The end of an era

Ok, so as you already know I moved in back with my parents.

There are a number of reasons why I chose to do it, but there's one in particular that made it clear: money.

Ok I'm going to be more specific...I wasn't really having financial problems, I had enough money to pay for rent, services, food and whatever debt I may have, but that's it...back in august, when I moved out, I had money for all those things plus some money for myself. I knew it was going to be tough living without my parents' help, but I could still afford the little stuff, like going to the movies every week (I looove going to the movies), going out to eat occasionally, buy a game, etc.

But then it happened, my car died...majorly, so I had to get a loan to pay for the repair, and it started taking whatever money I had for myself away, and I mean all of it. But that was in January, why wait three months to move back? If it is true I didn't really have any money, I really didn't mind most of the time, I could get by fine, and I was really comfortable living where I was, it was a nice centric location, a couple of blocks from school, about 2-3 miles from work, it was pretty awesome.

And then it hit me: my Visa expires in June, after 10 years, it's finally going to expire, and I want to renew it, but yes, it costs money. I need my mexican passport first, which I don't have and also costs money. About 300 dollars for both.

But it wasn't only about the 300 dollars, but the fact that if something happened which required money, I wasn't going to be able to pay it right away. I want to take a couple of classes in summer, how would I have paid for those and my tuition for next semester. How will I save enough money for the epic trip we're planning?

It may seem like I don't have what it takes to make it on my own, but I don't see it that way. I could've lasted ages not having any money to pay for stuff, and at some point in my life I have lived like that even while living with my parents, my debt is going to end, sooner or later (if I don't accrue any more, by September I will have paid my Laptop in full). But right now I HAVE a choice to move back with my parents which will make things easier. There may be a time when I don't have that option (and I'm counting on it), where I may not live in the same city or even country as my parents, but I hope that past experiences will have taught me well enough to avoid big mistakes when the time comes.

My near future plans all require loads and loads of money, and as difficult as it is for me, I have to save up money for those things (I had started to save thanks to Angie, but it had to stop cause no money was really left for me to save :S), and I'm not going to win the lottery or anything. I know that moving out to another country as is my plan (Spain!!!) requires lots of money (and lots of other stuff, I'm aware), and I'm not that young, so I don't want to postpone it one second more than needed, like I would have had to do if I hadn't moved in back with my parents. I want to go on that epic trip we're planning, I will need some money for that I presume? It would also help to get a job that pays more, but if I can do something on my own, I intend to do it.

I am going to miss living with my friends, I had a hell of a time with them, well, Tenampa more than anyone else, we did lots of stuff we wouldn't have done otherwise, and I don't regret anything. But I'm an overly optimistic person, so I will only see the good out of all this :D

What version of Chrome is this?

If anybody knows me, they know I'm obsessed with new versions of software, but more specifically, browsers (except Safari), I've even gone out of the norm and tested a couple of new browsers based on WebKit (Safari's and Chrome's rendering engine), and I download every new minor or major version of Chrome, Firefox, Opera and IE, I loooove doing that... but one thing that bothers me a lot about Chrome is the fact that it auto updates and doesn't even tell you that it did, it just does...

Ok, I'm making a big deal out of nothing, most people don't like upgrading software either cause they don't see the need, or just forget about it.

Not me though, I need to see changes, I need to keep track of what's been done to improve it, either visually or in functionality.

This is specifically true for major browser versions. Opera 11 came out? I was all over it, testing out all the new things. IE9? Hell, I even started using Windows more just to use it. Firefox 4, hells yeah, I'm there!!! Chrome... um... 9? 10? 11? (Clicking wrench menu... about Google Chrome, ah...), yes, 10! When I downloaded it it was version 6!!! What the hell happened to 7, 8 and 9!!!

I use Chromium in Linux, Chrome in Windows :)

Ok, I'm lying a little, I did know when it bumped versions each time, but not cause the browser told me, but because I usually read blogs that post about those kind of things, with new changes and stuff. I have to depend on blogs to tell me when a new version of Chrome is out, I mean, I COULD just go to the About Google Chrome menu every day and see if it changed, but come on, even if I remembered to do it, out of principle I wouldn't do it.

And I know most of the changes done in those versions, but sometimes I just stumble upon them unwillingly, like in what versions did the preferences change to a tab? In what version did the Web Store appear? In what version did Instant become an option of the omnibar? In what version did it include Flash sandboxed? In what version did it include a PDF reader?

Still... I use it as my main browser, cause in the end, that stuff doesn't matter, I feel comfortable using it, and suits all my needs, so yeah :) (I'm posting this on Opera 11.10 cause it just got released a couple of days ago, so I have to use it, haha)