I’m broke

How to avoid spending a lot of money when you’re broke and are going to an outing with your friends…

1) When at a movie,

*buy the ticket only. If you are lucky, pose as a kid(if there is NO WAY someone would believe you are under 12 or 13, then proceed to buy an adult ticket)
*try to go to a theater with cheap tickets(not Regal, which is 10 dollars)
*don’t buy snacks

2. When at a restaurant

There are varying degree’s of cheapness 1) Dirt cheap 2)A little pocket change cheap and 3) Money

1)Dirt Cheap
*order- water(free)
*when asked if hungry, reply
“No, I just ate before I got here” if you’ve been together all day, this will not work
or “I feel a bit funny” Try not to use this. If you do, people will be worried/grossed out
or “I don’t like the food here” The picky approach. Don’t do this unless you are with a bunch of rich snobs, which is not the case(see guide- what to do if you are broke and have *friends*
or “I’m broke” The come clean approach. This could be a bad situation, because people may stare at you and or offer to buy you something.

*offer 1 dollar for a tip contribution. This may be awkward and alert people to the fact that you haven’t ordered anything. Wait tell the money has been collected, then say “add this to the tip”

2) Pocket change approach

Order a drink or cheap appetizer. Offer a tip appropriate to you order.

3) Money approach. Use when not broke. Order, and pay normally.

**Warning** this may make you appear cheap, unless you use approach three

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Sigh. Yeah, you can probably figure why I need this guide. I’m broke. And I’m going to see most of my friends for the last time before I go away for 6 weeks. So this is an important outing. But I have about 10 dollars. Maybe more. If I break into my emergency cash….But I already spent most of it. I should get a job. But I have no idea how, or any time, transportation.

Van the man

I forgot his birthday. Hm being this guy(let’s call him Van) who works at eh gas station 2 houses away from my house. This is really bad, because, even though I know it’s ion October, I don’t know what day it is. The really bad part, this matters a lot. Because Van is going to ask me next time I walk in there what his birthday is. Why? Because w e had a super long conversation about remembering details that matter, then said we would ask each other our birthdays every time we saw each other. And I forgot…Why didn’t I write it down? Anyway, you must be thinking, “Gas station guy? And  you’re what, 15?” Yeah. It’s nothing creepy or anything. But the gas station is so close that I go there all the time to stock up on junk food., And Van works there every night. SO when I need to get out of the house I go there. And I talk to Van. He has nothing better to do, and I would rather be anywhere but my house sometimes, so we talk. We’ve talked about goals, life, food, books, movies, past, fears, ect. So I usually see Van pretty often. But….I haven’t gone to the gas station in about 2 weeks. And now I forgot his birthday. Gah. What am I going to do now?

So I might go there anyway and face up. Or hope he somehow forgets… Like that’s ever going to happen. It will make me seem so inconsiderate. And this actually matters to me, because I consider Van a friend. Think whatever you want about hat, but I think a friend can be found anywhere, at any age(he’s 24, in case you were wondering).

So going to the gas station would be a way to get food. And I do need to see Van before I lave for Maryland. I suppose I’ll just have to deal with my mistake. Or maybe I’ll get lucky. I Know it’s either 10-8, 10-12 or something like that. Hopefully I can get it right.

Tape measure

Okay, I was reading an article about having increased health issues depending on the shape of your body, even if your bmi is okay. I measured myself and put it in to a website to calculate and apparently I have an increased risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes and stoke…great. I mean my bmi is still in the average area, but I could still be really unhealthy. I guess it makes sense,  given I never exercise.

But now you probably think I am really worried about my body, how I look, ect. Well I’m not. Not weight wise, anyway. I eat what I want because food is good, calories=energy and energy =life. I also find that food makes many situations better. Like when you are lonely, tired, have low blood sugar, don’t want to talk, need something new, are bored, stressed or maybe, you’re hungry. Food brings people together or makes it easier to deal when you are alone. Food <3. Food makes everything but riding roller coasters better. And there is so much good food in the world. Yum. Food. There is chocolate, spicy food, garlic, calamari, sushi, asparagus, rice crispies, ice cream, candy, crab, steak, fish, couscous, rice, cheese, pears, fruit, crackers , ritz, brie, popcorn, lemons, sour, ethnic, junk, healthy and many more kinds of food.

