I'm pretty pissed off at being poor.

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I am. College degree, work hard, get along with people... Haven't I been doing right? Anyway, I'm pretty pissed off.

― silver skein, Monday, 7 June 2004 05:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Tell me about it mate. I know we all are, but It's really starting to reach right now. It's not even a bummer any more, just a total and utter drag.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 7 June 2004 05:41 (twenty-one years ago)

anger is an energy, etc.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 7 June 2004 05:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Define poor. Do you have running water? Do you own a computer? Do you eat more than one meal a day? Do you own a change of clothes? Poor is very relative.

― Possibly Kate Again (kate), Monday, 7 June 2004 07:16 (twenty-one years ago)

You say that you 'work hard' - does that mean you have a job? Maybe you just need to learn to manage your money better, in that case.

― C J (C J), Monday, 7 June 2004 07:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I agree with kate here. I always say that I am skint, but it is money to spend on luxuries & going out that I am lacking. I have a roof over my head, my bills are paid & I eat well, so I know I am fine.

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Monday, 7 June 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

many people who think they are poor are not, because others in the world are poorer and must spend the money that the people who think they are poor spend on cake and deodorant, on other things like light and heat, and many people think "i am poor" when actually they have more money than some other people on earth, in another country. it's extremely complicated.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 7 June 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

apparently.

― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 7 June 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

My definition of whether I am poor is whether I am able to pay for the roof over my head, and put food on my table. If I can still do those things, I am skint, I am broke, I don't have money for luxuries, but I don't consider myself *poor*.

― Possibly Kate Again (kate), Monday, 7 June 2004 08:02 (twenty-one years ago)

last night i was moaning slightly that i probably wouldn't be able to afford both a new computer AND a trip to France next month...so yeh, not poor.

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 7 June 2004 08:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I am more in stevem's boat, I think. I am very thankful to not have to go to bed hungry anymore (or eat cereal for dinner, etc).

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 7 June 2004 10:26 (twenty-one years ago)

My financial situation is about to change drastically, and probably for the worse. But seeing as the dilemma is "do I rent for a while, or do I try to buy?" and "should I go full time or stay part time?" I really can't consider myself poor.

― Possibly Kate Again (kate), Monday, 7 June 2004 10:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Right. God, "should I go part time" is possibly the most confounding Big Question in my life right now.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 7 June 2004 10:35 (twenty-one years ago)

oh god objectivist mimsy. if you feel poor, you are poor. but i'm not talking about money.

― Sir Stewart Wallace (Enrique), Monday, 7 June 2004 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I eat, I have a computer. But I really struggle with mundane things like rent and council tax and paying off the masses of money I owe. God, it's depressing.

― Anna (Anna), Monday, 7 June 2004 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I was planning a holiday to Transylvania last night whilst supping a fruity Galician number, so I guess I'm dandy.

― Mikey G (Mikey G), Monday, 7 June 2004 10:59 (twenty-one years ago)

My computer is dying on its ass, which is a very bad thing, and I'm earning a lot lot less than I pay out on food (ie I clear about 40 quid after rent/council tax). But wtf, credit cards, you know?

― Sir Stewart Wallace (Enrique), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Poor is relative...It's scant consolation to have running water/place to sleep if you're still on way below the national average salary for example.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, then, compare it to other nationalities' average!

― Possibly Kate Again (kate), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

But that doesn't work! You can't measure it against things totally outside your experience. And ina nyacase it's like saying, Oh, you stubbed your toe? Big wow, people are being tortured. Or: you want me to meet this deadline? Well, you and your family will one day be maggot-fodder.

― Sir Stewart Wallace (Enrique), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:38 (twenty-one years ago)

If you're say earning £16k a year in London, paying out most of your money on rent, continually overdrawn at the end of the month, luxury free, and haven't been away on holiday for 5 years* - you are poor.

Why are so people so keen to deny it?

* Not these days personally - but I've paid my poor dues.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)

poor is relative tho, that's the thing

― stevem (blueski), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, you can either try and look on the bright side (i.e. wow, Western standards of poverty would be riches to a Sub-Saharan) or else you can try and change your way of life to be more money-wise and live within your means, or else you can sit around complaining OH MY GOD I'M SO POOR. Take your pick.

x-post

― Possibly Kate Again (kate), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Radical solutions all, but I prefer a good interweb whinge.

