
Hmmm. The boys and their fabulous toys...
If I had the cash, what would I do? Probably set up a foundation for good works. Do something within my field for charity, like write a book for children, with all proceeds going to the foundation.
What else would I do? Buy stuff. Don't know if I'd buy six cars, but I'd sure as hell buy a couple. *Just 'cause I could.* And why not? It'd be my money. I'd get:
1) PT Cruiser. Woohoo! I'd either get a red one like Chris', or I'd have it custom painted metallic flake Mountain Dew green. Kid you not.
2) 1987 Honda Civic hatchback. I'd have it restored to mint condition, and painted a gorgeous shade of deep, girly pink. Not sure whether this car would have a metallic paint job or not. Why a Honda? I used to own one of these (blue, though), and absolutely loved it. Owned the thing for 11 years and never had a day's trouble with it. I am a Honda-lovin' woman.
3) Jaguar, not one of the newer ones. I like the ones with classic lines, but couldn't give you a model year if my life depended on it. It'd be a lovely deep, dark green, my favorite color. With camel interior. *sigh*
4) Mercedes Benz, two-seater convertible. Again, an older model, with sleek, gorgeous lines. I've seen a silver one with dark blue canvas top around town, and it's niiiiiiiiiice.
5) The new Beetle! This one would definitely have the custom Mountain Dew green metallic flake paint job. If not green, then I'd have some sort of NSYNC motif painted on the thing. Hey! The marionettes!!! I can see it now: an orange Beetle with both sides emblazoned with boyband marionettes. I'd be the envy of the town, kids.
How many houses would I need? I'd keep my house here in my boring hometown, but I'd have a majorly KICKASS loft in Manhattan, preferably one with a killer view of the Chrysler building. Was it the movie Greed that featured an office that looked out on the Chrysler? I had a heart attack when I saw that. I've got a hard-on for the Chrysler.
I guess the upshot of all this rambling is that someone's always envious of someone else.
I drive a crappy car, but it runs and gets me where I need to go; there's a whole lotta people out there riding the bus, and not by choice. Nuff said.
If this post made no sense, I'm not surprised. I suck at expressing myself this way, which is why I usually wait for more expressive/lucid/eloquent people to say things, and I add my comment: "Me too!"
Off again to surf, read, and write. And maybe contemplate the fickle nature of the universe a little bit, while I'm at it.