It was through the wisdom of Fillmore Slim and the other pimps featured in the seminal (pun!) documentary, Pimps Up, Hoes Down, where I learned the art of stacking paper (get other people to give you money, repeat. See Enron for the corporate version). Unfortunately since I don't have a stable of hoes on the stroll, the knowledge is somewhat wasted on me. I have, however, adopted Filmore's mantra, never give a hoe shit! Om.
Sure I play Mega Millions every week, yet despite the words of encouragement I get from my landlady - you know David, I have a good feeling your numbers are going to hit - I'm still broke. Without pimpin' and lotto, what's a temp lawyer with zero inheritance potential to do to get ahead? It's probably dumb to admit this ... but, oh well, I bought a scale and some ziplock bags.** Yep, I'mslinging rocks bringing lunch to work and measuring all my ingredients carefully; can't be doubling up on that Manchego cheese yo, stuff is mad expensive! I'm saving roughly $50 a week/$2500 a year. I've cut corners on a few other expenses and feel pretty good not because it's going to drastically change my economic outlook, but because being smart with my money ... makes me feel good.
Anybody else cutting back these days? How?
**My faux drug dealing reference reminds me of the following true story. The fall semester of my senior year in college (1992) I worked in Manhattan through an internship program. My classmates and I stayed at the Cornell Medical School dorm on 69th and York. I was too broke to get a telephone in my room (sigh, some things never change) so instead for $10 a month I used an old pager given to me by a friend. One of my classmates, a sheltered and naive blond fromthe midwest Long Island saw the pager and asked if I was a drug dealer. Now granted, I am Puerto Rican, kept a Rottweiler in my room, and installed 12 dead bolts on my dorm door, but still, a drug dealer? If you're going to insult me, at least assume I would have been good enough in my craft to afford a cell phone!
Sure I play Mega Millions every week, yet despite the words of encouragement I get from my landlady - you know David, I have a good feeling your numbers are going to hit - I'm still broke. Without pimpin' and lotto, what's a temp lawyer with zero inheritance potential to do to get ahead? It's probably dumb to admit this ... but, oh well, I bought a scale and some ziplock bags.** Yep, I'm
Anybody else cutting back these days? How?
**My faux drug dealing reference reminds me of the following true story. The fall semester of my senior year in college (1992) I worked in Manhattan through an internship program. My classmates and I stayed at the Cornell Medical School dorm on 69th and York. I was too broke to get a telephone in my room (sigh, some things never change) so instead for $10 a month I used an old pager given to me by a friend. One of my classmates, a sheltered and naive blond from
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that shit was funny, except the part about hoes
HOEs need love too!
For years I've been trying to bring leftovers for lunch but often, after three or four days of sticking to that plan, I wind up treating myself to an expensive meal that effectively wipes out whatever savings I'd accrued to that point.
This post got me thinking about how to make some extra cash but the best I could come up with was collecting cans and bottles (clear sign that I'll never be rich).
Anybody have any better ideas?
I just came back from Dominican Republic... where locals were hanging out near the resort I stayed in and asking for food, not money. Gas is $6 dollars a gallon in DR. Although vacationing during a recession is not the smartest of ideas ... I work hard so I took one. Going to Santo Domingo made me realize how much people there and in many third world places hustle hard for money. My cousin was getting her hair braided by a lady at the public beach next to ours divided by a cement wall. As I sat on the wall, about 10 people came over to sell: jewelry, art, sex, music, food, even a stray dog came over --I wondered what the hell the dog was selling too.
I don't have any money saving tips but I came back feeling that I need to consume less: food, gas, and non essentials. Making more money is an option but I that would require getting a new job. I don't believe a second job is the answer. I heard someone say one time people don't need second jobs they need better first jobs.
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