- SansLux.com is an exploration of luxury and necessity. Each week I will give up one item or habit & blog about my experience.
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Week 2, Day 3: Scale of 1 to 10
Visions of bloated bellies and schmaltzy music and flies landing on the lashes of cow-eyed children who know way too much about suffering way too young, and are wondering why these do-good douchebags are pointing cameras at them instead of giving them a goddamn sandwich, some dignity and a pair of shoes floated through my head.
Week 2, Day 2: Careful What You Ask For!
In trial two of the day, the Universe saw fit to scare the bejeezus out of me by making my car refuse to turn over as I was leaving work. Click, Click - nothing. Click, Click - NOTHING. *panic* No money for the bus. Can't call a cab. Can't take my car in to the shop. Suddenly putting off that oil change seemed like the dumbest crap EVER.
Week 2, Day 1: Remembering My Roots
As the cash register rang up $150, my face went white and my palms started to shake. I felt nauseous and instantly began sorting through the bags to put things back. Since I'd left home at 18, I'd never spent more than $60 at the grocery store -- frequently much less -- and that for a week of groceries.
Week 2: No Spending Money – Prologue
All-in-all, it was pretty easy to walk away empty-handed, and I had a heckuva good time congratulating myself on not being a consumer tool of the man. And then I lost my wallet.
Week 1, Epilogue: Cutting the Cord
In the last week I have watched only three things: A documentary on Sudanese refugees, an animated short about a young girl growing up in Iran and the global warming documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth."
Week 1, Day 5: Mind-Candy Detox
I eyeballed my Netflix envelope and realized that I'd ordered a documentary on Charles Bukowski -- That wasn't gonna cut it. Let's be honest, nothing about Bukowski is restful.
