One MILLION doallars (read: Dr. Evil)
Trailer:
Awesome.
Music:
Come on, you can't tell me you don't like that song.
So last Friday, cass informed me that about the Texas's mega millions (lotto) up to 80 million dollars. I did some quick math (50 million cash value, 30 million after taxes), and started wondering what I'd do with 30 million. We've all had this conversation with ourselves at least once before. As I spent frivolously my theoretical millions, I came up with two interesting facts:
1) I wouldn't want people to know I won
Think about it. The moment you win, people expect you to pay for their dinners or just flat out give them money. It would change their perception of you--or you to them (because you are always guessing their motives). Or maybe I'm just paranoid like that. Bottom line, I wouldn't want them to know and I'd still live in the same place I lived.
2) I never want to become a millionaire
I was talking to a waiter at my favorite sushi place (Geisha) and she said she'd commit suicide. The head sushi chief and I laughed at her and told her she was crazy. But then, after going through all the things I would buy (and invest), I came to a sudden realization: I'd be bored out of my freaking mind. What does one do who has everything they need? I know I've become accustomed to a certain life-style, but if I had MILLIONS to spend, I wouldn't know what to do with it. There has to be some goal that would make me want to get up in the morning. And I hate to say it, if you had all the money you could ever spend, there wouldn't be many (desirable) goals. As crazy as it had sounded, maybe she wasn't so crazy?
So what do you think about this subject? Say someone could solve all your financial problems and you could have all the money you could possible spend (disregard the 30 mil figure, think bigger). Would you want it?
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I currently live in Plano, Texas and work at an IT outsourcing company as a SAN Storage Administrator. You can say I'm one of those 'just out of college kids'.
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In short, I'm just another guy with a computer and an internet connection.