Of Strawberries, Prince, and Permanent Accounts

[tinhuviel]

What I wouldn't do for a pile of fresh strawberries right now. I can imagine their taste on my lips and my heart flutters at the thought. Damn, but I really need some strawberries.

Purple Rain is on BET right now. When I first saw this movie, I felt it had a profundity beyond my ability to express. It spoke for my generation and what we were going through. Now it just seems like a garbled mess accompanied by most excellent music. How can my perceptions change so drastically? Yeah, I know it's because I've "grown" but I sometimes wish my worldview were still that simple, when an hour and a half long music video spoke volumes about my friends and me, and our drama was the drama of a troubled rock star.

Even though I don't know where the money will come from, I'm seriously considering taking the plunge into Permanent Accountdom. Since I'm not going to have much money at all for the next couple of years, it may be prudent not to have to worry about paying for my luxuries here on LJ. Of course, how important is it that I would spend that much money on something as transient as LJ? Writing here has salvaged my sanity on many an occasion. It has also prevented my going into full writer's block again. I have from now until Tuesday to decide whether or not it's worth my scraping together $150.

Now, who wants to bring me a basket of strawberries?

Comments

[fortysevenbteg.livejournal.com]

Great movie. Always enjoyable to see The Time do their thing. I used to have the soundtrack on tape back when I had a vehicle with a working tape player. Dunno where it went to... probably wore a hole in it. ;D

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

I still have the vinyl of this soundtrack and "Ice Cream Castles" by the Time. If I were trying to hide my age, I guess this completely gives it away. Don't care, though.

[polypolyglot.livejournal.com]

Do you want the strawberries with a dark or milk chocolate fondue? Or champagne?

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Cream cheese dip. AND Champagne!

[luminita.livejournal.com]

I've seen that movie countless times. I have the album too. :D

Thought about a perm account, but I dunno if I'd regret it later or not. I'll prolly pass this time.

[estasia.livejournal.com]

Zaecus and I rationalized the permanent account thing by saying that no matter what I future blogging endeavors, that the community structure of LJ leant to marvelous networking opportunities as well as the handful of great friends and acquaintences we have already met. It was a worthy investment.

It is a worthy enough investment, that he actually asked his mother to borrow the money. eeep.