Pace on Earth

Only in Dreams

From the desk of a broken man.

Here is a sample of my inbox this morning at work. As you can see I received a notification from the good people at the Atlantic Lottery Corporation. To give you a little context, last night was the draw for their Millionaire for Life lottery. I knew this and told Normy that I expected to get an email from the ALC in the AM. Sure enough, I got that email. My heart actually jumped into my throat and I may or may not have sent a spate of invites to my hastily planned world tour(please disregard those invites; they will not be honoured at this time). During the time it took for the reading pane to open up with the good news I actually had the time to consider where I would begin my tour (Fiji - Bula!) and whether or not I would look good with dreads (the answer is no). Alas, when the email did open this is what it said:

"Simon, Congratulations! You've won playing Millionaire Life! Your win includes the following prize(s): $20.00"

Shit...and it started so promising too! Well, wtf, I suppose I should be happy all things considered. 20$ is the most I've ever won and I, of course, made the wise choice of reinvesting it in further government sanctioned gambling. I am more then willing to pay 20$ to dream. I know dreamin' is free but really good dreaming costs $$. My only real concern is that I have used up my good luck. Then I remembered that I have been living with a horseshoe up my ass for some time now. So let's just hope that keeps up; I really want to go to Fiji with enough money to buy my island...Bula!

posted by Vitamin S @ 12:26 a.m.