"Come The Revolution ..."

I'm a firm believer in accepting your own responsiblities, and some times this means doing things you would have rather skipped. Money is never easy for someone who's younger. Students typically live below the poverty line. Well, that is, those of us that aren't bailed out by our parents (I wouldn't want a TV and DVD-player for a birthday present, any way that you look at it. Way too hard to move around with an apartment full of junk like that).

That being said, screw the coin-operated laundry machines my psuedo-landlords installed in my home. Technically I'm not their tennant, seeing how I'm subletting for the summer, which is probably exactly the reason for them choosing this particular month to install the coin boxes in the machines.

So if you some how missed out on this trick when you were between the ages of 17 and 25, coffee stir sticks work well to simulate coins when it comes to laundry machines. Simply take enough for each coin slot the next time you're taking leftovers from the foodcourt in the mall, and just jam them in until the metal release trips.

I suppose we all want to think that we're doing our part to combat Neo-Liberalism and class war, or maybe we're just trying to be cool. It's kinda funny how thin the line is between being trendy and being cheap. The great equalizer would be necessity ... or possibly, self-delusion. Whatever works best for you. In my particular case, I neither have the extra cash (to pay each time to use an appliance I already pay the electric bill for), nor do I really enjoy doing laundry.

Oh, and by the by, the only person I can really think of that needs to be put up against The Wall would be that creepy animate teddy bear, Snuggle, from the fabric softener commercials. Even *I* couldn't birth something like that from my nightmares.