a guide to getting past life's little quirks | wednesday | period 2 | july 22
Today, the class was meeting in the computer lab since Loki couldn't very well release the class on the mainland to do what he was going to do today.
"So, how many of you are rich?" He didn't expect too many hand raises and, even if someone had raised their hand, he would have continued on with the lesson and ignored that. "Yeah, not too many of us have wads of money to throw at things and to always buy whatever the fuck we want. So, we have to learn to budget, to manage, to use our money wisely and to still get whatever the fuck we want. It's not always easy."
Who was he kidding, it was hardly ever fucking easy.
"The easiest way to make the most bang for your buck is to, of course, look for bargains, sales, that kind of shit. And that's always the fucking mom way. A lot of times when people teach you about money management, they leave out opportunities like bribing someone else to give you their money or sticking someone else on the wrong end of the barter they you end up with their money and they get some fucking bus pass. Is that always ethical? No. But look at the fucking worlds you all come from. I don't think ethics are always going to fucking come into play when you're trying to fucking survive."
He paused for a minute, briefly wondering what life would have been like if he and Bartleby had been given gobs of money to mess around with while in Wisconsin. He decided it wouldn't have been that fucking different.
"Now, once you have money, you cannot blow it all on beer and strippers no matter how fucking enticing it is. If you really want that, see if you can give something else up--and I don't mean that illegally--for them. Try offering services--again, not illegal--in exchange. If you don't learn to start managing your money early, you're going to be up a fucking creek without a fucking paddle when you're broke like a joke. For today's lesson, each of you are getting a different amount of money and access to the internet. What you need to find is something to eat, something to drink and some form of fucking entertainment without going over. Sounds easy, right? If you have a good amount of money, it just might be. Get to work."
He motioned to the computer and went to sit down and observe.
[class is ready to go! | Class Roster & Syllabus]
"So, how many of you are rich?" He didn't expect too many hand raises and, even if someone had raised their hand, he would have continued on with the lesson and ignored that. "Yeah, not too many of us have wads of money to throw at things and to always buy whatever the fuck we want. So, we have to learn to budget, to manage, to use our money wisely and to still get whatever the fuck we want. It's not always easy."
Who was he kidding, it was hardly ever fucking easy.
"The easiest way to make the most bang for your buck is to, of course, look for bargains, sales, that kind of shit. And that's always the fucking mom way. A lot of times when people teach you about money management, they leave out opportunities like bribing someone else to give you their money or sticking someone else on the wrong end of the barter they you end up with their money and they get some fucking bus pass. Is that always ethical? No. But look at the fucking worlds you all come from. I don't think ethics are always going to fucking come into play when you're trying to fucking survive."
He paused for a minute, briefly wondering what life would have been like if he and Bartleby had been given gobs of money to mess around with while in Wisconsin. He decided it wouldn't have been that fucking different.
"Now, once you have money, you cannot blow it all on beer and strippers no matter how fucking enticing it is. If you really want that, see if you can give something else up--and I don't mean that illegally--for them. Try offering services--again, not illegal--in exchange. If you don't learn to start managing your money early, you're going to be up a fucking creek without a fucking paddle when you're broke like a joke. For today's lesson, each of you are getting a different amount of money and access to the internet. What you need to find is something to eat, something to drink and some form of fucking entertainment without going over. Sounds easy, right? If you have a good amount of money, it just might be. Get to work."
He motioned to the computer and went to sit down and observe.
[class is ready to go! | Class Roster & Syllabus]