none not less

NONE, NOT LESS

A few weeks back, I got all excited about the new Mad Max movie coming out.  Now, two out of the last three Mad Max movies were emphatically NOT good post-apocalypse films, so I had very few expectations this new one was going to be anything other than a big desert car chase and very little else.  A minion commented on how this thing was just a FemLib propaganda piece and he refused to see it.  A sentiment I don’t necessarily disagree with, but I did think if nothing else, this had to be a great action flick.  Well, the time came, a week after opening day so I could avoid dangerous crowds ( either stampedes as in The Who concert or exit impediments as in the Batman movie massacre ), and I got to hemming and hawing.  I was no longer attending by myself, and it was a 3D movie rather than a conventional one.  The tickets were fifty percent more, twice, and the snacks doubled.  I couldn’t see spending $30 just on an action flick.  So, I’m procrastinating until it is $1.60 at RedBox, and popcorn is forty cents each microwaved bag.  $2.50 is more my speed ( I spent about $16 the last time I went, but I was also working full time ).  Since the movie studios typically take 90% of the ticket price, I just denied those feminist freaks $13 ( $16 tickets, $14.40 to the studio, minus the RedBox profit of say a buck ). 

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Now, the above is just the sort of thing I excel at.  Spending the bare minimum at everything, even first class entertainment.  But $600 a month wages ( writing income goes to buying books, so it is an investment from the profits, not a spendable income ), minus rent and food ( I’m spending a lot more on food now, and I don’t care.  My new old lady can cook like the French gal she is [ Maine French, not France French ] ) leaves very little to spend money on.  It is time to go from spending as little as possible to spending none at all.  This is not an easy transition.  This last weekend I visited my parental units down south, and my son on the way overseas.  Every trip down there I try to get double duty out of my car rental and I stop at the Dollar Tree.  I can’t help myself in there, buying $100 or so of post-Apocalypse supplies.  A half dozen pairs of reading glasses, knife sharpeners, dozens of different items you want back-ups of.  This time, I only really needed fingernail clippers and laundry soap.  I knew I would spend that $100, but I only really needed those two items for daily use and stockpile drawdown ( the clippers were running out, as a pair is no longer the five to ten year quality product it once was but more a yearly easily breakable item ). 

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And I was real proud of myself.  I decided not to go at all.  I decided none was the best option.  Because no matter how frugal you are, it is still consumption.  Focusing on trade after the collapse to continue to consume is as bad as these idiots wedded to their carbon fuels and electric toys for after the collapse ( I’m not saying you are an idiot by having e-files, just that it better be a supplement to paper and nothing you depend on ).  I need to start trying to divorce myself away from consumption whenever possible.  That first step was pathetic, and I expect no kudos for it.  This is just for the record, stating my new journey in this new direction.  One can’t eliminate trade or consumption, the point is to go from all frugality in many areas to less categories needing any consumption at all.  Remember when I first started studying anthropology?  I sucked at it.  Now, I have a very wide understanding.  Baby steps to start a new field of study.

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