OK well this morning was pay day, and I got up early as because needed food and shit. However to my great surprise neither myself nor my partner had been payed, cool. Now apart from the obvious rent not being payed, having no food and no money for transport, things started getting worse. First I ran out of milk, so had to have black coffee, now black coffee is alright with sugar, oh wait we're out of sugar, cool. OK with the coffee failing on me I decided that coffee is coffee and its the caffine thats important, so I rolled my usual morning ciggy. Things got worse, none of my 7 lighters worked, the stove element is a stupid safety plate so that wouldnt light it either, cool. I decided something a little stronger than coffee would be needed, unfortunately none of my empty spirit bottles could spare me a drop, cool. And now I have to go to a graphic design course, sit through a bunch of crap I already know, and help people who have never even opened photoshop before, despite choosing graphic design as a career path, cool. To summarise: -No Money -No Coffee -No Cigarette -No Alcohol -And a boring as fuck day Anyway those of you who are about to type ' there are some people much worse off than you, be greatfull for what you do have, you can get f**ked hell most of you still live with your parents, you can lecture me when you have rent and bills. For those of you taking pity on me then great, I accept all cash and cheque donations, and may you have a great day and I pray that you never have to start a morning without money, coffee, cigarettes or alcohol.
you could always ask your neighbors for a light for your smoke. you could also ask for eggs, milk, bread and sugar for your breakfast. you have beer cans in your home? you can always deposit them. you can cut back on your spending. i'm more then certain that you probably own a cell phone. is a cell phone necessary? me and my sister sometimes critique financial situations that we hear about on tv. and what we found out is that there are a lot of improper spending on unnecessary things. cell phones for one thing isn't quite an important commondity and can save a person some cash. cable television, which many people have can cut the service and get some cash. if you don't make many phone calls at home, cut your services. you can get your condoms from the hospital since you have a partner [who pays for them when you have a hospital, the gov't promotes safe sex]. avoid name brand goods on food and clothing [check your local salvation army or thrift store]. if you don't like thrift, avoid name brand clothing. have a car, spend less time traveling frequently so you don't spend much on gas. this is all ideal on paper and is a lot harder to do in real life. i know, because just like dieting, it is easy on paper then actually keeping track. also, when you need to recharge something, do it at work [if you can] or at school [if you can]. i recharge my ds at work along with the recharge batteries.
I recharge my NDS using my school's class's outlets And my cellphone I'm a poor bugger. You can always use your toaster to light your cigarettes.
I have a cellphone but I havnt credited it for over 3 months so theres no money going into that, I dont have a landline so theres no phone bills, I dont pay power so theres no bills there, I op-shop for all of my clothes, spending over $10 on any item of clothing is a waste, I take the bus to course since its half the price of running a car, and we get all of our condoms from the family planning clinic for free so no cost there either. Neighbours are bastards and wont give me shit. The real problem is that here the student allowance (the benifit that you get while studying) is based on your parents income untill you are 25, even if you do live away from home. This means that if your parents earn too much you dont get a cent, the most you can get is $20 'accomodation supplement' (as if rent is $20 a week!). You can also borrow up to $150pw on your student loan, but that has to be payed back one day so fuck that, my student loan is already over $15,000.
bad day?.... -Woke up an hour late because my alarm clock broken -No water because the water company is fixing something -There is only 2 bucks left in my wallet (i forget to withdraw cash from ATM the ohter day) -The Public bus is on time, but broke down on the way -The boss yell at you for being really really late to work - Have to deal with annyoing end user with thier common PC problem - 2 Servers went dead, fixed after replace the power supply.... - The Lease line when down for 2 hours - I miss my last bus to home (need to walk home) you are not the one that have bad days....
as almo puts it, cool! ;D what about asking your parents for some money? i'm sure they'll help you out. why won't they, they're your parents. what about finding a job off the books?
hey guys it gets better when you leave college / uni, and you have to get a job, house etc....gets worse when you have kids.... talk about bad days....lol
there are some people much worse off than you, be greatfull for what you do have... But no...I do pity you... I can't face the day without coffee... You could always get into the prostitution game... (Yes...game...games are fun)
"Anyway those of you who are about to type ' there are some people much worse off than you, be greatfull for what you do have, you can get f**ked hell most of you still live with your parents, you can lecture me when you have rent and bills." You are my hero.
Wow just seems like a long whine to me, so you didn't get to smoke or drink? They're wants not needs, yeah your rent will be late and if you get kicked out ouch. But besides that it's just a long rant that was an effort to read.
Shit day, but if todays that shitty then tomorrows gonna feel alot better even if it is worse than your normal day. As for money, you're gonna get paid sometime but I feel for you, life feels better with some coffee (possibly alcohol too but not in the morning). As for economic strategies I'm pretty sure there are some clinics for kicking your addcition to smoking by giving you free smokes or patches (even if you don't kick it you get free smokes.) I like the way you handle all this though, stay cool.
Well i'm cursed, all my electronics will always have at least one little fault with them... Seriously. Except for my PSP which I hate. But why are you guys addicted to coffee? It tastes boring...
I dont function at all without a coffee and a ciggy in the morning. If I miss either of those two things my mind just turns to mush, its become such a habit that its now my bodys trigger to let it know when im up and about to do something, if I dont have my coffee and ciggy then my body still thinks im in bed. With serious addictions 'Wants' become 'Needs'. and yeah it was just one big long rant, thats why I posted in the 'Rants' section :|
