So Nev was bragging to me the other day about his new digital camera, and about what a great deal he'd gotten on it. And my whiny if-he-can-have-it-why-can't-I self took over. "I want one too!!"
His reply: a self-satisfied "Heh heh heh!"
"Hey, get me one," I told him.
He stopped laughing. "What?"
"Yeah, get me one, and have them ship it to me. I'll pay you back," I told him.
Pause. "You're sure you'll pay me back?"
"Of course. I've LOTS of money!"
Nev knew that me having lots of money didn't equate to me being able to spend lots of money on expensive digital cameras.
"Yeah, but are you sure you can afford it?" he asked.
"Of course!" I answered cheerfully. "Access Group(the oh-so-naive people who are financing my oh-so-expensive education at this oh-so-prestigious institution) can afford it."
"You do realise that the money you have is a loan. Right?"
"Yeah, yeah."
"And that you have to pay it back. Right?"
"Yeah, yeah."
"You really are planning on skipping the country when you done, aren't you?"
"Heh heh!"
Nev gave up on trying to drill some sense into me. "Ok, so what kind do you want?"
"THE VERY BEST!!"
I was wrong. Nev wasn't done yet. "Why do you need the best? Why don't you get something cheaper?"
Why indeed? The wheels in my head started turning furiously as I tried to come up with a reason for why I needed the very best.
"Well, when I do freelance work, it would be better if I can send them some pictures that are of good quality, so they can do things with them." Never mind the fact that I haven't done one freelance piece since I came here, or even made an attempt to sell the pieces I have written for classes. Or that the places where I can probably freelance my work are piddly little local papers anyway that don't care too much about the quality of pictures. But my heart desired the best digital camera, and what Inihtar's heart desires, Inihtar's heart gets (not really, but it's a nice thought!)
So now, Nev is getting me a digital camera, and Access Group is going to pay for it. Good ol' Access Group!
NOTE: If the nice people of Access Group are reading this: I have no intention of moving to the Amazon Rainforest and not paying back my loan when I'm done here. So, please give me money for my second degree here when I'm done at the J-school, and I promise I'll marry a rich man who'll pay every penny back. Thank you!
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These are the people from AccessGroup.
We are cancelling your loan due to your wanton lack of fiduciary responsibility. You will be hearing from us by mail in the near future. In the meantime please make arrangements to remit any funds owed us by the end of this month.
We know you're out there and we will be watching out for you!
Oh no! It's a slippery slope! Don't.... let your better sense prevail... (and besides I'd be envious)
~FMP
What's a slippery slope? Getting into debt? Too late for that!
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