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- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
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I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
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I wouldn’t say...
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Tag Archives: money
Artists Who Refuse to Work for Free
Someone (who prefers to remain anonymous) sent me a link to the above T-shirt and asked me if I agree. It reads:
I am an artist. This does not mean I will work for free. I have bills like you. Thank you for understanding.
I agree, and I disagree. Having been on both sides–creating the art and asking people to do the art for free, it’s not a simple question with a simple answer.
Money and Habits
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I saw this story on AMR’s website. It’s an inspiring story of a school janitor at the brink of bankruptcy who wins $3.4 million in a lottery. He still goes to work today as a janitor and a track coach. He recently bought a new track for his school at $40,000.
Economics, Artists, and Everyone Else
I saw the video above at RT (Russia Times). In the video, filmmaker Peter Joseph talks about the Zeitgeist Movement, which promotes moving from a “monetary based economy” to a “resource based economy.” He says that the current system is broken and that we need to change our values. It sounds like socialism. When the interviewer asks him about communism, he says to think about this new system as a family, where everyone works for the benefit of everyone else, where “you’re not tipping your mother every time she brings you something to the table.”
How to Spend Money
I’ve been meaning to post this for quite some time. The NY Times had an excellent article a while back about how to maximize happiness when spending money. Since I’ve had quite a few discussions on happiness, and since we’re always talking about money and how it affects lives, I thought it was relevant.
Here’s the kicker:
On the bright side, the practices that consumers have adopted in response to the economic crisis ultimately could — as a raft of new research suggests — make them happier. New studies of consumption and happiness show, for instance, that people are happier when they spend money on experiences instead of material objects, when they relish what they plan to buy long before they buy it, and when they stop trying to outdo the Joneses.
Born Rich
If you have time to watch an entire movie online, check out the movie “Born Rich.” (above, or link here). It’s relevant to my last post about money or love. The documentary was made by Jamie Johnson, an heir to the Johnson and Johnson fortune. The filmmaker poses the question of what one does with one’s life when one doesn’t have to work. He interviews the children of truly wealthy people to learn about how they view their inherited fortunes. His interviewees include Ivanka Trump (Trump), Josiah Hornblower (Vanderbilt family), Georgina Bloomberg (Bloomberg), Luke Weil (Autotote Gaming), etc.
Posted in Citizenship
Tagged family, Ivanka Trump, Jamie Johnson, Josiah Hornblower, money
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Art Without Po' verty
I saw this post by Roger Fan at YouOffendMeYouOffendMyFamily: acting without dying, happy while trying. In his end-of-the-year blogpost, he says that if he could jump back in time, he would counsel his younger self to “BECOME A DENTIST YOU DIPSHIT.” He says that if he couldn’t convince himself to get into dentistry, he would recommend, “Pursue and develop a fulfilling, pragmatic, non-Hollywood career path in parallel to your efforts of becoming an actor.” He then goes on to list the reasons why actors should have parallel careers, reasons that include having more cash, moving along with life, and being able to travel.
Money, Marriage, and the Arrangements People Make
A bunch of us were discussing the new terms of Tiger and Elin’s prenup here. mT raises some questions about money and marriage. If a woman demands money for her hand in marriage, directly or indirectly, or, in Elin’s case, if she demands money in order to stay in a marriage, directly or indirectly, does that somehow compromise her values as a person? mT raises a good point about the morality of such an arrangement.
I have a few opinions here.
Tagged marriage, money
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Male Pageants
Mr. Hyphen (click pic for source)
Okay, okay, okay. You all know how obsessive I am when it comes to thought issues, so I wanted to post one last thing before showing you all the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant.
Several times over the past month, people have mentioned male pageants. Larry mentioned Mr. Hyphen, and someone else mentioned….oh, I guess Mr. Hyphen is the only male pageant. A few female Thymos members said that they’d go to a Mr. Asian Oregon, and someone else suggested an Asian male bodybuilding competition. I personally wouldn’t be interested in bodybuilding–I think those guys look like overstuffed pillows, and I think it’s unhealthy–yet I do like the idea of a male pageant.
Thymos Weekend: Anti-Pageant
(pic from here)
Man, what a wild and fun weekend! On Saturday, we had the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant. Yesterday, we had the anti-Pageant. Both events were lots of fun.
I wanted to put a post for each event. Even though the Pageant came first, I thought it best to post the anti-Pageant first, because while the anti-Pageant is over, the pageant has just begun–hopefully we will have opportunities for the new Royal Court to use their crowns to inspire and raise awareness of their platforms over the next year. Also, since the anti-Pageant was a bit more negative than the Pageant (in my opinion anyway), I thought it best for the positive voices to get the last word. So this is my anti-Pageant post.
Arrogant Hate Mail from the Ivory Tower
I got this e-mail from a disgruntled professor in California who is upset at the fact that we’re producing Miss Asian Oregon. I usually don’t post angry hate mail, but this one really got on my nerves because I really don’t get it–why do some professors, whose tenure protects them from the hills and valleys of the economy, take such an antagonistic view against the private sector? These people are teaching our future leaders. They feel soooo high and mighty because they get a guaranteed paycheck, and they take that arrogance and throw accusations against the rest of us who are trying to pay the mortgage and put food on the table for our kids. It baffles me.
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Education, Features
Tagged Education, Miss Asian Oregon, money, recession
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