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Hittin' the numbers
So me and my mom were talking today (I love my mom) and we were talking about the Powerball and whatnot. So she was like "Imagine what you could do with $250,000,000!"
And I was like hells yeah!
So here's my list:
Pay off my student loans!
Pay off my credit card debt and all other sorts of bills.
Houses in DC...one in Georgetown just to have one, one in the Gold Coast (that will be the BIG house), and maybe one in Columbia Heights because I like the area.
Spots in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, Miami, Chicago, and Los Angeles. I mean yeah, that's a lot, but shoot, Oprah has a lot, too. I want to feel home wherever I go, and I think 250 mil should be able to buy that comfort, lol.
A car or two. I'm not really into cars, so whatever works.
House for mom dukes and her husband.
Pay off my friends' student loans.
Peace of mind as a self-published author...please believe if I never traditionally published but was a millionaire, it wouldn't even matter. I'd finally have the resources to do it ALL. Full-time editors, publicists, artists. All of that. In addition to publishing my own work, I'd be able to lift up those other artists that I believe in.
Pay my life membership for APhiA....become one of those Golden Torchbearers for APO.
Donate shit loads of money to Georgetown and get something named after me.
To be honest, other than places to stay, settling debts, investing money so that my money lasts forever, and incorporating Old Gold Soul so that it's on par with other small publishing houses (or hell, medium sized ones) I don't have much I want to throw money away on. I don't need a private jet, I don't think. (Though having one would probably be more convenient than commercial airlines. Cozier, too.)
I don't need a yacht...I don't need "stuff" and "things"....I don't want to collect art. Though I do have some rare books I want to add to my collection.
I just would use lottery winnings to make my life comfortable. I would still wear off-brand clothes and be averse to lots of jewelry. I'd probably invest in some nice suits, but nothing ridiculously expensive.
I'd kinda want to be a philanthropist, too. Put folks through college and whatnot....that's the kind of stuff that's fun to me, especially since I benefitted from such generosity myself.
250 mil is a lot of damn money.....shoot, I could live off of the interest alone, lol.
Posted by Rashid on October 20, 2005 7:26 PM
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my list:
1. dont tell anyone
2. hire a lawyer and finaical consultant
3. pay off student loans
4. pay for law school
5. give to family
6. buy house and car
7. invest, live off interest
8. buy stock in wizards and coco cola
9. go on a cruise
10. go shopping, prolly buy out target
11. give money back to gallaudet, start a trust fund for myself
12. start scholarship fund for minority and deaf students
Commented by kristal on October 20, 2005 11:27 PM
Do you know that that is a quarter of a billion dollars...that sounds like SOOO much! I don't quite know what I'd do with that much money, but I know I'd travel, travel, travel.
Commented by Diddy on October 21, 2005 4:39 PM