And now I sound very food obsessed. And I’m not even hungry… Anyways, I’ll ask the doctor about hip/waist ratio next time. I’m not doing to worry about something like that unless it’s legit.  So, besides eating, reading and watching anime, I recently decided I want to go to an anime convention. I want to go to Otakon this July from the 17^th-19^th. I have various way sot go about this and will try to get an adult I know to help me out with this because I know my parents would never bring me. Anyway,  I have multiple plans. I have to get money, get to Baltimore, stay somewhere and get back. To get to Baltimore I will take the train from Washington DC. Money, I’ll babysit and figure out something. But then, where to stay. I’m working on this. I don’t have money for a hotel but I have three plans
1) Ask my uncle to drive me back to my grandmothers at 2am…. Probably not going to  happen
2) Stay at a family friends house nearby. I have no idea if this will work
3) Get my cousin and her dad to go… this could be tricky

Anyway, I’m sure one of those will work out. And I just found out that Michaela is going too! That is good because maybe we could meet up(I’m being optimistic and acting like I definitely AM going). And I hope Alice can go to. I really have no idea how that will work, but I am determined to go. Yeah!

And I want to cosplay too. I’ve never done that before, but I want to be the white haired demon from Daughter of Twenty Faces. Her costume would be really simple, and I would get to wear white hair. Getting a costume would require money, though. Oh well. I hope this works.

Sigh

So I haven’t made a post in a while. Like a week. And Alice says I should blog more, so here it goes.

Sigh. I’ve been waiting for camp to start all summer. The camp that I really want to go to is Lynn’s camp. It is a drama camp where we put on a musical, or just play acting games and grow as a performer. Its the best thing I’ve done over the summer, not including traveling. Last year we put on the musical STARMITES! I was the bad guy, SHack Graa, who disguised himself as Trinkulous to follow around the good guys. Then got to were an evil purple sequined cape, and looked like a dragon! YEAH! MAHHAHAHAHH! …anyways, I really want to do that again. And I think I’m going to get to. I wonder what we will do this year? Anways I’m really looking forward to that.

My other summer plans aren’t very interesting. I am going to a week of cooking camp, just because. And then 2 weeks of another less awesome drama camp where I will be in Willy Wonka. That should still be fun. Then I get back to PA and there are 3 weeks left before school. SO I don’t have any other plans for that but-OH YEAH-m I want to go to South Korea. It dawned on me the other day and now I’m on a mission to go next year. All I have to do is- hypnotize my parents -get some money -get a travel partner -make all the plans. So yeah…

Once upon a…June

Dancing bears
Painted wings
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings
once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm,
horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully,
across my memory,

Someone holds me safe and warm,
horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully,
across my memory,

Far away, long ago
things I yern to remember
and a song someone sings
Once upon a December

And a song someone sings
Once upon a December

-Lyrics from Once Upon a December, Anastasia the movie

Is anyone familiar with the movie Anastasia? About the Russian “orphan” who ends up being royalty. After a hard life everything works out nicley. The lyrics tell of soft memories and forgotten paradise, foreshadowing the dream-like ending. Foreshadowing can work out quiet well in a story, but in real life it can sometimes suck.

Today, while watching Anastasia, I stared stinking about suicide. Not about committing suicide- just about movies I’ve watched about it, stories I’ve heard, and people I’ve know. Everything about it. About ½ hour later, I overheard that my Russian friend(let’s call him Nick) and his mother, attempted suicide this weekend.  I was shocked and really worried about Nick. No one else is there, so what if he tries it again? Foreshadowing death is not the type of thing I want to have in my thoughts on a nice Sunday afternoon. Or ever. I hope this once upon a June ends happily, like it did for Anastasia.