damn

For some reason or another I find that everything I really really want to do or get costs a freakin bomb.

Lets see:

-1 open water diving course $395+
-1 mountain bike plus accessories I aim to get in the future $1200+
-1 Fender American Series Stratocaster $1300
-1 Marshall Amp $500
-1 cross Europe backpacking trip $2000-3000+
-1 Radeon 9800 videocard so I can play Half Life 2 $600

And the ultimate
1 Accelerated Free Fall Course in Brisbane thats breaks down to

-the course itself leading to my A-license $2620
-accomodation in Brisbane for 2 weeks $300
-return flight to Brisbane $700+
-meals and expenditures $400

Thats more than $4000 just to learn how to jump out of a perfectly well functioning airplane. So sue me. I love it.

Add all the stuff from above in and voila! I need a minimum of $10k just accomplish or accquire all of it. And these are just for the next few years.

I hope I don't develop an interest in spelunking in the Swiss Alps anytime soon.

Sigh. Why can't I be like the typical ACS boy and either have my father's gargatuan funds to throw around or already have my own busines and my own gargantuan funds to throw around.