Bad luck backfired in my favor!

[vulgarweed]

I figured out how I managed to have enough leftover cash to snap up that computer deal.

Being SKANK-ASS SICK meant that I didn't go out (not even the CTA got my money), had no social life, smoked 1/4 as much as normal, and didn't eat solid food at all.

Therefore I saved a lot of money. Yet I suspect that if I post this as a helpful hint at one of those thrifty-living sites, it wouldn't go over well.

But now I know what to do when I need to save up for something else. Forget to wash my hands and pay someone a couple bucks to cough on me.

Comments

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I've had that happen to me. I lost weight, too. Everyone was all, "wow, you look good," and I was all, "um, because I couldn't get out of bed or eat for three weeks." "... Oh."

It's sort of wrong that this society's standards of attractiveness rate me higher when I'm nearly dead, but then, think of all those consumptive beauties with their pale burning skin. So, yeah.

Anyway. Now it's all better and you have a new computer! This is good!

[Looks downthread: CTA rate hike? Man I should probably give my broke-ass baby sister living in Chicago that money I owe her. I keep forgetting, but she is, after all, my broke-ass baby sister. *guilt*]

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

CTA rate hike coming in a week or so, supposedly. Underfunding, as per usual. *grr*

Uggghh, I hate that too. I lost weight as well, but I don't get complimented on it much...I can ill afford to lose weight, and the effect when I do isn't all that attractive.

all those consumptive beauties with their pale burning skin. I get "get a tan!" yelled at me from time to time. NEver mind that I'm physically incapable of doing so.

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

OK, OK, I'll send poor Ann a check. *is even guiltier* Poor thing. Letting men named "Snake" buy her dinner. What sad times are these, etc., etc. (Her blog is actually pretty funny, as she saves all the whining about money for gmail-chats to me.)

>ill afford to lose weight
Oh yes, I know it is a pain to be skinny too-- my poor boyfriend rants a bit about how people always assume you're lucky to be skinny, but it's not like it's a choice. (He's 6'3"/135 lb., and once when he went to a gastroenterologist for a consultation about acid reflux, the doctor gasped as he walked through the door and said, "You shouldn't have waited so long!" assuming he was malnourished.)
But for those of us who tend towards the fleshy side, it is very depressing to realize we look our best after horrible illnesses.

> "get a tan!"
LOL.
Funny how standards change.