I think I tested as Nouveau Riche because I chose what I could afford rather than what I'd like. The budget ain't never going to run to a Corot, and I didn't inherit any.
This is so nice. Having everyone together for my birthday. Of course, you could smash in all my toes with a hammer and it will still be the bestest Buffy Birthday Bash in a big long while.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Betsy HP - Jan 27, 2005 11:27:32 am PST #1506 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Maria - Jan 27, 2005 11:29:06 am PST #1507 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Whee! I'm off to have the hair colored. No more gray for me! At least for 8 weeks.
bon bon - Jan 27, 2005 11:30:25 am PST #1508 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
The D.A. said today that he would probably seek the death penalty for the suicidal man who left his S.U.V. on a track.
This sounds overzealous to me.
shrift - Jan 27, 2005 11:30:36 am PST #1509 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I can give my job title when asked what I do, or mention that I work at a type of place, name our big-name client, or say I'm in IT, but lately I've just been saying, "I'm a digital buttmonkey."
It makes for entertaining double-takes.
msbelle - Jan 27, 2005 11:32:55 am PST #1510 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
16 Bohemian Mix 40 Close-In Couples 07 Money & Brains 31 Urban Achievers 59 Urban Elders
those numbers don't mean anything though, right? I'd need to log in to get the concentration.
Calli - Jan 27, 2005 11:34:06 am PST #1511 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Me: I work in environmental publishing.
Listener: [thinks -- Hippy treehugger liberal with no money.*] That's nice.
Me: I do web-work.
Listener: [thinks -- Techno-geek with no off-line friends.] That's nice.
I really prefer gatherings where I'm not assumed to be my job.
*Well, ok, fair cop. But still.
brenda m - Jan 27, 2005 11:34:23 am PST #1512 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Right, that's just a classification.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 11:35:37 am PST #1513 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I ran the stats for my second to last Michigan address: Executive Suites , Movers & Shakers, Suburban Sprawl, Upper Crust and Young Influentials. Yeah, those were the days.
Of course $1K/month gets you more room in West LA than in Birmingham, MI. Doesn't look as swish, but much nicer to live alone in.
And that was $1K sharing -- I should check and see what $3K can get me here.
Birmingham was like being an Application Architect in content management. Most people just said "Huh?" so I mostly said I lived in Detroit for that year. Except in Aspen -- when I said I lived in Metro Detroit, they asked "Birmingham?" straight off.
Oh, the places you live when shackled to ultra-bougie family.
brenda m - Jan 27, 2005 11:42:13 am PST #1514 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Hey, I lived in Birmingham. For like three weeks, but still.
Hil R. - Jan 27, 2005 11:43:24 am PST #1515 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think that, for NYC, my definition of what separates "old money" (or whatever the current equivalent is) from "new money" would be: If your three-year-old didn't get into any of the nursery schools you applied to, is there someone you could call who could fix that?
There was a scandal a few years ago where a stock broker essentially engaged in some insider trading in exchange for getting his 2-year-old twins in the 92nd Street Y nursery school. I think that was a classic example of trying to break into NYC society -- he had the money to pay for it, but didn't have the right connections. I know of at least two people who, in similar situations, were able to call on old friends from Spence or wherever and get their kid into a school, without having to offer anything in exchange.