The Way We Live Now: laying down our burdens. Until we're chased off seconds later by a stick-wielding security guard. When will all the indebted people out there grow some perspective? At least you're not trying to sell a yacht!
The Way We Live Now: starving. For employment! Also for food, but that's a totally different issue, although kind of related to our unemployment, now that we think about it. Airfare's up. Taxes are up. Crooks are up. Us? Down.
The Way We Live Now: grumbling unnecessarily over pennies. It's just human nature. It matters not how righteous the cause may be; it matters only that the cause will cost us money, which is unacceptable. Do farmworkers need another penny?
The Way We Live Now: wasting money. Just absolutely blowing scrilla like there's no tomorrow. We're on a paper chase—chasing it right out the door, into a fire or something! Wasting money's great. Until you run out of money.
The Way We Live Now: putting our head right through the ceiling. We are giants. We grow a foot every day. Our ceiling's only seven feet high, and we're eight feet tall. Should we raise the ceiling? Nah. Risk it!
The Way We Live Now: cutting corners. Corners are expensive. You want a 90-degree angle? Pay up. Otherwise you get a ragged, crumbling edge, just like everyone else.
The Way We Live Now: blinking. As some opportunities fade out, others blaze prominently. Win some, lose some, ups and downs, one door closes and another opens, etc. As long as you're not poor, weak, or European, you'll survive. Probably.
The Way We Live Now: aspiring to livability. That would be great, to be able to afford to live. Having an adequate amount of a stable currency? That's it. Gives us a warm feeling, like the heroin rich people get.
The Way We Live Now: reflecting on the long-term implications of our situation. And they ain't good. They just ain't. There's no getting around it. The currency's not bouncing back. The wages are down for good. And Haiti's fucked forever.
The Way We Live Now: going from poor...to profitable! If we're going to be sitting around being poor anyhow, why just waste time twiddling our thumbs? Get to know the poor subculture. Online begging! Bail bond harassment! And much more!
The Way We Live Now: catastrophically. We can scarcely enumerate the varied and horrifying catastrophes befalling us at any given moment! Snow! Blight! Unemployment! Scams! Theft! Urban decay! The only way to survive is to be on the catastrophe's side!
The Way We Live Now: starving. Who can afford food these days? Maize, soybeans, wheat... the prices are all ridiculous. We're saving our money to fund our empty pension plans, replace our crumbling football stadiums, and recreate the Rust Belt!
The Way We Live Now: stroking our chins as we contemplate which of our dozen or so late-model quality American automobiles we want to take out for "a spin" on our nation's roads. Have you heard? Cars are back!
