nerd/geek home decorating
no, this is not about bad decorating sense, or the need for queer-eye-for-the-hopeless-guy. (this all should go without saying, since there's nothing to be done about that, not really). this is, rather, about how nerds/geeks go about planning for such things. for example:
certain home furnishings, like projection tv and the nice comfy couch from which to enjoy it, normally comes with a hefty price tag that discourages frivolity. this is as it should be. (if you're anyone but samsung or phillips or name-your-gadget-maker-here). but when the nerd/geek gets thrown out of his old domicile and is thrust into the vortex between home decorating and home mortgage, all sorts of changes take place to his/her math.
$10,000? mais non! at the equivalence of the around $6/thousand todays 6-7% interest rates translate into, $10,000 is really just a simple-to-add-up $60/month. need to add leather to the couch options? consider it just another sawbuck!
it's a very slippery slope. new parking spaces, (in the building would be so much more convenient in the winter), totally new dining, living and bedroom sets, and all manner of nerd-geek nirvana electronics, are all just a $6/thousand wave of the mortgage wand away.
so where's the catch? *sigh* there's always a catch...
when you're not even sure you'll have $6 a month left over after feeding the court-mandated beast that is your ex's alimony bank account, it's wisest to save your nerd/geek wet dreams until you've been able to put a little away for a rainy day.
after all, ya gotta have enough aside for the cable sports and kegerator setups, before you start worrying about what you'll be sitting on while enjoying them.
certain home furnishings, like projection tv and the nice comfy couch from which to enjoy it, normally comes with a hefty price tag that discourages frivolity. this is as it should be. (if you're anyone but samsung or phillips or name-your-gadget-maker-here). but when the nerd/geek gets thrown out of his old domicile and is thrust into the vortex between home decorating and home mortgage, all sorts of changes take place to his/her math.
$10,000? mais non! at the equivalence of the around $6/thousand todays 6-7% interest rates translate into, $10,000 is really just a simple-to-add-up $60/month. need to add leather to the couch options? consider it just another sawbuck!
it's a very slippery slope. new parking spaces, (in the building would be so much more convenient in the winter), totally new dining, living and bedroom sets, and all manner of nerd-geek nirvana electronics, are all just a $6/thousand wave of the mortgage wand away.
so where's the catch? *sigh* there's always a catch...
when you're not even sure you'll have $6 a month left over after feeding the court-mandated beast that is your ex's alimony bank account, it's wisest to save your nerd/geek wet dreams until you've been able to put a little away for a rainy day.
after all, ya gotta have enough aside for the cable sports and kegerator setups, before you start worrying about what you'll be sitting on while enjoying them.
posted by kad barma at 2:02 PM
2 Comments:
You could always go troll Brighton Ave to see if anyone's left a really really nice leather sofa on the curb. Just, um, mind the bedbugs. :-)
midnight sidewalk trolling on august 31st.
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