I'm Losing My Soul

[danalwyn]

Two milestones on my slide into suburbanite existence:

1) I've broken down and gotten a Costco membership. This may seem strange because, as a single male who lives in a one bedroom apartment, there isn't really anything I can buy at Costco that will fit through my door. But I did manage to find a box of strawberries that I could tie to the roof of my car and fit through the sliding glass door.

2) I've started paying for almost everything by credit card. I've got finally gotten one of those fancy credit cards with a better rewards program and everything, so now I'm going around being an asshole and buying everything with a credit card. Well, except for things that cost less then $5, or at stores I really like. Obviously, I'm becoming more and more of a menace.

Soon I expect to have to trade in my Civic for an SUV, buy a house so I spend all my free time fixing things and mowing the lawn, and refusing to shop or eat at any place that isn't a 40+ member chain and doesn't send glossy ads with pictures to my mailbox each week.

Comments

[avendya]

I have a Costco membership! This is a great way to buy infinite ramen. Also, that time a friend of mine decided he needed 20,000 post-it notes. ... OK, so I don't use said membership often.

[danalwyn]

But you still pay for it...or something.

To be honest, my apartment is too small for Costco. The stuff just doesn't fit.

Good to hear from you. I see you made it to where you were going (using my 1337 IP tracing skills). How are you doing? Are things all right? Contact me if help is still needed.

[avendya]

No, my parents had a membership that entitled them to two cards, so I got one. So the infinite ramen is not expensive, just irritating to access and store. (If one is very skilled, you can get Costco-sized juices into the alley fridges. I am usually not that skilled.)

(Thankfully, one guy in my year has a) a van, b) infinite skills of procrastination, and c) occasionally decides he needs 10,000 post-it notes. Or, actually, I think the total was something like 70,000; I believe he was trying to make an origami level six Sierpinski tetrahedron. It was second term frosh year, so he was still on pass/fail.)

I think things are all right? For the moment, at least. I will contact you if I need further help, and thank you. <3

[danalwyn]

Good to hear that you're all right. Hopefully things will stay that way.

[silverjackal]

I too have a Costco card. They're very useful for non-perishables, and the cost differential (and relative quality) makes it worthwhile, even though I have to travel some distance and so only go by perhaps three times during the year. Using the credit card for routine expenses that you will pay off promptly is also a very wise idea. It builds the credit rating with no risk, and no undue expenditure, which means when it comes time to get a serious loan you will get a much better deal.

Suburbia -- the inexorable vortex! :D

[danalwyn]

It would probably be much better if I had a larger domicile. Right now my freezer was already full, my refrigerator is pretty full, and I have no place to store dry goods. Mostly they sit on the floor. At least there they can keep the books company.

[thesharedself]

This is *exactly* why I put up with an old, drafty apartment - comes with a big ass attic.

Yes, do envision my attic stuffed with pallets of toilet paper and nonperishables.

[danalwyn]

It's not like anyone ever died from having too much toilet paper, right?

[thesharedself]

Sometimes I have nightmares about it collapsing in on me while I sleep. Drowning in toilet paper...instant internet fame, y/y?