two credit checks and a new roll of packing tape later...

Yay, I'm going to have gas. No electricity.

The other downside is that I am more broke than I imagined possible. In the course of two days I have written five checks, which have really decimated my bank account (balancing my checkbook, I found that after all these checks clear I will have four. dollars. to my name.). Maybe I should sell some knives. In reality, though it's against my religion to do this, I'm going to have to ask my parents for some cash. Otherwise it'll be living off Soba staff meals and the half pound of pasta I have remaining for the next two to four weeks.