white trash? nope; you're just not the spoiled brat most of america seems to hold up as the perfect example of how to behave (at least until they get caught with drugs, beat up a photographer, go bankrupt, cheat their clients/bosses, have a public breakdown or affair, etc - then when those same badly behaving idiots apologize and say that they've now found god and been forgiven the public forgets the bad behavior - and i'm glad you're not one of them)
as for the lottery/having more $ means buying more stuff - you already know that expensive stuff is not the answer (as do i); that enjoying what you do, being challenged to grow, and having fun in life is much more important
and me? if i won the lottery i'd pay off all my debts, buy a mid-size house in west hollywood (and make sure it has a heated pool, room for a library with full height double deep shelves, and solar and wind power to minimize the environmental impact), donate some of the money for further research into my underlying health issues and more of it to artists and writers who need assistance, and probably spend time traveling with the people i love (hey, if i win the lotto why not spend some of that money to take a coach full of dc freaks to florida for a week at the amusement parks, or take b & j to germany, or take my mom and family to greece or fly you & other people i really miss here for a winter vacation) but travel at a leisurely pace so it doesn't fuck my system up as badly as my last trip east did
so yeah - not at all white trash to not buy into "the american dream" as most people define it; just smart
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Date: 2009-10-06 11:00 pm (UTC)as for the lottery/having more $ means buying more stuff - you already know that expensive stuff is not the answer (as do i); that enjoying what you do, being challenged to grow, and having fun in life is much more important
and me? if i won the lottery i'd pay off all my debts, buy a mid-size house in west hollywood (and make sure it has a heated pool, room for a library with full height double deep shelves, and solar and wind power to minimize the environmental impact), donate some of the money for further research into my underlying health issues and more of it to artists and writers who need assistance, and probably spend time traveling with the people i love (hey, if i win the lotto why not spend some of that money to take a coach full of dc freaks to florida for a week at the amusement parks, or take b & j to germany, or take my mom and family to greece or fly you & other people i really miss here for a winter vacation) but travel at a leisurely pace so it doesn't fuck my system up as badly as my last trip east did
so yeah - not at all white trash to not buy into "the american dream" as most people define it; just smart