― Sir Stewart Wallace (Enrique), Monday, 7 June 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

Today:

Utilities will be cut off if I don't pay 585 dollars today
Rent is *still* due (900 dollars) from last due date (i.e. for March, must pay by 30th to avoid eviction) and then of course it's due again after that in a few days
Just finished recording yesterday, owe 350 to the guy for my 1/4 of the cost, but I can wait to pay that
Owe each of my 2 sisters one hundred dollars, one of them is ok with it and the other is kinda PO'ed
Have no glasses (they broke), can't afford to get new ones and can't drive, see, etc
...But also can't drive because my tags are expired and I can't afford new ones (it's 60 dollars).
My cat needs a vet visit to get neutered, he is driving everyone insane.

Did I mention I also have unpaid parking tickets and am supposed to be trying to get my license un-suspended?

I just don't know what to do. At all.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 March 2006 14:45 (nineteen years ago)

rob a bank. do a "home neutering" experiment. i see options!

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 24 March 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

speak to your bank. explain the situation. ask for an increased temporary overdraft. be honest with them and they should understand.

speak to yr utilities company. explain the situation. ask to pay back in smaller instalments. be honest with them and ditto.

ditto landlord.

if you were in the UK i'd be saying "get thee to the citizens advice bureau", but i've no idea if a similar service exists in the states. i assume it must?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:02 (nineteen years ago)

you'll notice i don't mention the sisters ... forgive me, but i think family will have to wait here ;)

and the landlord might require a lot of pleading.but surely they have a heart beating in there somewhere?

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

Apply at Modest Needs asap.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:04 (nineteen years ago)

Free or low-cost spay/neuter programs.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

Also, try a settlement house. The one I work with will help people with utilities and rent payments. They can help with money as well as with the utility/landlord to buy you more time.

― Dave AKA Dave (dave225.3), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:12 (nineteen years ago)

what's a citizen's advice bureau?

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:18 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe like the state social services?

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

CABs are where social workers and lawyers volunteer to help people who need help with forms and stuff go in the UK - it's where a lot of women volunteer on career breaks.

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

Roxy, also contact your local United Way. If they can't help, they might be able to point you to an agency that can, especially with the utilities.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for all the advice guys, I am looking into a couple things.

Forgot to mention: I am 200 dollars overdrawn at the bank, and they are on my ass.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 March 2006 15:47 (nineteen years ago)

dude, you guys, in america you cant HAVE an overdraft at the bank.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:01 (nineteen years ago)

or at least my bank you can't.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

coincidentally i have a £30 overdraft at my UK bank account

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah in my experience to overdraft at a bank you have to agree to "overdraft protection" when you open the account (and agree on the amount then and there too), or when you have money in it, and only on some accounts, at some banks. It's not like this big universal, and they sure as hell ain't gonna let you sign up for bigger protection when you're already bouncing checks. And some of them, like apparently Roxy's are really, really nasty about fees and getting it back immediately.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:10 (nineteen years ago)

But if you have a debit card, some of them are set up in a way that if you overdraw, it becomes a credit card in effect, and you have a credit balance and big fucking fees and interest payments.

― Dave AKA Dave (dave225.3), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:13 (nineteen years ago)

wow, sorry roxy. i'm in almost a similar boat. trying to go the austerity route, we'll see if it happens.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:14 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, that's what I had at Citibank, basically I had to agree to the amount of credit when I signed up though. Some banks, if you have both a checking account and a credit card with them, and have linked them, will automatically just move "overdraft" charges and checks to your credit card somehow...

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah overdraft protection is always in the form of a credit card, which sucks.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

Roxy - kind of a last resort, but can you pawn some stuff to get some cash?

Or, can a parent bail you out? Sadly, everytime I've been in a situation you've described, I have to go to mum & dad, usually. But I am lucky, I guess, in that my parents will do that for me.

― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

I have worked for a bank, and I was appalled at the way some of the fees were set up and designed to take advantage of people who didn't know what the fees were or how to avoid them.

― Dave AKA Dave (dave225.3), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

My mom has already helped me a biut -- paid my cell phone bill a few days ago which was 70 bucks. That helped.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

if you go down to dfcs and check 'no' on every question theyll give you food stamps

― +++, Friday, 24 March 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

that might just be in georgia tho - where are you!?

― +++, Friday, 24 March 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

tennessee, i have already applied for food stamps

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 March 2006 16:37 (nineteen years ago)

try hittin up some churchs or loaves & fishes too theyll give you cans

― +++, Friday, 24 March 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

you post to ilx so i assume you got too many cds - sell that shit off

― +++, Friday, 24 March 2006 16:39 (nineteen years ago)

utilities too - did they actually say theyre gonna cut em off?? i know ga power will let me off for like 3 months before they even get serious

― +++, Friday, 24 March 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

and dumpster dive, real easy way to make instant cash - go outside dorms & condos & shit, ppl throw out cds, clothes w/ tags still on, hit up pawn shops & the original store, lotta shit you can resell for quick $$$

― +++, Friday, 24 March 2006 16:42 (nineteen years ago)

dumpster diving.
http://www.buffalobeast.com/63/litter.htm

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Friday, 24 March 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

-it helped pay my student loan off in 18 months.

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Friday, 24 March 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe you're getting screwed and there is someone you could sue. If you're honest and ethical and talented, there is no reason to be 'poor'. Not always your fault, what with 'politics' and all.

― thy, Friday, 24 March 2006 17:32 (nineteen years ago)

can you apply for any more emergency programs aside from food stamps? since you've already entered into the system, you should tell your case worker (i'm assuming they gave one if you applied for fs) that you're in immediate danger of having utilities cut off/evicition. and yeah - sell those cds. after a month you're not going to remember what you had in the first place.

― lauren (laurenp), Friday, 24 March 2006 17:44 (nineteen years ago)

Does anyone owe you money? Might be a good time to hit them up. Especially if it's someone who legally owes it to you.

― thy, Friday, 24 March 2006 18:00 (nineteen years ago)

are you working? can you get an advance on your paycheck? (NOT from a paycheck advance place, but from your employer)?

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.mtpocketscomputers.com/_borders/empty_pockets_mid.gif

― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)

Local Lion's Club might help you w/the specs. If you get any checks or anything, don't cash them at the bank if possible. The bank can send you angry letters, but you need the $$$ more than you need your overdrafts paid (presumably). Also if you're like me, you have way too fucking many clothes, perhaps there is a local consignment-type store? Maybe that'll get you enough cash to at least eat, or check one item off your list.

Talk to yr utilities co. and see if you can get on a level pay program. It won't help right now, but it will in the future (it helps me anyway to know I will need exactly $X for the heat/power this month, it makes budgeting a lot easier).

Good luck at any rate.

― Abbott (Abbott), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

It's not much of a solution, but is there a way you could apply for and get a smallish credit card ($2k) to throw it all on and keep above water just a little?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Friday, 24 March 2006 18:49 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, many cards offer a $2000 credit limit if you're credit is not bad, that's a good option.

Sell all of your stuff - you can't afford it. Remember people starving in Africa have no clothes or CDs.

― thy, Friday, 24 March 2006 18:58 (nineteen years ago)

lie back and think of Engand

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Friday, 24 March 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

tried it

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Friday, 24 March 2006 19:47 (nineteen years ago)

lie back and think of Engand

Isn't that a euphemism for prostitution?

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 24 March 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

take one for the queen!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, 24 March 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

I believe it was said to Queen Victoria on her wedding night so I hope not.

xpost

― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Friday, 24 March 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/directors/03/24/vivre01.jpg

― wholesale diamonds, Friday, 24 March 2006 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

What's the stuff you really don't need? I'm not so mean that I'm saying get rid of your cat, but do you need a car? Can you use public transport or get rides with someone else? (Or walk or run?). How about your cell phone? I don't have one (or a land line), but just use email for communication...

