A little background on me. I am in my early 30's and consider myself a jack of all trades at this point. I've done all kinds of work from fast food(McDonald's, Burger King, etc) to being a Litigation Support Project Manager in Digital Imaging. Maybe I'll go into greater detail of that if someone might be interested in hiring me(hehehe).
Until I was nearly 13 years old, my mother and I shared a one bedroom apartment in Washington DC. I received hand-me-down clothes, or those from second hand shops(not that I see a difference in the two), wasn't necessarily spoiled, but did have to earn anything I did get. I never had an allowance, but would receive various 'gifts', whether it be money or toys, for achievements and such. At 10 years old, two of my friends and myself decided to start washing cars throughout the spring and summer to attempt to have money for us to get the things that we wanted. We ended up with business cards and nearly all our own supplies. Of course, we didn't lug a hose around, but you get the idea. The business cards were a gift from my mother for how diligently we worked at it(I think I even still have a few of them around somewhere). In essence, we had our own company, though not registered.
In high school, I started out working handing out flyers for a new restaurant, again, so I would have money to spend to go out with friends, dates, etc. Once I was 15, I was able to become a lifeguard. Loved the job. Would be nice to be in shape like that again. -chuckles- After high school, I ended up traveling the country to try and find where I 'belong'.
I am starting to believe life is somewhat circular as I've since ended up back in the Washington DC area.
What is this blog about? Alright, I'll do my best to explain. I have been out of work for over two years...approaching three years as I am thinking about it...and not for lack of trying. Perhaps I have not been as diligent in my searches as I could have been, but after awhile, I've become frustrated and somewhat depressed on turn down after turn down(or so I've been told). It is a constant struggle to maintain residence as well as simply surviving...
Meanwhile, they have television show after television show of people spending ridiculous amounts of money, CEO's and other corporate officers making millions upon millions of dollars simply for retiring, whether by choice or forced into such, people driving cars that are hundreds of thousands of dollars, others(or perhaps the same people) spending insane amounts of money on a single supper that would not only pay my rent, however, feed and clothe me for months, vacations that cost enough to feed the homeless of a city for a month as well as fund shelters for them to live in(I've been on that 'train' too).
Let me give you an example of this. About a week ago, a close friend and I stopped at a Walgreens to get a soda(was rather hot out) and as we neared the door, parked in the handicap space was a really really nice Mercedes CL63 AMG(I think it was..pic was what was closest to what I remember of the car) which I have since looked up to find that the base price on this car is $97k. $97K?!?!? Give me 10% of that and I can pay my current rent for a year and probably damn near feed myself for that long to boot.
Yes, I guess I'd like for people to 'donate' some of these ridiculous amounts of money that they spend, but do I think it will happen? Not bloody likely. I'm going to do my best to keep posting more and more examples of these extravagant wastes of money, or at least wastes in my views, and perhaps some people will find it amusing enough, at least, to donate something to my little "Broke MoFo Fund". ;-)
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I'd like to thank Jon C. of Maine for the first donation to the Broke MoFo Fund!!
ReplyDeleteAs a few people that I know who I have shown this to have asked me what I would do with the money donated, I figured I should put this in here...
ReplyDeleteAs I am but one broke mofo and know many others, of course, my goal would be to get my bills paid and then would help others that I know that are hurting for money as much as I am..I simply am trying to keep a roof over my head. I am not alone in this, I know, and several of those that I know could use the help and I would like to be able to help them as well.