OK, so it's the weekend; more specifically, it's Freitag Nacht. Which usually means I go to the pub/Simon's flat/a park bench, drink my body weight in boozes and head to The Pav, where infinitely more boozes are consumed, I dance my socks off and, if I'm lucky, I lose my purse/money/dignity.
However, tonight I only have £5 to play with, and so I'm anticipating that I'll either: a) be tucked up in bed by midnight, fresh as a daisy but lamenting my lack of a Friday Night-hair down; or b) sneak a hipflask full of vodka into my handbag to top up my lime and soda. Fnar. (I won't do b), mum, honest.) It's going to be tough, though I'm lucky enough to have Derren Brown tickets, which will inevitably take up most of my evening. I've been looking forward to this for actual months. I love the man. Nay, adore him. He's a demi-God. I'm excited to be amazed, amused and dazzled by his mind-wonder. I really hope he picks me to throw the teddy.
I wanted to share with you my latest money-making scheme, too - Slice The Pie. I currently work through their website as a scout, listening to and reviewing tracks. It's dirt-low cash when you first start - $0.02 per track - but as you get better, you have the potential to earn up to $0.20 per track, just for listening to a minutes' worth of song and chipping in your tuppence worth. Right now, they're also running a soundtrack scout room, which is paying a flat $0.08 per track, so if you're new, it's a good way to make a little cash without having to plough through thirty tuppence songs first. Today I spent half an hour on it, and came out $4.00 richer - considering I was also browsing Bookface, checking emails, reading Twitter and Lamebook and Regretsy during that time, it's not a bad deal, really. Ideal if you're a bit short - and they really do pay. So far, I've had $40.00 off them in all, paid through PayPal. If you're in a band, it's also great exposure - you can upload your tracks and even go for investment from the listeners. Schweet.
I don't want to prattle on about something everyone's already read humungous amounts about, but my heart goes out to anyone caught up in the Japan earthquake. Truly awful news. I've been checking up on proceedings throughout the day and it's taken my right back to 2004, when we should have been in Sri Lanka but instead, by some miracle, ended up on the West Coast of Africa, safe, watching the tsunami kills thousands. I'll never forget the sight of dead bodies piled up against the roadside. It's truly beginning to feel a little pre-apocalyptic at the minute - so many bad things have happened recently. If anything good can come of this, it's that it's only pushed me more to achieve my goal - things like these make you realise that life is short, bad things happen, and life can punch you in the face if you waste it. I will see the US. I will see Malaysia. And I will make the most of my money, and my life.
Cashmoney spent: £6.20
Cashmoney saved: £0.00
Slice The Pie earnings: £1.80
Cashmoney dropped by careless students and rescued by yours truly: £0.04
Total: £0.64
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