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 24 March 2006 21:55 (nineteen years ago)

three years pass...

these were shitty times that are now over!

life is so RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD

― tuppence b. bag (roxymuzak), Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

richymuzak

― velko, Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:29 (sixteen years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/meandfatjoe.jpg

― tuppence b. bag (roxymuzak), Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:32 (sixteen years ago)

Do you remember money

― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 3 May 2009 03:55 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

on january 20th i will have $6,000

today, i have 74 cents

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:28 (fourteen years ago)

Can't you get a sub against it?

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:54 (fourteen years ago)

hahahahahahahahahahahaha, no.

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:55 (fourteen years ago)

oh, erm, ok.

at least you're laughing :)

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:57 (fourteen years ago)

yah i mean cant sum1 lend you some cash for a couple of weeks?

― they fund ph.d studies, don't they? (Lamp), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 21:58 (fourteen years ago)

i mean who, my sugar daddy? no thats not how im livin.

i have a gas card so that is cool! and i have lots of groceries. i think i can kick it

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:00 (fourteen years ago)

food, heat and roof over head, you'll be fine.
the thought of getting $6k would keep you warm if the gas card runs out.

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)

have food, have heat and have roof

recipes are gonna be interesting for the next 2 weeks tho

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)

Rice has saved me in the past. Beans on toast i'll only eat next time i'm poor (in a week or so).

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)

nuevo cuisine

― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:10 (fourteen years ago)

i have so many beans and so many pastas, also i have all kinds of baking supplies

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:12 (fourteen years ago)

It's amazing when stuck for cash how resourceful you can be and then when you get straight, you forget.

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:14 (fourteen years ago)

i know! its terrible. im going to try to be really thrifty this semester.

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:19 (fourteen years ago)

have you wine? Very important.

― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:22 (fourteen years ago)

i dont think its a big assumption to make that youd know at least one person that cld spot you some grocery money or w/e dude!!!! but obv if youve got it handled youve got it handled

last spring i was so broke i was eating the most disgusting shit - one night i started making pasta thinking i still had some shitty sauce left & by the time i realized i had already used the sauce the pasta was done. not wanting to waste it i ended up eating pasta w/carrots, green onions, grilled turnip & celery w/ sour cream. it wasnt that bad really altho i had to eat for lunch the next day too

― they fund ph.d studies, don't they? (Lamp), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)

tried making spanish rice w/sardines tho & that was a p terrible mistake

― they fund ph.d studies, don't they? (Lamp), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:23 (fourteen years ago)

omg i forgot alcohol

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:24 (fourteen years ago)

Oh I think I have had that experience nearly every January and August since 2004. I am living out of the pantry right now.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:25 (fourteen years ago)

pasta, peanut butter, soy sauce: voila satay. You can eat too much of that though, trust me.

― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:26 (fourteen years ago)

fuck january and august! let us support each other psychologically and internetically through the lean times

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:27 (fourteen years ago)

being poor pro-tip: do not try mixing rice wine w/kool aid in order to get a buzz its p soul crushing

― they fund ph.d studies, don't they? (Lamp), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)

Roxy if I cld torrent you some of this tortilla soup I froze back in December and am defrosting for tonight's supper, I totally would.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)

No beer is the hardest part ;_;

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:28 (fourteen years ago)

food torrents needs to happen for this very reason

― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:29 (fourteen years ago)

Ugh and there's one beer in the fridge and its Abbott's... Financial Aid you are such a harsh mistress...

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:29 (fourteen years ago)

I think I drank that last night in a fit of ~decadence~

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:30 (fourteen years ago)

I didn't, love you 50¢ beer

http://www.artzberger.com/BeerCans/newcans/canpics/NameTag0910.jpg

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)

^^^bigger than life size

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)

wait is viceroy...

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:31 (fourteen years ago)

he's the guy I am married to

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:33 (fourteen years ago)

omgggggggggggggg! hello

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:37 (fourteen years ago)

i have some large highlives in the fridge and i would torrent 2 u

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:37 (fourteen years ago)

I've got $30 in the bank... hoping I get my tax forms real soon so I can get my return

― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:40 (fourteen years ago)

Here's to tax returns! The best thing about February!

