What is the brokest you've ever been?

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and how has it impacted the creative projects you were working on?

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The brokest I've ever been is right now. Every bill is being sent in red radioactive envelopes. The phone got turned off yesterday. My rent check bounced. A co-worker, in a smiliar position, asked for 15c for the train yesterday, and I didn't have it. Funny; I'm in a great mood!

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There really is something liberating about having no money and then not dying. Especially if it's warm out.

Being broke occasionally aids my creative projects, insofar as I can't give up and go shopping instead. Plus if I can't buy new books or records I get the urge to make them myself. Plus if I can't afford guitar strings and a few are missing, I'm forced to work around the gaps, which occasionally sounds interesting.

― Nitsuh, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm quickly approaching it at the moment.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My nadir was sometime early last year, if only because I was spending WAY too much. My creative peaks did coincide with my lowest lows (no money + post-pubescent soul-searching == little happiness == art! sorta).

I'm selling out hardcore these days. Time for my manicure!

― Daver, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nitsuh, if you loose some more strings, you can play airguitar. (har har har)

― nathalie, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Plenty of times in grad school days, let me tell you. I'm quite glad that after I left the UC grads all went on strike, got union representation and are now being paid a full regular wage when TAing.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

probably fall/winter 2000/2001 (or summer 2001, but that was different because i was freeloading off my parents.) by the very end i hadnt eaten in about a week and was living off queens tap water, which, yes, -is- as scary as it sounds.

― jess, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It is very hard to fund my puppet show seeing as I never have money, ever. Using sweatsocks sounds entertaining enough, but really, it never works out that way.

― Mandee, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

With that attitude you'll never be the next Mankind.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

T.H. - have you read 'Hunger' by Knut Hamsun?

― maryann, Friday, 15 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

once when i was 18, i spent all my money on marijuana and acid and booze and then all i could afford to eat was 2 minute noodles for two whole weeks. i was very uncreative at the time. failed my uni papers. tended to just smoke weed and sleep for days.

― di, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

only once, di?!

ixnay on knut, maryann. it what the bowie movie was based on?

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That was based on a Whitley Streiber novel. I do like the idea of Hamsun writing about hip, elegant vampires suffering from Scandinavian existential angst, though.

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

T.H, yes indeed, knut hansun wrote the book and bowie appeared in the adaption next to the lurvely catherine deneuve.ROWR

― nathalie, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Huh? Oh shit. Mixed up even more than I thought. heh!

― nathalie, Saturday, 16 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

TH: Believe me, I've never _not_ been broke, as I've been a student for years. I've just learned to hide it real well;> You're not alone in those collection letters, either. My credit card company and I have a close relationship---that I'm doing to dump as soon as poss.

Re: that vamp flick: That was called "The Hunger", wasn't it? Tis the only movie I remember Bowie and Deneuve both being in. ***There really is something liberating about having no money and then not dying. Especially if it's warm out.***

Nitsuh: Amen, brother! Somehow, being alive makes poverty the lesser of two evils....

― Nichole Graham, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Brokest? Guess that was when I rented this cool house for the summer, then lost my job. Had a 3,000 square foot house, no furniture (couldn't afford it) no lights, no phone, and barely enough gas to get to the unemployment office (try those folks, a real trip!). Ate beanie weenies and slept on floor for two months before eviction. Low, low time.

― sidepasser, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Once I was so hungry that I started eating napkins. They taste pretty sweet if you eat the right kind (preferably the square ones you buy from supermarkets, not the resturant kind). But that wasn't because I was poor, I was just really hungry...

― jen, Sunday, 17 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

1 pound 11p to do my weekly shop with?

― Alix, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

try napkins

― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

lessee. . dumping pennies into coinstar to buy tampons. . that was pretty broke.

fuck i'm always broke. mmm, ramen.

― Samantha, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

About eight years ago, when the boy fiend and I were still in the 'stay in bed all day phase' we once ran out of condoms but were flat broke until the next week, and got desperate enough to roll pennies to buy a nex box. No wait, sorry, the pennies were back at my place - he had to go all the way across town to get them first. Such dedication! But no way will I go into the um, creative projects.

― Kim, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Having already brought them up, you must therefore discuss them. Sorry. You have prompted a thread idea, though...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned, I'm saving the juicy bits for my memoirs. If you wanna hear about it, you'll have to pay just like the rest of 'em. Ok now that didn't come out right...

― Kim, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

DJ is a tolerant man, clearly.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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