quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

vodka is good, tomato sauce is good, i can't really imagine how they'd be combined satisfactorily

breakfast: oatmeal with frozen peas
lunch: BLT and FP
modest homemade dinner: grilled frozen peas with a side of frozen peas

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you forgot a delicious imaginary cup of Holder's House coffee

or at least i like a bloody mary as much as anyone but not on top of my pasta

it's all gonna end up in the same place anyway

just pretend you were drinking a bloody mary while you were eating pasta

vodka sauce is yummy

explained

you can buy it in premade vodka sauce in tesco, lex

it in

Guys I haven't spent any money in 6 days now, look for my MSNBC show soon along with my bestselling novel.

^^^^^ new host of Man Vs. Wild

Unfortunately I just spend $12 this afternoon. :(

^^^^^ new host of Man Vs. Wild

I dunno, how is he at pissing on things

Actually I can't wait for her next article when she discovers this building called a "library" that lets "rent" books for FREE.

i'm pretty sure bear grylls eats at as many 4 star restaurants in a given week during the filming of man vs wild as alexa von topel does during her work week

J0rdan all full of truthbombs itt.

they need to collaborate on a book - her perky/naive writing style + his tips about how to make shelter out of a dead camel

...that you happened to find in your kitchen pantry.

apparently huffpo deleted a lot of the critical comments when the story first ran (and then the whole story?), but you can read them here - pretty lol

http://www.metafilter.com/91764/Im-not-one-to-keep-my-fridge-and-cupboards-stocked-but-I-had-a-few-items-from-my-last-trip-to-Trader-Joes-and-they-would-get-the-job-done

"24 Hours Without Spending Any Money...In New York City." ..Also known to millions of less insufferable Americans as "Wednesday."
posted by applemeat at 10:20 AM on May 8 [90 favorites]

lol guys here is another post she made for huffpo

title: Closing the Female Financial Knowledge Gap

LITERALLY THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE WHOLE STORY: Every day, we make financial decisions that ultimately affect whether or not we will be able to live independently and retire comfortably. Do we opt for the Starbucks Caramel Latte or the Dunkin' Donuts regular coffee?

LOL

http://i31.tinypic.com/iqa3hi.jpg

Do we hop on the subway or hail a taxi for the morning commute?

o_O

This woman is paid to write these things?

do we go to Harvard Business School or Wharton?

educating women about finances by being really dumb

choices such as these are faced by everyday americans like you and me

10 Things I Learned From Launching a Company in a Recession

6. Spend $0 on marketing. The key is to embrace social media. Not only is it cheap and efficient, it's most likely where your audience is. And, get free PR by going after awards (for example, we were fortunate to be selected as a Tech Crunch 50 company). Try out marketing concepts like launching an invite-a-friend sweepstakes. Social media is always changing, so stay in the loop.

6. Spend $0 on marketing. The key is to spend all your money on Starbucks.

http://crushable.com/other-stuff/crushable-questionnaire-alexa-von-tobel/

1. Everyone has a “thing.” What’s yours?

Energy — I have tons and tons of it. I’m also fully obsessed with yoga and love to cook (although my boyfriend would argue that this love does not equate to skill)

http://i39.tinypic.com/nys77a.jpg

i will give credit where credit is due tho

5. What is it you most dislike?

The fact that personal finance isn’t taught in schools. It’s crazy to me! We make 8-10 financial decisions a day, yet no one educates us on this topic!

4. Frozen peas. These delicious little droppings of mother nature go on everything. Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks? Why not try frozen peas?

9. When I wake up in the middle of the night its because I’ve had a nightmare that I’m ___ .

I have the most vivid dreams!! It’s insane — I dream in color, remember them fully, and often my dreams even reference OTHER dreams that I have had weeks before…It’s like movies in my head. I often wake up and think “whoa…”

omg that interview, i want to murder her

This person would not have lasted long on the Oregon Trail.
posted by mmmbacon at 10:18 AM on May 8 [66 favorites]

t/f the backlash from this article will be the single best thing that has ever happened to this girl?

"Four weeks ago, I met him [Richard Branson] on his private island, Necker, and he tried to get me to jump off a 50 foot cliff into the ocean."

can't blame the dude tbh

hahaha

"That night, I decided to go on a simple mission to live a full 24-hour day without spending a penny (I really should go a week). Millions of people do this all across America easily,"

this is my fave part.

t/f the backlash from this article will be the single best thing that has ever happened to this girl?

t/f it was her intention all along?

no I meant in terms of her worldview being crushed

my favorite part is that she doesnt even have a 'free' day. when i read the title i thought it actually might be an interesting article then it basically turns into How to Go 24 Hours in NY Without Spending Money: just use all the shit you've spent money on beforehand

^^^what i'm sayin. next she should go freegan.

I dunno guys, maybe she really does have a magical cupboard that produces vodka marinara sauce out of thin air

not from the nyt, but i thought this was an object lesson in how to do recession frugality with dignity:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2011906512_pacificpfoodhunt30.html

"iconoclastic young people from middle-class backgrounds living some version of the freegan dream," if by "some version of the freegan dream" you mean "in piles of their own filth": http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06Squatters-t.html

I haven't read the whole article yet, but the slide show might be all you need.

Not to worry. Judging by this picture everyone in that house will be dead of ptomaine poisoning or salmonella soon enough.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/06/01/magazine/20100606-squatters-11.html

Tim said that he struggled to “find a way out of what looked like a really cloned and synthetic world that people get plugged into.” And just before graduating from high school*, in the spring of 2005, he found it. He met some young people who had found the boarded-up mansion on the West Side of Buffalo, which they hoped to take over and convert into a utopian safe haven for freegans and other dropouts. Mark and Ruth remember their son’s departure vividly. “That Friday night he came downstairs with a backpack, hugged, kissed us, got on his bike and moved,” Ruth says. “There was no stopping him.”

*In North Buffalo.

That Friday night he came downstairs with a backpack, hugged, kissed us, got on his bike and moved... to the other side of town.

Judging by this picture everyone in that house will be dead of ptomaine poisoning or salmonella soon enough.

Also this:

Tim stood barefoot in the mud and was shoveling vigorously. He explained that he had already unearthed quite a few used condoms and hypodermic needles — vestiges of the days when the abandoned house was used by prostitutes and drug dealers.

And this:

“Why are you walking around barefoot? Are you crazy? With all the crack vials and needles here?”

Kit glanced down at his bare feet and then explained with a smile that he always watched his footing.

cleanliness is for squares, man