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:42 (fourteen years ago)

got my first w2 today; there's hope.

― kate78, Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:43 (fourteen years ago)

i did not punch a clock once in 2010

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)

knowing the college department I work for I will probably get my W2s on April 16th.

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)

Add me to the list, please. Although in my case I make enough money so you should probably all kick me and throw rocks...it's just that it goes out to pay off loans and/or rent faster than I can earn it.

Haven't bought a shoe or a bra or a lipstick or a pair of tights or a book or CD or anything in a year. Cigarettes, though, I have to admit I've spent a pile on those.

― Jesus Christ, the apple tree! (Laurel), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:50 (fourteen years ago)

i am basically sorted for money, been in my job for years and got a good deal on my rent with the ppl i share a house with. would be a stretch to buy my own place or get married/have kids, but happy for the mo, living what you might call the "student-luxe" lifestyle at 29.

― carles II of spain (max arrrrrgh), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 22:57 (fourteen years ago)

knowing the college department I work for I will probably get my W2s on April 16th.

You're in luck! Tax Day is April 18 this year.

― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:06 (fourteen years ago)

I found a dollar earlier today and with some scrounged change I was able to buy myself a tallboy. woohoo!

― no pop, no style -- all simply (Viceroy), Tuesday, 4 January 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)

oh man I remember when I was polled by gallup or whoever the TV ratings people were back in the day (Nielson?) and I was broke. Every day they would send me a dollar (cash!) to remind me to fill out my book. Long story short, "Get a Life" was cancelled but not because of me and I had a 40 ouncer on the house.

― brownie, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:35 (fourteen years ago)

lol highlives

― Hans Peter Cutlassin' (crüt), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 00:36 (fourteen years ago)

i just want to post this

aaaahahahahahahaha hours cut to 24/week and already i could barely keeping my head above water lolol

― arby's, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 02:14 (fourteen years ago)

homestretch homestretch lets dooo this

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Thursday, 13 January 2011 14:34 (fourteen years ago)

"HIGHLIVES"

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 13 January 2011 14:46 (fourteen years ago)

high life rules...10 for a 30 rack of bottles.

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Thursday, 13 January 2011 14:55 (fourteen years ago)

theres a new kind of beer at WALGREENS that is 3.50 a sixpack and tastes like schlitz

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Thursday, 13 January 2011 14:57 (fourteen years ago)

Bf hasn't worked since early Dec and he would Suffer Torments if it would get him a job...meanwhile even knowing that he's miserable, I'm borderline jealous that he gets to stay home on a snowy day and make coffee and putz around.

Rox, you can make it!! So close to untold riches....

― Jesus Christ, the apple tree! (Laurel), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)

whats it called Roxy? Schitz?

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:17 (fourteen years ago)

Jealous of people buyin' beer from Walgreens.

― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)

They have beer at Walgreen in Missouri now, but no 3.50 sixers.
Kinda stoked that I can pick up Stroh's at Hyvee.

― Trip Maker, Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:31 (fourteen years ago)

no grocery or pharmacy in Ma. sells booze.

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:35 (fourteen years ago)

Used to get keggers at Osco in Mo. I was amazed at my cousin who'd get faced on USA VODKA bought at some Kentucky drugstore.

― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:36 (fourteen years ago)

RIP Como Osco ;_;

― Trip Maker, Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:40 (fourteen years ago)

Jealous of people buyin' beer from Walgreens.

― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains),

???
I used to get beer at Walgreens in West Memphis because they had a good import selection and better prices than TN.

― earnest goes to camp, ironic goes to ilm (pixel farmer), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:46 (fourteen years ago)

Maybe Crittenden County's on border rules or something. There are three Walgreens within two miles of me and about the strongest thing you can buy is that weird ass canned Arnold Palmer drink.

― http://tinyurl.com/MO-02011 (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:50 (fourteen years ago)

that arnold palmer drink is delicious!

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Thursday, 13 January 2011 15:50 (fourteen years ago)

^^^

the walgreens beer is called Big Flats

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:34 (fourteen years ago)

WTF.

