Oh poo

[trinityvixen]

I guess I need to find a way to watch last night's Supernatural before tomorrow because people seem positively abuzz about it and I don't wish to be spoiled. Stupid TV pre-empt for a football game!!! Oh well, I was out having delicious Cambodian food with my Hermit Crab friend, who I've not seen since she left for Cambodia which is five months gone now. Good times, and a late shout-out "Happy Birthday!" to her.

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Shorter David Brooks: I'm going to ruin the sensible stuff at the beginning by freaking the fuck out at the end. So if you wanted to try and start liking me, I'd stop reading somewhere in the middle of this column.

Sound the trumpets, folks, I sort of agree with David Brooks. The auto industry bailout: not such a fan, actually. It may be necessary and I'm prepared to concede it, but I am not happy about it and I definitely think it should be micromanaged with the threat of "Use it wisely or go bankrupt." Once he gets into the "HOLY SHIT I JUST SAID 'CZAR' FOR THE FOURTH TIME!!!! COMMIES EVERYWHERE!" part, I stopped paying attention.

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I've noticed this, too. I used to have no will power when I went into Best Buy. Last night, I was in the area of one before dinner and dropped by. Zero interest. In anything. I didn't feel like browsing, I just wandered and left. I can't think of the last DVD I bought for myself--must have been back in the summer some time. (That may not sound like much, but trust me, for me? That's amazing.) Maybe there's just not anything there I want.

But this isn't a new development, and of course the economy is to blame. Whether it's broken your bank or not, you feel poor. And I'm already paying for Netflix, so buying seems hardly an option worth pursuing. Hell, feiran and I managed to break our four-year-long tradition of going to see the latest Saw movies in theaters. Still want to see Quantum of Solace though, so maybe these things aren't entirely dead to me.

Comments

[edgehopper.livejournal.com]

Free tonight for Quantum of Solace? If the NY Bar website starts working, I should be in a celebratory mood.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Alas, no, but have a good time if you go. I'm sure you're not attending for the reasons I would be, but I'm likewise certain that you'll still enjoy it.

And good luck with the bar thing. ::crosses fingers for you::

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

I bet cat expenses don't help any. :(

I'm still trying to grab some DVDs that I know I really want, but I'm not buying things impulsively either. Storage is as much of a concern as the money, as well as lack of free time to enjoy all this media...

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Storage and time are definitely a problem. I'm still working through my backlog of things and the amount of new stuff that I haven't even opened yet is ridiculously high. No, kitty expenses don't help, but it made me cautious as far as spending only long after the fact (the immediate fallout from that was me spending more frivolously at first because it was like funny money).

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

My reluctance to spend stems largely from the uncertainty of it all. I still have my jobs; they seem fairly secure and, if anything, there's a good chance I'll get a promotion; and I got a fair chunk of change from my late grandmother last year. So I have no reason to curtail spending except that I have no idea how bad the economy is going to get. The last time it was this bad was before you were born (and I was just a kid), and we can't be absolutely sure we've reached bottom.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Which is, of course, part of the problem: don't spend, you may make it worse. But if you spend too much and you lose your security net, ayah.

[moonlightalice.livejournal.com]

But spending HELPS the economy!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I know, and confidence builds confidence, but it's too fine a line for me. Plus, my purchasing power is totally insignificant is my excuse.