Tax season nostalgia

This entry is an anniversary shout-out to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, all 241 employees, every cubicle, every bagged lunch, every wasted fax paper and manila folder.  

I haven't filed my taxes yet, but the TurboTax emails that arrive in my inbox every day remind me constantly of the bad news last April brought me. I can smell it in the rainy air: negative 2,000 dollars.

I love paying a few grand in taxes when I made 33,000 dollars all year waiting tables. Especially when the city I live in looks like shit and the Arlington T stop station's scheduled construction end date is sometime in 2015. I like to fantasize about what that two thousand dollars went towards. Vegan options for the Mass Dept. of Revenue cafeteria? Color-coded parking passes? 

My favorite: you fined me for not having health insurance. Do you know why I didn't have health insurance? BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD IT. 

Audit me, I dare you