The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an absurd $1.25 billion. Yet another post about how when i win "i'm going to try and take over the world" (not really, most of the world would be useless to me). Is it time to crank that Calloway song again ("I Wanna Be Rich")?
A $1.25 billion early birthday present would be nice. Who is anybody kidding, i (and most people) would take the $625 million cash option. i assume nobody will win until Tuesday but might as well buy the dream for a couple of days.
i still wish the price of a ticket and odds would be halved.
Why am i buying a lottery ticket when there is a very real chance of a coming financial crisis? i'm kind of betting against my expectations. But, winning would be cool. i'm sure if i did actually win it would be like my spirit cartoon character Wile E. Coyote catching the Road Runner. Congratulations, you won the lottery - now what (winning could create different kinds of problems). Either that or it would turn out Alanis Morisette "Ironic".
So, what am i going to do with the money when i win (and if the economy doesn't crap out)? i'm sure i've said this before several times...
* Real Estate: a quiet .3 acre + house in a cul-de-sac of an unassuming suburb. Overpay for my mother's house (give her cheap rent, or if legal, sell it back to her at a super low price - like $1). Rental properties (thinking duplex type properties). Farmland/Ranchland (maybe a deal, where i offset rental price with some exchange for crops/meat). With enough time - a gothic inspired castle complete with a moat, 20+ acres and a wall around the property that would take medieval siege weapons a month to break through. Haven't decided if i want to have my own serfs yet.
* Entertainment Company: i'd like to release some TV shows i "grew up with" on DVD/Blu-ray: like Unhappily Ever After, the rest of Beverely Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction and some of the stuff Shout Factory! didn't finish (Mr. Belvedere, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, etc). Maybe pay to remaster some RPGs from the '90s/early 2000s (Lunar, Evolution, etc). But i'm way too shy to do that much "phone work" and all the meetings. Probably need a holding company for real estate/entertainment businesses.
* Run for President of the US (if that is still a thing, the US not the president). Campaign out of pocket capped at $30M.
* Silver and Gold (and Platinum/Palladium): if it's good enough for Yukon Cornelius, it's good enough for me (though not a peppermint mine - was not in the version i grew up with). Some collectible - like Kookaburras, Pandas, Koalas, and some Canadian series, also sets of Silver Eagles and Maple Leafs (launch through current). Graded to prevent oxidation. Maybe gold and platinum series too. Then a bunch of ounces (maybe literal tons) of coins/bars/etc.
* Stocks and Bonds: focus a mostly asset preservation and dividend income (wouldn't need explosive growth, my current state taxes capital gains anyway). i would like to be able to consistently generate $100K-250K interest/dividend income per year.
* Useless "fun" stuff - some out-of-print LEGO stuff, retro toys, a TV bigger than it needs to be, graded baseball rookie cards of players prominent in the 80s and 90s. Video games. A new, much more powerful computer that can actually play games more advanced than solitaire.
* Gold digger/potential offspring fund: yes, this sounds bad. Relationships probably shouldn't be transactional. However, time is an issue - if someone can give me what i need/want i may have to make moral sacrifices. My father died of cancer when he was 4 years older than i'll chronologically be this year. Would i have preferred the whole marriage/courtship thing (even though dating should be one of Dante's levels of Hell) - yeah, when i was under 25. i used to wish they would have assigned me a partner when i was 14 or 15.
/ End Dream.
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