Friday, March 29, 2002

- your favorite music -

Just scored some Brand New Heavies from Frito -- they kick ass!

Also in the mix right now:

Clem Snide: cheesy but good.
Cibo Matto: not as silly as their debut, and I really dig Sci-Fi Wasabi.
Tons of Belle & Sebastian: nice, mellow music.
And a healthy dose of K-pop: hey, we've all got our guilty pleasures...

Thursday, March 21, 2002

- role model -

If meanness is measurable as a ratio between expendable assets and expenditure then Henrietta Howland Green (1835-1916), who kept a balance of over $31,400,000 in one bank alone, was the all-time world champion. Her son had to have his leg amputated because of her delays in finding a free medical clinic. She herself ate cold porridge because she was too thrifty to heat it. Her estate proved to be worth $320 million, equivalent to $3,816 million in 1996.

- Greatest Miser, The Guiness Book of World Records

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

- conspicuous minimalism -

Both Adam and Rob recently closed the deal on their new houses, which leaves me as the only non-homeowner in my "work clique". I'm also the only one without a car, cable TV, high-speed internet... Yep, I live in relative poverty. I mean, who still has a Pentium 133 with 16M of RAM and a 28.8K modem that runs Win 95? I don't even own a couch -- only because nobody *gave* me one. Everything in my tiny little apartment (with the notable exception of my beloved piano and DVD player) is stuff that Hannah, Christian or Monica had thrown out. It's not that I'm trying to flaunt the nonownership of material goods as a token of moral and intellectual superiority -- I'm just cheap. Man, I really should stop being such a cheapskate.

So, last couple of days I've been flipping through Ikea and Pottery Barn catalogs mentally rearranging what little furniture I do have, and placing those $2000 leather armchairs and ottomans (ah, the things you do when you have insomnia and no social life...) -- not that I'll ever buy them, mind you. I have a hard enough time deciding whether or not to spend $3 on a box of Girl Scout cookies.

Monday, March 18, 2002

- easily amused -

This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.

Friday, March 8, 2002

- occupational slumming -

...as defined in the Generation X Dictonary:

Taking a job well beneath one's skill or education level as a means of retreat from adult responsibilities and/or avoiding possible failure in one's true occupation.

Thursday, March 7, 2002

- 40 days and 40 nights -

"I'm giving up abstinence. I plan to have sex every day."

- Claq, Lent '98