Thursday, March 27, 2008

"Fakin' it until I Make it"

I ran into my friend Michelle outside of Southwick yesterday and she made a comment that struck with quite appropriate. She looked quite tan so I asked her enthusiastically where she went for Spring Break 08'!? A quick reply informed me that it was a spray on, or rub on, or however else you apply fake tans, and added that she was "fakin till she made it." I always do that! Maybe not with a fake tan, but other accouterments that I have no business wearing. Large fake diamond earrings, t shirts with 100 dollar bills on it, I also just sported a huge beach towel in the design of a c note while on Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida. I'm a huge fan of "fakin till I make it." I haven't had a dime of extra spending money since the summer of 02' it seems like, but I still try and radiate some type of financial success in my appearance. I have such an obsession with the bills that some of my closest friends simply call me "money." I work at UPS, drive a car my parents bought me, live in a tiny apartment with a television circa 1993, eat cereal on hand because I cant afford milk, and haven't eaten a steak in about a year. Money isn't something I'm accustomed to having. (Then how in the world were you able to go to Florida for spring break you ask, well as college students if you think ahead enough, those infamous refund checks can really pay off! Just ask for a little more than you need")
I'm not quite sure why I fake it, but I hope I'm not alone on this. My first job was in 8th grade. Ever since then I've been mildly obsessed with making money. It was so easy back then, it was all profit. You start of thinking its easy. I love the mediocre movie called Boiler Room about young stock brokers like Vin Diesel who make a ton of money and say far fecthed quotes like "honors in the dollar kid." So I guess since I don't have the "dollar" I can still have the "honor" by faking ill I make it baby. To close I'll do something that I've grown accustomed to doing in any and all online forums I partake in and end it with a whole bunch of dollar signs. why? I havent made it, YET $$$$$$$$$$$$