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Stimulate me!
Published: 6/12/2008 3:20 PM
Last Modified: 6/12/2008 3:20 PM

When I first heard about the government's economic stimulus payments (i.e., free money), my first thought was about Tom Ford -- his sunglasses, specifically.

Then I remembered the other pair of designer sunglasses I'd bought -- or, better put, let Visa buy. After paying my card down to $2 and some odd cents after Christmas, I manged to go stupid this spring and ... Well, let's just say I owe a lot more than two bucks. Jude Lawsy, though, did I have fun.

So now I'm anxiously awaiting a letter from the IRS with what is, sadly, going to do nothing to stimulate the economy. Instead, it will take a big chunk out of my debt.

Maybe I'll put the majority of the check toward the bill, then go out to Dalesandro's for a self-date night. Then again, I have self-date nights ALL the time -- usually drive-thru in my car after I've left a friend's house on movie night. But there's a HUGE difference between a yummy Caesar salad and a big ol' cardboard pocket of French fries -- a difference measured best in pounds, it seems.

Ya know, I'm just sittin' here assuming I'll even get a dang check. Color me paranoid, but what if I don't get one? Maybe ripping the tags off all those cushions over the years really WAS a crime, and they've kept track of my defiance via surveillance. Or maybe there IS something detrimental to waiting 'til the 11th hour (quite literally) every April 15. Hmm ...

I'll wait 'til my birthday passes before panicking. Between now and then, though, keep your fingers crossed.

Peace, love and stimulation ... xoxo


Reader Comments 3 Total
elly willy (5 years ago)
Okay that was very funny
I love when you write things in like Jude Lawsy
Jean Dawson (5 years ago)
OMG, I just found your blog...too funny, I love love who you are it just resonates from your writing. I want to be your new best friend!

Keep sending love our way.

Jean
elly willy (5 years ago)
Is this what you do on Thursday nights?
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While other kids were watching "The Smurfs," Scene Writer Jason Ashley Wright was tuned in to "Style with Elsa Klensch." By fourth grade, he knew he wanted to write, and spent almost three years publishing a weekly teen-oriented magazine, Teen-Zine -- circulation: 2. After earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi, he became the medical reporter and teen board coordinator for the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American, a Gannett newspaper. Eight months later, with visions of Elsa dancing in his head, he applied for the fashion writer position at the Tulsa World, where he began working on Aug. 3, 1998. He is now a general assignment reporter for Scene.

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