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todayiamadaisyI had a moment of lightheadedness in the chemist's yesterday. Queuing to buy some eyedrops, I found myself standing next to the display of Fantasy Britney Spears and some giddy impulse made me squirt my wrist with the tester. One tiny spritz and... ick! So sweet-smelling! Not my thing at all (my thing being watery scents like L'eau d'Issey). I should have known from the pink Christmas bauble bottle, really.
The problem is that now I can't get rid of it. I washed my wrists when I got home, then I scrubbed them with a nail brush, and then washed them regularly afterwards and still had to put up with it all day. It's still there now, even after my shower this morning. It's in my bed and my clothes and my car as well. I can't get away from myself.
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Are you a spoiled brat?
Do you have:
( ) your own cell phone
( ) a television in your bedroom
( ) an iPod
(0.5) a photo printer (well... it's an old colour printer and the manuals say "photo quality" but it isn't, really)
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
( ) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) DVD player in bedroom (built into crap flat screen telly, I never use it)
(1.5) at least a hundred DVDs (I don't, actually, but I'll count CDs too)
(2.5) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office
(3) a pool (not now, but I did as a child)
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
( ) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
( ) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
(4) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
(5) expensive sunglasses (they're prescription)
(6) framed original art or prints
(7) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
( ) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
(8) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(9) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea (the sea, within walking distance)
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighbourhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
( ) two or more family cars
(10) a walk-in closet or pantry (a pantry rather than a closet)
(11) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(12) good credit
( ) expensive jewellery
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
( ) more than two credit cards bearing your name
(12.5) a stock portfolio (half a point for this because I have Telstra T2 shares - pause for Australian readers to laugh - and some agricultural company shares I inherited)
( ) a passport
(13) a horse (not now, but I did as a child)
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
( ) private medical insurance
(14) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans -
Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewellery, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes
( ) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
(15) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
( )regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you taxis
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you:
(16) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
Have you:
( ) been on a cruise
( ) travelled out of the country
( ) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
( ) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
(16.5) dined with local political figures (I had dinner with the then Prime Minister - but only half a point because I was ten, at a school retreat near his house and he came to visit us after we met him walking on the beach)
( ) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(17.5) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
(18) attend private school (only half a point for this because it was a Catholic school, which some people regard as private and some as a different system here)
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
Total: 18.
I wish I could send this to some of the people I went to school with. Spoilt brat, indeed.
The problem is that now I can't get rid of it. I washed my wrists when I got home, then I scrubbed them with a nail brush, and then washed them regularly afterwards and still had to put up with it all day. It's still there now, even after my shower this morning. It's in my bed and my clothes and my car as well. I can't get away from myself.
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lapsus_0_calamiAre you a spoiled brat?
Do you have:
( ) your own cell phone
( ) a television in your bedroom
( ) an iPod
(0.5) a photo printer (well... it's an old colour printer and the manuals say "photo quality" but it isn't, really)
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
( ) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) DVD player in bedroom (built into crap flat screen telly, I never use it)
(1.5) at least a hundred DVDs (I don't, actually, but I'll count CDs too)
(2.5) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office
(3) a pool (not now, but I did as a child)
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
( ) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
( ) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
(4) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
(5) expensive sunglasses (they're prescription)
(6) framed original art or prints
(7) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
( ) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
(8) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
(9) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea (the sea, within walking distance)
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighbourhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
( ) two or more family cars
(10) a walk-in closet or pantry (a pantry rather than a closet)
(11) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(12) good credit
( ) expensive jewellery
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
( ) more than two credit cards bearing your name
(12.5) a stock portfolio (half a point for this because I have Telstra T2 shares - pause for Australian readers to laugh - and some agricultural company shares I inherited)
( ) a passport
(13) a horse (not now, but I did as a child)
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
( ) private medical insurance
(14) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans -
Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewellery, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes
( ) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
(15) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
( )regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you taxis
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are you:
(16) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
Have you:
( ) been on a cruise
( ) travelled out of the country
( ) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
( ) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
(16.5) dined with local political figures (I had dinner with the then Prime Minister - but only half a point because I was ten, at a school retreat near his house and he came to visit us after we met him walking on the beach)
( ) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(17.5) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
(18) attend private school (only half a point for this because it was a Catholic school, which some people regard as private and some as a different system here)
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
Total: 18.
I wish I could send this to some of the people I went to school with. Spoilt brat, indeed.
