posted 04-18-2001 11:03 AM            

i wanna write.
get paid big dough.
and sleep late.

forget this WORKINGgggggggg all of the time, and dumb ass crappy weather, and shoes that aren't broken in, and irritating co-workers, and
and
and

posted 04-18-2001 11:12 AM            

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Originally posted by foofies:
okay.
so.
i am sick of not having a trust fund, right?
and like, having to WORK every single day for a million more years.

i wanna write.
get paid big dough.
and sleep late.

forget this WORKINGgggggggg all of the time, and dumb ass crappy weather, and shoes that aren't broken in, and irritating co-workers, and
and
and

i wanna bang on the drum all day-------
i don't wanna work

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foofies-

Would you mind terribly if I printed out this post and tacked it up on my wall at work?

You just described my wants/needs/desires to a "T".

posted 04-18-2001 11:20 AM            

What d' ya' say?

posted 04-18-2001 11:33 AM            

Thanks.

Gotta run.

posted 04-18-2001 11:47 AM            

i went & did some more crappy work, and came back to doss off a little & was so HAPPY to see that others feel how i do.

well.
the good news is:
going on small vacation from tomorrow until tuesday.

but see.
vacation is dangerous.
cuz like.
i want a full-time vacation!
that's the bad news.

posted 04-18-2001 11:51 AM            

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Originally posted by julie:
I have given this matter alot of thought. Although I am not a fiend about money, I realize how important it is just to survive. I really want the freedom to travel and live a modest life, without having to work. So I think I could live comfortable for the rest of my life on about 500k, I don't need a million. So my next step to achieve that goal, was implementing a plan. They say it takes hard work, I want it easy and instant. So I thought stock market? real estate? casinos? Then I thought up this idea. It is a bit shady and may be illegal but it could work.
Tires!! Yeah tires. You rent a huge warehouse for maybe 6 months. You go to all car dealerships and garages and you tell them you will dispose of their tires for a buck each. You take all the tires and put them in the warehouse. Keep filling it up unitl you have your 500,000 tires, and your 500,000 dollars. AT the end of the 6 months you just disappear leaving the filled warehouse for somebody else to worry about.
So what do you think?

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This could work. Except-
Have you though about how big the warehouse would have to be to hold 500K tires? And you have the overhead of the warehouse for the initial time period of "tire gathering."

However, that being said- get a fake ID, rent the warehouse with a down payment for 1 month, have your ducks in a row... pick up the tires, store them, then blow on out. No need to disappear- claim the 5cK on incometax as "income from an undeclared source," and you don't have to even hide it. Tho you will have to pay taxes

posted 04-18-2001 12:27 PM            

No, there must be something, some loophole, that we haven't thought about in this whole money business thingie.

posted 04-18-2001 12:37 PM            

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Originally posted by Berethrof:
That would be like the state keeping the lottery money because they said somebody won and in reality nobody did.

No, there must be something, some loophole, that we haven't thought about in this whole money business thingie.

Just as an aside, Louisiana's Powerball is up to 180 million or something. I'm up for getting in a pool and buying 200 tickets. Heck, I'd buy 200 tickets myself for a chance at 180 million!

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posted 04-18-2001 12:41 PM            

P.S. 'splainin'? I gaht 'splainin' do?

posted 04-18-2001 12:45 PM            

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Originally posted by julie:
Did I say I wanted to gain ethics???? I said I wanted to gain 500k.
I actually see nothing wrong with schemes, if they work and nobody gets hurt. In this case the only people who would get hurt is drug users.
The house idea is a good idea. Somebody will win a house for 100$. I would achieve my goal...no losers.
OK Bad David. It is thinking of the ways to get the money that is important. Not just talking about what you would do once you have it. Born from one idea, could be the fortune we want. So how about you help think of ideas instead of shooting down my ideas.

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You're right, the idea is what counts. I had an idea for a beverage that uses tetra-hydroxy-papaveroline instead of alchohol, in order to give the great buzz without the hangover. But it wasn't eithical. Couldn't get funding, and left myself open to attack.

posted 04-18-2001 01:11 PM            

Your idea sounds like a cool idea for a comedy, though. I won't use it.

But, if ever want to brainstorm some ideas like that around again, I'm game. You sound bright and I could always use a little "iron on iron" action, maiden.

posted 04-18-2001 01:54 PM            

It's all YOU, baby!

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Originally posted by julie:
Berethrof, I actually KNEW you were joking and were talking about Amway. I just like ruining peoples jokes. My own form of torture.

r_callicotte, I tell you what, you can put to use any idea I may have sparked. I keep all the really, really good ideas for myself anyways. Just do it justice. Iron maiden huh? You got that right!

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posted 04-20-2001 02:09 PM            

am partially happy w/ job, and partially not & feel annoyed that i have to get up every day for who knows how long & fulfill this obligation of responsibility, and go to this JOB. sometimes i just look into the future & feel like, is this what it's all about? no matter what i'd be doing, other than writing, i would feel this way. it was a bigger drag for my parents & their parents, so maybe it's my dumb generation. we expect the moon (but not as much as college grads today?)

whatever.
i'm gonna keep trying to work this out & get into a field that doesn't feel like a drag. i played it safe & have worked at harvard for the past 4 years, but my arse is expanding bec. of it, and i'd rather be on my feet doing production work again. thinking like that, but am also back and forth, bec. last show i worked w/ had the station bought out & the safety net went zaaaapppp.
am in this whole questioning period abt. career direction, bec. all i ever wanted to be was a writer. didn't plan on having to sort out 2 careers at once, this whole paying the bills shite, but i shouldn't complain----lotsa people have way less than me, and in zen-fashion, i have what i need.