A purchase made and later cancelled created a $17.00 profit for Tim, simply due to the volatile, unpredictable nature of the US dollar at the moment. I could say “world economy” rather than “US dollar” specifically, but I like being specific. Anyway, it wasn’t an intentional thing. Tim didn’t buy something with the purpose of getting a refund later when the US dollar was stronger. It’s just that some of the consequences of this subprime crisis were positive ones. For us. Not for the US. But I guess people wouldn’t mind having super low interest rates, even if it means that the economy is stuffed.
I think that if different adjectives were used in financial journals and other communications, a lot more people would take an interest in financial/economical issues. For example, if you used sexy language to describe a certain economics situation, certain people would be able to relate and understand it better. Instead of saying “The Dow Jones index is in a state of flux”, you could say “The Dow Jones is a tempestuous, moody mistress”. Even though Dow Jones sounds like a man’s name, it’s fluctuating state is more reminiscent of PMS.
Also, instead of saying “The FTSE rose sharply overnight, but profit takers moved in later in the afternoon, and it ended flat for the day.”, they could say “The FTSE had a nice morning wood going, but after it took a leak, the pressure was removed from the prostate, and things went down from there.”
However, the fact that the finance industry has terms like “negative growth” makes me think that they are compensating for something. “It might be negative, but it’s still growing!”
I should get my mind out of the gutter. I think that finance people like being all elitist, so I don’t think that my suggestions would be appreciated much. I’m basically trying to bring all this hoity-toity money talk down to a level that most people would understand. Lowest common denominator. It’s a pretty good denominator!
Also, Anthony pointed out to me that I’ve been adding ‘r’s to words that end in vowels where the next word begins with a vowel, which is something I didn’t know I did. I had heard it in other people – namely Missy Higgins, in the song “Angela”. Phonetically, it goes something like this: Angelarrr oh Angela. That’s part of the chorus. And it always really annoyed me. I thought “I’m sorry, but that’s just too much.” Aren’t singers supposed to be sort of accent-less, unless their signature thing is being accenty? For example, the weird pommy accent of the Kooks is incredibly sexy and endearing. The bogan Aussie accent sported by Missy Higgins is not. The accent of that French person when she’s singing/speaking that song (in phonetics, again): Ahll keel eur, Ahll keel eur. Even though she’s talking about committing homicide because some guy never called her back, it sounds cute and sexy. I was going to say compare that to Ben Lee in Cigarettes Will Kill You, but I really like that song and I don’t find his voice unattractive. I could probably say more likely compare it to The Whitlams, because that lead singer guy is an asshole, and that is so NOT sexy.
Here’s a hint, any guy who is feeling like their attempts at acting confident to get girls have gone awry – you’re probably actually just being an asshole. General rule: be confident, not arrogant. Confidence is sexy, arrogance is… annoying. Don’t blame me when you’re all up in a girl’s face about how you’re too good for her, then when you get her home she can’t get off unless you punch her in the face. That’s cause you chose someone who likes being belittled.
Oh em jee.
More ideas for birthday presents:
Curb Your Enthusiasm – third or fourth season DVD. I have fifth season, and I’ve seen first and second season.
Company of Liars – I can’t remember the full title of this book, or the author, but it’s about the plague. The base storyline reminds me of the Decameron, but who the hell can be bothered reading hundreds of years old translated Italian text? Not me. But I did. But I can’t be bothered now. I want a more contemporary take on the whole thing. Actually, just any old book about the plague would be awesome. The ones I already have are: Book of Wonders, Doomsday Book, Plague (not about the Bubonic Plague, but along the same lines). I’m morbidly fascinated.
DS Accessories – Omg Tim got me a DS as an early birthday present! I need more screen protectors, and a new protective case for it. I want something not too heavy, that’s going to be easy for me to take overseas.
Omg omg omg we’re going overseas!
Perfume – I was reminded my perfume is running out. I would like either Be Delicious (red) DKNY, or (as bad as it sounds) the Paris Hilton one that looks like a bordello with its shiny pink on black satin. Oooh but it smells so prettttty! It actually looks pretty too, surprising non?
Tonight we had bowls of chai at the Three Monkeys at West End.
Also, here is a comic that has made me cry on more than one occasion:
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And here’s the chai. Yum yum!
. I miss lots of people at the moment. It seems harder to stay in contact with everyone. I have all these intentions of writing emails or messages or calling, and for one reason or another, it all comes to nothing and then I feel like shit because I procrastinate things into oblivion.
