Slumming It - I

[vargtimmen]

I've become disgusted with excess, with fiscal irresponsibility. I want to keep every cent that I earn. I've bought the cheapest phone possible, and set up an SMS gateway on my home computer that allows me to do all the things a smartphone can via a SMS menu system. I ride the bus everywhere. I've sold all but the essentials, and my remaining

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[anonymous]

i've had your lj's rss feed in my feed reader for years now, solely because you're one of many people who seems to be at the center of lj drama. surprisingly (to me), this entry is interesting in the non-ironic, non-drama sense. it would be an unexpected treat if you could transition your lj into an honest account of your life.

[vargtimmen]

Personally-identifying information gets restricted to Friends Only, so very little life narrative makes it to the public. Lately, however, I have started on a very strange journey that I can safely relate without disclosing details that might connect me to my real life. So I do plan on continuing this American Splendor-like narrative, and keeping it public.

[vargtimmen]

I assume you're the same person who said "oooh, such a badass! just think, someday you'll be old enough to shave!" Is there a reason you're stalking me?

[anonymous]

'stalking?' please. i have over 100 livejournals in my rss reader, most added for their drama potential. drama breaks out infrequently even for the most abrasive types, so it takes a lot of them to keep me in lulz.

of course, it's not just you who thinks he's the center of the world. that's pretty much everybody, i've found.