{"id":304,"date":"2006-04-10T22:27:54","date_gmt":"2006-04-11T06:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/test\/2006\/04\/10\/spoiled-meme\/"},"modified":"2009-02-24T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T19:19:32","slug":"spoiled-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/2006\/04\/10\/spoiled-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"spoiled meme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to do a meme.<\/p>\n<p><b>If you have over 40, you are spoiled.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<b>Do you have:<\/b><br \/>\n(x) your own cell phone<br \/>\n(x) a television in your bedroom<br \/>\n(x) an iPod<br \/>\n() a photo printer<br \/>\n() your own phone line<br \/>\n(x) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder<br \/>\n(x) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)<br \/>\n() a surround sound system in bedroom<br \/>\n(x) DVD player in bedroom<br \/>\n(x) at least a hundred DVDs<br \/>\n(x) a childfree bathroom<br \/>\n() your own in-house office<br \/>\n() a pool<br \/>\n() a guest house<br \/>\n() a game room<br \/>\n() a queen-size bed<br \/>\n() a stocked bar<br \/>\n(x) a working dishwasher<br \/>\n() an icemaker<br \/>\n() a working washer and dryer<br \/>\n(x) more than 20 pairs of shoes<br \/>\n(x) at least ten things from a designer store<br \/>\n(x) expensive sunglasses<br \/>\n() framed original art (not lithographs or prints)<br \/>\n() Egyptian cotton sheets or towels<br \/>\n() a multi-speed bike<br \/>\n(x) a gym membership<br \/>\n() large exercise equipment at home<br \/>\n() your own set of golf clubs<br \/>\n() a pool table<br \/>\n() a tennis court<br \/>\n() local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea<br \/>\n() your own pair of skis<br \/>\n() enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area<br \/>\n() a boat<br \/>\n() a jet ski<br \/>\n() a neighborhood committee membership<br \/>\n() a beach house or a vacation house\/cabin<br \/>\n(x) wealthy family members<br \/>\n(x) two or more family cars<br \/>\n() a walk-in closet or pantry<br \/>\n() a yard<br \/>\n() a hammock<br \/>\n() a personal trainer (I want one, though! I need someone to get my ass in gear)<br \/>\n(x) good credit<br \/>\n(x) expensive jewelry<br \/>\n() a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get<br \/>\n() at least $100 cash in your possession right now<br \/>\n(x) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)<br \/>\n(x) a stock portfolio<br \/>\n(x) a passport<br \/>\n() a horse<br \/>\n() a trust fund (either for you or created by you)<br \/>\n(x) private medical insurance<br \/>\n(x) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you:<\/b><br \/>\n(x) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week<br \/>\n() do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores<br \/>\n() pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning)<br \/>\n() go on weekend mini-vacations<br \/>\n() send dinners back with every flaw<br \/>\n(x) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)<br \/>\n(x) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon<br \/>\n() have a job but don&#8217;t need the money OR<br \/>\n() stay at home with little financial sacrifice<br \/>\n() pay someone else to cook your meals<br \/>\n() pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs<br \/>\n() regularly pay someone else to drive you<br \/>\n() expect a gift after you fight with your partner<\/p>\n<p><b>Are you:<\/b><br \/>\n(x) an only child<br \/>\n() married\/partnered to a wealthy person<br \/>\n() baffled\/surprised when you don&#8217;t get your way<\/p>\n<p><b>Have you:<\/b><br \/>\n() been on a cruise<br \/>\n(x) traveled out of the country<br \/>\n(x) met a celebrity (Dave Chapelle! Before he was famous, though &#8212; does that count?)<br \/>\n() been to the Caribbean<br \/>\n(x) been to Europe<br \/>\n(x) been to Hawaii<br \/>\n(x) been to New York<br \/>\n() eaten at the space needle in Seattle<br \/>\n() been to the Mall of America<br \/>\n(x) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris<br \/>\n(x) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York<br \/>\n(x) moved more than three times because you wanted to (as opposed to losing your house or being evicted)<br \/>\n() dined with local political figures<br \/>\n() been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast (in any country)<\/p>\n<p><b>Did you:<\/b><br \/>\n() go to another country for your honeymoon<br \/>\n() hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party<br \/>\n(x) take riding or swimming lessons as a child<br \/>\n(x) attend private school<br \/>\n(x) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you (well, it wasn&#8217;t a &#8220;traditional 16th birthday&#8221; but my family did throw me a little shindig)<\/p>\n<p>Hmm. 37. I&#8217;m not spoiled, I swear! (Although I&#8217;m sure my dad would beg to differ :P).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just wanted to do a meme. If you have over 40, you are spoiled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[292],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ever-lasting.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}