CHRIS (GARETH'S FRIEND) SAYS...
"You doing this in a credit crunch too is all the more impressive. Imagine when the whole thing crashes down at least you and amy will be able to adapt much better than most."
GARETH SAYS...
I guess he has a point. We will make a fortune counseling people on adjusting their lives to live on $20 a day
AMY SAYS...
Yep... but what will happen to student borrowers after the Big Bail Out? With my luck they'll put a 'bankruptcy clause for student borrowers' in right at the moment we're about to pay everything off!! They pulled the last one out just before I graduated - I would have declared bankruptcy immediately if it didn't change and just about now my credit would be officially cleared - Bah Humbug!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
AMY vs GARETH
AMY SAYS...
These are our differences, in black and white, cut and pasted together from famous movie quotes:
Amy: Should we let it breathe?
Gareth: It hasn't breathed for fifty years, it's dead. Let's just drink it!
Gareth: The Luck is gone, the brain is shot,
Amy: but the LOANS we still got!
Amy: I'm willing to start at the bottom.
Gareth: You're aiming too high - we're below the bottom!
Gareth: Listen, I'm sorry I called you a bitch.
Amy: Why? I am a bitch.
Gareth:I had a premoniton that I was gonna meet someone when I came down here.
Amy: You still got time, you know
Gareth:You are in training my dear.
Amy: In training for what?
Gareth: I have no regrets in life.
Amy: My regret in life is that I am not someone else ;)
Gareth:Education should be free!
Amy: Students achieving Oneness will eventually move on to Twoness.
Gareth: If they're lucky, and you my dear are very very lucky!
These are our differences, in black and white, cut and pasted together from famous movie quotes:
Amy: Should we let it breathe?
Gareth: It hasn't breathed for fifty years, it's dead. Let's just drink it!
Gareth: The Luck is gone, the brain is shot,
Amy: but the LOANS we still got!
Amy: I'm willing to start at the bottom.
Gareth: You're aiming too high - we're below the bottom!
Gareth: Listen, I'm sorry I called you a bitch.
Amy: Why? I am a bitch.
Gareth:I had a premoniton that I was gonna meet someone when I came down here.
Amy: You still got time, you know
Gareth:You are in training my dear.
Amy: In training for what?
Gareth: I have no regrets in life.
Amy: My regret in life is that I am not someone else ;)
Gareth:Education should be free!
Amy: Students achieving Oneness will eventually move on to Twoness.
Gareth: If they're lucky, and you my dear are very very lucky!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Insomnia
AMY SAYS...
Yep that's right I have a bad ass case of it. I used to take sleeping pills but they made me feel like I should be wearing a long silk robe with tigers printed on it, holding a scotch and hitting on some prepubescent boy. So my doctor recommended that I take Benadryl. It is NOT cheap...but the good news is that they supply it at work for free so every month I grab a handful and sleep like a log.
Yep that's right I have a bad ass case of it. I used to take sleeping pills but they made me feel like I should be wearing a long silk robe with tigers printed on it, holding a scotch and hitting on some prepubescent boy. So my doctor recommended that I take Benadryl. It is NOT cheap...but the good news is that they supply it at work for free so every month I grab a handful and sleep like a log.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Buying your bride
AMY SAYS...
I found this on line when I was searching for single rich dwarf (just kidding gareth ;)
"Indeed, most people tend to view the amount of money they spend while dating as an indicator of a long-term future together, said Catherine Surra, a professor and chair of the department of human ecology at the University of Texas who studies the development of romantic unions, including marriage. This is especially true for men, she noted.
"The data show that their commitment depends more on tangible and financial investments," Surra said. "It could be that men pay more attention to that sort of thing than women, and it could be that men are investing more than women."
Those first few months of dating are prime splurging opportunities, said the University of Washington's Schwartz. To impress their dates, men will do such things as ordering a bottle of the restaurant's most expensive wine or tipping lavishly — even if they can't afford it. Women typically respond positively to these gestures, she said. Money essentially serves as a "subterranean language" between couples that is never spoken but is understood by both people, she said.
Still, there is a limit to how much people can spend. And when they finally decide to tie the knot, men may be even happier than women. "They can't afford to date for much longer," said Schwartz."
Yep, I'd say that sounds about right ;)
I found this on line when I was searching for single rich dwarf (just kidding gareth ;)
"Indeed, most people tend to view the amount of money they spend while dating as an indicator of a long-term future together, said Catherine Surra, a professor and chair of the department of human ecology at the University of Texas who studies the development of romantic unions, including marriage. This is especially true for men, she noted.
"The data show that their commitment depends more on tangible and financial investments," Surra said. "It could be that men pay more attention to that sort of thing than women, and it could be that men are investing more than women."
Those first few months of dating are prime splurging opportunities, said the University of Washington's Schwartz. To impress their dates, men will do such things as ordering a bottle of the restaurant's most expensive wine or tipping lavishly — even if they can't afford it. Women typically respond positively to these gestures, she said. Money essentially serves as a "subterranean language" between couples that is never spoken but is understood by both people, she said.
Still, there is a limit to how much people can spend. And when they finally decide to tie the knot, men may be even happier than women. "They can't afford to date for much longer," said Schwartz."
Yep, I'd say that sounds about right ;)
It’s all in her head
GARETH SAYS…
The only thing we have to show for the $180,000 is what’s inside Amy’s head. That brain is pretty valuable. I’m thinking of getting her to walk round in a crash helmet to make sure it stays safe or we could just backcomb her hair to make sure it is well padded.
That brain is valuable. Of course all brains are valuable but there is only one I’m prepared to live in a cell for xxx
The only thing we have to show for the $180,000 is what’s inside Amy’s head. That brain is pretty valuable. I’m thinking of getting her to walk round in a crash helmet to make sure it stays safe or we could just backcomb her hair to make sure it is well padded.
That brain is valuable. Of course all brains are valuable but there is only one I’m prepared to live in a cell for xxx
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Weight lifting and test taking
AMY SAYS....
Gareth and I were in an argument last week, when he said, "Amy, I feel as though I'm taking a never-ending test, and just when I feel as though I've done brilliantly, I find I've scored an F."
I said, "Well, I feel like a weight lifter and when I finally get the weights in the air someone punches me in the stomach."
Weight lifting and test taking.
We have both given everything we've got, whether it be money, love, support etc.
According to our records we have survived:
- Living with my mother
- Living on an air mattress for 5 months
- Having absolutely no money
- Living in a room you can barely get in and out of
- Paying just under $90K
- Saying 'no' to almost every costly event in nyc
So why do we both feel like we're failing?
Gareth and I were in an argument last week, when he said, "Amy, I feel as though I'm taking a never-ending test, and just when I feel as though I've done brilliantly, I find I've scored an F."
I said, "Well, I feel like a weight lifter and when I finally get the weights in the air someone punches me in the stomach."
Weight lifting and test taking.
We have both given everything we've got, whether it be money, love, support etc.
According to our records we have survived:
- Living with my mother
- Living on an air mattress for 5 months
- Having absolutely no money
- Living in a room you can barely get in and out of
- Paying just under $90K
- Saying 'no' to almost every costly event in nyc
So why do we both feel like we're failing?
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