So we didn't win the lottery

OY. I can't even lie to you. I was planning this entry to tell you all about how I DID win the lottery last Friday, August 28th, 2009 C.E. (or A.D.) (or whatever you want to call it). And now that I didn't win the lottery...I'm kind of at a loss. Can I still blog about this? UH...so how about this weather? 75 and sunny with no humidity? It feels kind of...I don't want to type it because I know someone will smite me...cold, doesn't it? I'm kind of COLD!


Wait, did I even tell you that I entered the lottery? It's kind of a cute story. See, my office has about 50 people in it and...in a nice way...I can kind of say that we could all stand to win the lottery. In fact, not only could we stand it monetarily...we kind of NEED it mentally. So, most of us pooled our resources via our office manager (<3) and made up a lottery ticket that looked like this:

($1 = 6 numbers x 37 people that entered = BIG WIN?!?!?)

We decided we would split the money evenly (something like $250,000/yr. for 20 years each) and for the rest of the week we talked about what we would do with our winnings. Most of us said we'd quit...anyway...we waited for Friday night when the numbers would be called. We crossed our fingers. We prayed. We bought extra tickets on the side just to make SURE we had a good enough chance of winning. But then, we didn't win.

I planned on blogging poolside in Greece or Italy or LA or Miami from my new iphone, champagne glass (full of course) in hand as I dictated my words to my new personal assistant (you didn't think I could type with one hand, did you?) and shared my exciting news with you today! I wanted to tell you how great life was, and how I wasn't going to change now that I was rich (which is a lie). In an alternative universe, that was my Tuesday, September 1, 2009 C.E. (A.D. etc. etc. haven't we been through this before?)

*SIGH*

But I guess not all things are meant to be...yet. I mean, there's still a slight possibility that I could win the lottery at some point in the future, right? Or, even if I didn't win on my own, I could mug someone who possessed a winning lottery ticket or forge a winning ticket a la Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Catch Me If You Can'. Or I could marry a guy who had just won the lottery which would make the money basically mine. You know...all options...

Oh are you curious what I would have done with the money? You know if I HAD won (even though I didn't. Did I mention that?) I thought you might be. Surprisingly given my vanity and greed and constant desire for new clothes, not too much.


1) Pay off student loans (now I'll just have to be in debt until I'm 35. no no it's fine. really. FINE. doesn't suck AT ALL. !)

2) Buy an IPhone. (Of course I don't need one...I just really really really want one now. I've built it up in my head to be this awesome gadget that I basically can't live without. CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT. I'm living a half life. Stop laughing!) AND...

3) Pay up front for two years of service for it (That just makes sense, you know?).

4) Go on a month-long trip (I was thinking something like: Greece, Italy, Spain---BARCELONA!!!---, France and Germany).

FIN. Boring, right? Oh and then I'd bla bla invest bla bla just to be safe bla bla look for another job after I quit mine bla practical bla good idea. In short, my life could have been awesome if I'd won the lottery but unfortunately, I didn't so none of this matters. WOMP WOMP. BYE!