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

Pictures please.

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Thursday, 13 January 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/12/img00113-20101221-2303.jpg

"it's the water that makes it"

i got a small advance towards my loan this afternoon, actually, by going to the bursar's office and acting crazy, basically. it's a small amount but it will tide me comfortably through the last few days preceding granthood. immediately bought the above and some groceries, got gas and got my tags renewed (they had been expired FOREVER). i'm cool til monday = GRANT DAY

― nakh get on my lvl (roxymuzak), Thursday, 13 January 2011 23:21 (fourteen years ago)

PREMIUM BREW
Genuine Brew

― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Friday, 14 January 2011 00:05 (fourteen years ago)

i have determined that trader joe's name tag (2.99/6-pack) beer is actually more tolerable on its own than its pricier friend la playa (3.99/6-pack). however, the addition of a slice of lime to la playa edges it over the name tag.

― tehresa, Friday, 14 January 2011 00:10 (fourteen years ago)

you know, if you feelin splurgy!

― tehresa, Friday, 14 January 2011 00:10 (fourteen years ago)

splurgey? i dunno.

― tehresa, Friday, 14 January 2011 00:10 (fourteen years ago)

hey y'all, 2% less social security will be withheld from your paycheck now.... so.... less poor now... poorer in retirement? but really it's ok because it's not like we were gonna get any of those social security dollars anyway.

― tehresa, Friday, 14 January 2011 00:12 (fourteen years ago)

Yesterday when buying food with my EBT card I had this weird feeling that I was doing something wrong — it was hard not to shop with my own budget. I guess I'd better get over this.

― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Friday, 14 January 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)

considering blatz

been a while

― arby's, Friday, 14 January 2011 00:51 (fourteen years ago)

Feeling rich when you are poor is an art.

― Aimless, Friday, 14 January 2011 01:44 (fourteen years ago)

"it's the water that makes it"?? dude, pure theft from olympia beer:

http://diversioncansafes.com/otherimages/exp/52009s.jpg

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 January 2011 15:37 (fourteen years ago)

wags of my acquaintance would occasionally use a sharpie to cross out the word "the"

― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 14 January 2011 15:37 (fourteen years ago)

Feeling rich when you are poor is an art.

Yes, but you have to actually build/grow a rich life, inner and outer, for this to be possible. ILXors in general are class acts in this arena. I would put anyone on this thread up against any other random 1st world-living person.

― Jesus Christ, the apple tree! (Laurel), Friday, 14 January 2011 15:42 (fourteen years ago)

huh, in nyc "name tag" is called "red oval"

― max, Friday, 14 January 2011 15:45 (fourteen years ago)

guys 40s are a lot more expensive than they used to be

― mookieproof, Friday, 14 January 2011 15:50 (fourteen years ago)

big flats brewed by Gennessee.

― Moonlight Graham (chrisv2010), Friday, 14 January 2011 17:17 (fourteen years ago)

one month passes...

today's review of finances makes me so freaking pissed off. i am earning more than i have in my life, but am somehow in what feels like the worst financial situation i've ever experienced. fuck this.

― tehresa, Saturday, 5 March 2011 20:09 (fourteen years ago)

i was thinking this just today. Gf's in college but she took me to lunch cos i'm skint. Payday was yesterday.

― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Saturday, 5 March 2011 20:33 (fourteen years ago)

I wish I lived somewhere with $3.99 six packs of beer. A six pack here averages $10 and smokes are $15 a pack. Ugh.

― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Saturday, 5 March 2011 21:20 (fourteen years ago)

$15! for a pack of smokes, damn

― brownie, Saturday, 5 March 2011 23:40 (fourteen years ago)

ugh

― corey, Saturday, 5 March 2011 23:46 (fourteen years ago)

FUCK being jobless

― corey, Saturday, 5 March 2011 23:46 (fourteen years ago)

Actually my 30-smoke packs have been $19 in some shops :/

― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Saturday, 5 March 2011 23:49 (fourteen years ago)

the only way i'm ever going to be well off is if i dedice to become famous instead of being a lowly journalist for my sheer love of news and strong sense of public service values

lol

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:33 (fourteen years ago)

dedice?? wtf

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:34 (fourteen years ago)

don't kid yerself, it's your spelling holding you back son

― Achillean Heel (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:42 (fourteen years ago)

selling out ain't as easy as it sounds

― bury my heart at wounded nerd (Hurting 2), Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:03 (fourteen years ago)

Neither is spelling out.

