing searches without having to be dependent on public access computers, which are usually only available for an hour or two each day, and that also require that I be where they are.
60: A gym membership that I haven't used, for fear of being harassed while I'm trying to work out and/or videotaped in the locker room.
35: Automatic debit to a savings account that I started a couple of months ago. The bank gives you 4 months to get the amount in the savings account to over $200; if it's not at $200 after the first 4 months, then you get charged a monthly maintenance fee. I have kept having to take money from that account because of the emergency situations that the conglomerate continues to cause for me.
Copyright L. Kochman, May 6, 2015 @ 8:53 a.m.
