Don't Give Me that Do-Goody-Good Bullshit.
Mad Props, Shout-outs, and Et Cetera to Sallie Mae for hooking a brotha up with a sweet unsubsidized loan WHICH I just endorsed today and was informed by the Student Billing Offices that I'd be receiving a pretty refund check.
Now I am not a wealthy man in any respect (save with knowledge, happiness and a good heart), so this refund check will be vitally important to helping relieve me of a portion of my financial strain, such as my autoinsurance bill. I could be extra-conservative and place it into my bank account until the dark and fear-filled days six months after my college career has ended and I find myself, to my dismay, owning Sallie May 8,000 units (maybe more) of hard cold American cash.
But no.
Not I.
I'm so fucking terrible when it comes to managing my finances. My tendencies to disregard the significance of currency in my life leave my wallet vacant and debit card worried. If I ever have cash on me, I toss it off on whims lighter than pollen in the air of a dawning end-of-summer day. You need some extra cash for {insert whatever here}? Sure thing, no problem, I'll spot you. You can pay me back later, but I, and you, will probably forget. Whatever. Yeah sure I'll have make my order a large. I'm not sure if I'm that hungry, but you never know. The price is only a little bit higher. Just a little bit. Meh.
This is all very typical.
BUT RECENTLY I've viewed a couple of items for sale that makes the subconcious of my psyche recall all those subliminal advertising tricks I thought I may have learned to avoid...right? Do I really need that? Well...it would be nice...etc. And it makes me want to consider trying to possibly think about putting an effort into saving some money for them? Yeah, that'd be cool. These are those things:
THE THINGS (that i want to buy when enough money is saved):
P.S. Anyone like the Floyd reference Title? Eh? Eh? Eh?
I'm sorry.
Now I am not a wealthy man in any respect (save with knowledge, happiness and a good heart), so this refund check will be vitally important to helping relieve me of a portion of my financial strain, such as my autoinsurance bill. I could be extra-conservative and place it into my bank account until the dark and fear-filled days six months after my college career has ended and I find myself, to my dismay, owning Sallie May 8,000 units (maybe more) of hard cold American cash.
But no.
Not I.
I'm so fucking terrible when it comes to managing my finances. My tendencies to disregard the significance of currency in my life leave my wallet vacant and debit card worried. If I ever have cash on me, I toss it off on whims lighter than pollen in the air of a dawning end-of-summer day. You need some extra cash for {insert whatever here}? Sure thing, no problem, I'll spot you. You can pay me back later, but I, and you, will probably forget. Whatever. Yeah sure I'll have make my order a large. I'm not sure if I'm that hungry, but you never know. The price is only a little bit higher. Just a little bit. Meh.
This is all very typical.
BUT RECENTLY I've viewed a couple of items for sale that makes the subconcious of my psyche recall all those subliminal advertising tricks I thought I may have learned to avoid...right? Do I really need that? Well...it would be nice...etc. And it makes me want to consider trying to possibly think about putting an effort into saving some money for them? Yeah, that'd be cool. These are those things:
THE THINGS (that i want to buy when enough money is saved):
- SHOES.
The Blackspot "Unswoosher" Sneaker V2. 100% Hemp. Recycled Tire Rubber Tread. Made in a Sweat-shop Free Union Factory. Totally cool look. Created by the Black Spot Anti-Corporation. For roughly 100 bucks... Ouch. That's a lot for a pair of shoes. They sound like they'd last though, and I currently have a lack-of-good-shoes situation. My stolen bowling shoes will not survive this winter. I'm not entirely sure how trustworthy this company is to their anticorporate claims. What if they don't fit? I'm scared of ordering offline... but damn those are some good-lookin' shoes.
Price: $95.00 + $14.00 shipping (from Canada) = $109.00 USD - MP3 PLAYER.
I know, I know, I know. iPods are trendy, silly-looking, overpriced and easily outdated...but can you just check out how fricking small this is? Ridiculous. I have issues though: something that small will be easily lost/damaged/stolen/dissapeared. It also has the same capacity of a Mini. I own a Mini. My mother bought it for me for Christmas and it's been nice reliable and slightly shameful to visibly wear in public, but hey, it's like any gift sweater...you may not look that great in it but you still wear it just the same. This Nano thinger though...It's be pretty fucking cool to have. Holds photos...14 hour battery life...small enough to hide in just about any body cavity imaginable. It's not likely I'll actually dish out the cash to buy it (I'd sell my Mini, but it won't go for much, now being prehistoric technology) but it's still fun to look at and pretend.
Price: $249.00 USD. - DIGITAL CAMERA.
I like this idea a lot. I don't know much about digicams at all though, so I could make some bad choices. I asked a respected source for a relatively cheap decent camera and he pointed me at the Fuji FinePix A330. It is small, affordable, and looks like fun. It has 3.2 megapixels...and I don't know what that means on how nice my pictures will look...but I really just want to take photodocumentaries of adventures or maybe even some artsy fartsy pictures of pretty things up close or slow-shutter-speed no-flash shots of lights at night. To be honest, I really really just want an account on Flickr. We'll see.
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Price: approx. $150.00 USD
P.S. Anyone like the Floyd reference Title? Eh? Eh? Eh?
I'm sorry.
posted by Travis H. Curran at 9/14/2005 08:32:00 PM
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