― Pleasant Plains, Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:08 (fourteen years ago)

i just went into the kitchen, where my new roommate, whom i hadn't yet really met, turned out to be making a sandwich, and i'm in sagging jeans and a black t-shirt from my friend's ninth grade play that says HOUSE OF SNAKES and a rumpled red collared shirt over that, and i haven't shaved in a while, and i'd just woken up from falling asleep in front of netflix instant watch, and i was in the kitchen to take a swig of orange juice from the carton, and the new roommate said "are you the writer?"

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:10 (fourteen years ago)

the writer of House of Snakes?

― bury my heart at wounded nerd (Hurting 2), Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:11 (fourteen years ago)

i hope silver skein is making 6 figures now

― diebro (buzza), Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:12 (fourteen years ago)

the writer of House of Snakes?

i wish. this play was utterly insane.

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:12 (fourteen years ago)

the shirt also says:

THE POWER OF LIFE
THE POWER OF DEATH
THE POWER OF REDEMPTION
THE POWER OF RESURRECTION
THE POWER OF JUSTICE

HOUSE OF SNAKES

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:13 (fourteen years ago)

wait i say big flats was 3.99? cause its 2.99.

― ☠ (roxymuzak), Sunday, 6 March 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)

three years pass...

the way our apartment building works, i pay all the bills and rent and then everyone pays me back
long story short.....
im broke yall!!!!!!!!!!

its my last finals week ever. i need to be spending money on ridiculous amounts of coffee and desserts!!
support me emotionally

thx

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 1 May 2014 22:18 (eleven years ago)

Don't give up
'Cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not beaten yet
Don't give up
I know you can make it good

― StanM, Friday, 2 May 2014 00:35 (eleven years ago)

my bf just remembered that someone gave us a chipotle gift card for xmas, we are eatin giant burritos rn

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Friday, 2 May 2014 00:36 (eleven years ago)

so your interest in those lifting tumblrs was not merely sociological huh

― j., Friday, 2 May 2014 00:38 (eleven years ago)

Where I live most people have shifted to those little cigar things that cost about $2 a pack. I quit smoking actually, it got to the point where it was shameful and I was only doing it to manage stress and stay awake.

Anyway the cherry ones weren't bad. Someone also turned me on to chocolate cigarillos...like for after dinner. That is about it.

Could use a good bottle of wine, though...

― I am Sporadicus! (I M Losted), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:03 (eleven years ago)

so your interest in those lifting tumblrs was not merely sociological huh

― j., Thursday, May 1, 2014 8:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha i was going to post something about this but declined

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:30 (eleven years ago)

The poor need a new cheap anodyne drug to replace cigs. Tobacco always used to be the cheapest way to smooth down the ragged edges of poverty. I suggest we go all-in for replanting tobacco fields with qat (aka khat).

― Aimless, Friday, 2 May 2014 17:19 (eleven years ago)

there are periodic scare stories in the london press about the sizeable somali expatriate population's predilection for khat and its supposed cause of paranoia or whatever, mostly similar to skunk panic stories

― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 2 May 2014 17:21 (eleven years ago)

I'd guess long-term amphetamine addicts wouldn't be so ravaged if they had a qat habit instead. I have always been really intrigued with this drug, would love to give it a go.

― under the cobblestones, le dogshit (xelab), Friday, 2 May 2014 17:29 (eleven years ago)

Since we have caffeine already, maybe khat wouldn't be the best replacement for cigarettes. Maybe some pharma company could design a drug like soma in Brave New World. The main requirement would be cheapness, but in order to be acceptable to society the effects would need to be fairly mild and not debilitating. It's too bad that coca leaf chewing got ruined by its over-refinement into cocaine.

― Aimless, Friday, 2 May 2014 18:04 (eleven years ago)

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