Real Change, anyone?

I hate pennies. I hope that this sentiment doesn't expose me as a depressingly pampered middle class individual who can't be bothered by small increments of wealth. I blame capitalism. And my economics classes. I really did hear in lecture once that the energy expended by reaching down to pick up a penny is worth more than the penny itself, and thus makes the act of picking up stray pennies a loss (if you don't consider the whole luck bit).

Still, I don't actually do that calculation in my head everytime I see a penny. I just hate them because they are bothersome. And when I clean my room and find them, I throw them away, which makes Kristin and Whitney yell at me for my thoughtlessness. So now I have started giving my room-cleaning pennies to them. But I still refuse to pick up pennies when not cleaning....unless I feel the need for luck at the moment.

But, look at this article that Kay sent to me: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070122/us_nm/usa_pennies_shortage_dc.
Apparently pennies are worth roughly 5 times their monetary value because of the copper shortage. In May you will be able to sell 1 pound (~154 pennies) for $4.16. Shazam. People are suggesting that the penny be "rebased" by the U.S. Mint so that it is worth the same as a nickel. This means that I have been LOSING NICKELS. Oh snap. Too bad that I actually don't value nickels that much either. What I should do is give my pennies to the Real Change people, but I actually think they would not be happy if I gave them 100 coins....or rather 20 pennies and tried to convince them that since pennies are now supposed to be equal to nickels, that they should accept it as full payment. They would think I was a bitch. I will just give them a regular dollar, and continue siphoning off my change to Chloe and Kay.

Random thought of the day: There are probably very few people who think that there is one right answer to the question "if I was a color, what color would I be?". I am one of those people. I have asked many of my friends this, and so far they have all answered the same color for me, which tells me that there is a correct reply. They all give good (and quite similar) justifications as well. Things like this make me very happy. I don't really actually like the idea of being mysterious at all.



"Some people are like pennies: two-faced and worthless."