tax season

so i finally faced taxes... completely painlessly. my friend chad moseley works for a firm and he said he could help me out for a deal... and since i was a student for half the year it was simple. he was typing away into the company's program, and i may never fully comprehend how he did it, but i got the gist and i definitely know how careful i need to be with deductibles for '10.

the return was mindblowing and surprising, again because i was a student. thank you obama, thank you california, and thank you lord almighty. here's another huge leap in the fight to beat the bill monster :). i really really really think i've learned my lesson with credit. with this and what i have saved... it should only be a few months until i can start saving towards supplies for mailings to managers and agents, workshops (once i sense that people are looking for newbies again), classes at a good improv school, and a real savings account so i don't get into the same pickles i've been in this past year. and maybe later on... saving for a makeup kit to start working as a freelance makeup artist. i'll also have to save some for new headshots if an agency signs me and decides i need new ones, which often happens so i hear.

acting. is. expensive. whew! but i can't morally spend on any of these things until i start going on at least some real commercial auditions, and booking something. it'll happen when the time is right, i'm sure. and hopefully that will be sooner than i realize :).

good luck with tax season everyone!