Scouring the Internet for answers...

It's been an interesting week. I think I've now been charged with the task of saving my family's house. ^^; It's a big responsibility. My dad is getting depressed about our situation, and he's taking a lot of the problems out on me. But you know, there are things that I can do that my parents can't, and I finally realize that now. I'm fairly good at researching things online, and it's helped out a little bit so far. I scanned the internet, picking up what I could about real estate. First off, I found this... a Decline-in-Value Reassessment form. Basically, this will help lower our property tax if it gets through. Thank goodness for California propositions. Second of all, I found out about NACA. This organization might be able to give us the counseling we need to be able to save our house, or at least point us in the right direction. I'll talk with my dad about it tomorrow....

On another note, the show, "Ninja Warrior," is doing open casting calls here in Los Angeles next week. Anyone can join, soooo... I got my friends to do it (hehehehe). Actually, it looks pretty fun. I'm amazed at how fast my friends said "okay" to my suggestion. Then again, they're the type to do almost anything...

And I also found this awesome piano score book that features arranged music from Key! The arranger is ぴこ, from pico-score.com, and she does a great job with her transcriptions! Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how to order the book since it's all in Japanese. I'll probably have to email her to work out the details. I hope I can buy it someday though. I really love the music from Key, and this would be great to have. 

 

Oh, and I did change the theme to my journal. I'm not sure if I'll keep it, but it's nice and basic.

Hard Times

It's kinda depressing talking to my dad. He keeps saying how we're going to end up losing everything we have. "Look at everything we own. It's all going to be GONE. We'll probably move into a two bedroom house. You and your brother will have to share the same room, and you won't have any space for your things." He also says "no one can help us. Not the government, not our friends or family, NO ONE." He's almost fallen into a state of utter despair and anger. Whenever I talk to him, he's either angry at me or trying to tell me how bad of a shape we're in.  Stupid economy. I graduate from college just to step into a world like this.

I try to stay strong in these times, but I don't know what to do, or who to turn to.

And it's scary.