Lots of Shiny Things
Being a student is sometimes linked with being skint. For those of you who are not familiar with Scotticisms, to be 'skint' is to be devoid of money. What people sometimes ignore is the mathematics of the whole situation.
People seem to be quite happy in readily admitting that being a student is expensive, and it is. Thousands of pounds are poured into what I am increasingly coming to believe is a pointless continuation of education. What astounds me is that some people really believe that anywhere near all of this goes to paying for education / accommodation. In reality, it is only about half... or at least, it is in my case. Without going into specifics (mainly because I can't be arsed, but also because it's 3:15am), I spend almost half of my income from loans, bursaries and wages on Shiny Things.
Those of you who are either retarded / laugh at your own jokes might think that I refer to objects whose surface reflects light in an aesthetic manner. This is not the case, although it does describe (in part) some of the items to which I really refer.
Side-note: it just took me 7 attempts to spell 'items'. I REQUIRE SLEEP.
Anyway, the objects of this discussion are referred to as Shiny because that's the kind of person I am. To help those of you who are not familiar with this terminology, I shall now list some of these Shiny things that have been such a drain on my funds:
1. Alienware PC (£1900)
2. Acer Laptop (£900)
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation [Complete Box Set] (£225)
4. Suikoden I and II (£160)
5. Lord of the Rings: Trilogy Box Set (£50)
6. Guild Wars [Collector's Edition] (£50)
About £3300 devoted solely to items that, while cost me several limbs to purchase, will probably outlast me... in terms of duration only, of course: it saddens me to learn that my Alienware will be all but defunct in only a couple of years. Woe is my wallet.
That was really all that this post was about. I was inspired to post again after reading a particularly funny blog about how much a guy hated his flatmate. It made for quite an interesting read, and should the desire arise, I will link it at a later date. As it stands, however, it is now 3:25am (tip to pass the time: try and figure out how many words per minute I can type by using the two time references in this post!) and I really can't think of anything else that would even border on interesting to relay to you, my non-existant audience. I know it's time to stop when I start saying things like this, so I shall.
Knowing me, see you all again in a couple of months.
People seem to be quite happy in readily admitting that being a student is expensive, and it is. Thousands of pounds are poured into what I am increasingly coming to believe is a pointless continuation of education. What astounds me is that some people really believe that anywhere near all of this goes to paying for education / accommodation. In reality, it is only about half... or at least, it is in my case. Without going into specifics (mainly because I can't be arsed, but also because it's 3:15am), I spend almost half of my income from loans, bursaries and wages on Shiny Things.
Those of you who are either retarded / laugh at your own jokes might think that I refer to objects whose surface reflects light in an aesthetic manner. This is not the case, although it does describe (in part) some of the items to which I really refer.
Side-note: it just took me 7 attempts to spell 'items'. I REQUIRE SLEEP.
Anyway, the objects of this discussion are referred to as Shiny because that's the kind of person I am. To help those of you who are not familiar with this terminology, I shall now list some of these Shiny things that have been such a drain on my funds:
1. Alienware PC (£1900)
2. Acer Laptop (£900)
3. Star Trek: The Next Generation [Complete Box Set] (£225)
4. Suikoden I and II (£160)
5. Lord of the Rings: Trilogy Box Set (£50)
6. Guild Wars [Collector's Edition] (£50)
About £3300 devoted solely to items that, while cost me several limbs to purchase, will probably outlast me... in terms of duration only, of course: it saddens me to learn that my Alienware will be all but defunct in only a couple of years. Woe is my wallet.
That was really all that this post was about. I was inspired to post again after reading a particularly funny blog about how much a guy hated his flatmate. It made for quite an interesting read, and should the desire arise, I will link it at a later date. As it stands, however, it is now 3:25am (tip to pass the time: try and figure out how many words per minute I can type by using the two time references in this post!) and I really can't think of anything else that would even border on interesting to relay to you, my non-existant audience. I know it's time to stop when I start saying things like this, so I shall.
Knowing me, see you all again in a couple of months.
posted by Leivan @ 3:08 am
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