Thursday, June 14, 2007

infomercial addicts anonymous

i'm pretty fiesty today. just read an article in the times that pissed me right off. and, for the first time in my life, i wrote an email.

will that email be read? nope. at least most likely not. but i still feel better about it. i had an outlet for my anger. i kinda hope the dude doesn't get back to me since i'm just a lowly copywriter and he probably makes my yearly salary....per word. if i worked at the times i'd be lucky to get this guy coffee. he's still an asshole.

anyway, the article, if you're too lazy to click the link and read it, is entitled "More advice graduates don't want to hear" and it gives great tips for all of us post-grads on how to save a few bucks.

hey there, you 22 year old, cherry cheeked ivy leaguer! need some extra cash? yeah, well, you should have thought about that before you blew all your cash on that Hercules Hook set you saw on an infomercial last night!

that's seriously this dude's advice. oh, and lay off the $2,000/lb chocolate. thank GOD someone finally wrote that. if i see one more hipster strollin' around billyberg chomping on a designer chocolate bar, i'm calling suze orman.

i go back to my motto on life - everything is relative. you never have enough money. whether its $30k/yr or $300k/yr everyone wants (and thinks they need) more. but at 10am, we're not getting into social commentary. actually, it has nothing to do with 10am...i'm a complete materialist and drop hundies at the bar weekly, so i'm not going to be a total hypocrite.

regardless, i don't watch infomercials. and that's the point.

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