The Man, The Legend, The Budget...

Scenes from the Tax Day Tea Party in Tallahassee

geniusalex — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:14 +0000

It was better than I was expecting. Amazing, in fact.

This time it’s for real..

geniusalex — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:23:57 +0000

Probably not, but let’s assume that it is. I’ve discovered twitter again thanks to my friend Gabriel Bautista. I’ve hadit for a while, but literally used it like three times and then stopped using it. Anyway, look for me at http://www.twitter.com/alexbello. Be warned, I don’t put much thought into my twitting, so it’s usually a quick response to the daily news. If you want nicer, just stick to this. I don’t dwell on the negatives long enought to write it out in great length.

I will write more tomorrow hopefully. For now, I need to get some rest. I have moves to make in the morning.

How I Learned to Love the Bomb… err, Budget.

geniusalex — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:07:09 +0000

This is Alex Bello checking in for the first time on this new blog. I’ll be honest, I’m going to pull from most of my other failed blogs because there are some good posts that I don’t want to have gone to waste. Let me tell you about myself. I’m now twenty-seven (27) years old and I’m starting to see life in a brand new light. For a while, I’ve been trying to fix up many of the messes I had made financially while in College. I did the usual budgeting thing and tried to sacrifice spending money on anything but rent and electricity. Of course, that always ended up terribly.

This time around, I’ve decided once and for all that I need to just simplify my life and get this taken care of. Therefore, I looked into Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University to get some of the basics down. More importantly, I decided that I wasn’t going to “sacrifice” to fix my finances. Instead, I was going to cut back and find creative new ways to do so. I looked at how I spent my money and devised interesting ways to create a little bit of saving as I went along. The reward so far? I’ve eliminated the cash advance trap and I’ve learned to do a lot of neat things from scratch! Of course finances are not the only thing I’ve worked on over the past year — it’s just the biggest concern today. As I go along, I will let you in on how I quit smoking, started eating healthier, and developed new hobbies. For now, this shall do. Feel free to leave me a comment and I’ll do my best to keep you aware of my progress.