I am fond of making lists, and I always always always think about this question. (I think in dollars because do I really have do explain this anymore?)
I am still on a bit of a happy buzz because ENGLAND IS ADVANCING after they WON a couple of hours ago, so I'll make a more cheerful list than my usual pessimism would permit.
(Sorry. World Cup fever. Normally, I hate organized sports, especially on the wretched box, but my father and brother don't like the English team, so how could I resist rooting for them? It's an effect of living in this house.) (Yes, the United States is advancing, too- but shut up, Sarcastic Susie.)
So. England.
What would I do with a million dollars?
- Go on a trip to England
- Gloat to my brother that I have more money than him
- Buy myself enough sandwiches for the rest of my life
- Save at least a quarter of it
- Buy myself The Beatles Box Set
- Give maybe about half to my parents
- I would go and buy up a Barnes and Noble (or at least all of the decent books in there. I would also save money to buy books online.)
- Donate some to the library/cancer research/are there any orphanages around here? Then I could donate there/The Nature Conservancy/PETA/a science lab/anything else that comes up
- Buy that ridiculous number of nice t-shirts from Threadless
- Buy jeans. I need some jeans.
- Buy some magnetic chalkboard paint (because I'm not sure if it exists) and paint the wall in my room with it
- Go to visit my cousins
- Buy a guitar (so that I can carry it around and look cool, even though I'll probably stop practicing three minutes after having it)
- Bribe someone into giving me a copy of The Lost Hero early, because I made the mistake of reading the excerpt and now I can't wait for it to come out!
- A microphone!
- A black light
- Whipped cream- enough to swim in. And then I'd swim in it, and it would be amazing. But there'd still be enough to eat.
- Music? (I'm actually running out of things to write. I can't believe that.)
- I'd leave it aside until I thought of other stuff to buy. Or save all of it.
My conclusion? Money can't buy most of the things I want, like to actually finish that story that I started two years ago. Perseverance and determination can! *heroic music plays in the background*
And I don't have too much of those, so...
*Music fizzles out*
So.
What would you do with a million dollars?
Personally, I would buy myself an ipod, a ton of new shoes, earrings, more earrings, take a trip to nepal, europe, australis and hawaii. I'd donate half to animal conservation and give a bit to my parents. I'd spend the rest on books.
ReplyDeleteI would by...
ReplyDeleteBOOKS!
BooksbooksbooksbooksbooksbooksBOOKS!
And book shelves for all of them to fit in!
And possibly donate!
And I'd bribe! For AFAC ('Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex') and 'The Lost Hero' (TLH?).
Ooh la la! So many options! But what to do?
I know this is a bit late, maybe?
ReplyDeleteI would:
-buy tickets to some concert that happened ages ago, like the Beatles.
-buy 4 more boxed sets of Harry Potter
-print every single page of MLIA
-get the Harry Potter series, boxed
-buy shoes!
-did I mention Harry Potter?
Can you buy an appointment with JKR?
I sure would.
Anywho, what kind of currency?
Yen? Less than I expected.
Old Lirae? Way too little. I'd think maybe an ice-cream cone, fifty years ago.
This is a really,really long comment. Don't bother reading it.
Don't bother reading that, either.
Heh.
This is Anika, in case you couldn't figure it out from all the talk about shoes, HP and heh's.