I was talking to Tyra a few days ago and for some reason she mentioned
Brewster's Millions, a movie with Richard Pryor, that I had heard of but never seen and didn't know anything about. Well, it seems the idea of the movie is for Brewster (Pryor) to spend $30 million in thirty days. Tyra was saying how she didn't know if she could do it, but she'd damn sure love to try. I, on the other hand, believe I could do it. And I believe that Brewster's ass just was not thinking. So, I'm thinking, "How hard could it be??" Spend $30 million in 30 days and at the end get $300 million for your troubles. Insanity. I wish someone would offer me this challenge. I know I would shut it down. What I'm going to do every now and then is detail how I would spend that money. Now, it's going to take me longer than Brewster just because I actually have to do research for prices and whatnot. If I were actually in the moment, I'd just spend it and let the accountant worry about the stuff (he's got one in the movie). Then, Tyra tells me there are stipulations to how the money can be spent. They are as follows:
- At the end of the 30 days, he may not own any assets that are not already his.
- He must get value for the services of anyone he hires.
- He may donate only 5% to charity and lose another 5% by gambling.
- He may not waste the money by buying expensive goods and then destroying them or giving them away.
- He is not allowed to tell anyone about the nature of this challenge.
Now, number five is the easiest of them all, as I'm not in the habit of telling people my business anyway (despite the fact that I have a blog... you know what I mean). Besides that, me and Tyra already have a DO BETTER alert/signal in place for instances such as this. For example, if I were to be granted these funds, I would then call Tyra and say this exact code phrase, "Pack your bags, WE'RE DOING BETTER!" And vice versa. If Ty wins the mega-millions, she'll call and say, "Get to the airport. We're DOING BETTER!" (We've both decided that the first item on our agenda is a trip to Europe, hence the packing of bags and airport references.) As far as my family goes... Honestly? I just wouldn't invite them. They ask a LOT of questions. And I can't have those kinds of distractions. They're more than welcome to the money I get afterwards, but my mother, father, and sister will be sworn to secrecy with the threat of being written out of any gifts if they part their lips. My other friends, I'll tell them to shut up and like it or go away - I got things to do!
So there's the intro to how I would spend Brewster's millions. When I get some free time, I'll do some research and detail Day 1.
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