I need $50.
 

I need $50 bucks to see Xiu Xiu in 8 days. I have already been looking for a job before I found out Xiu Xiu was playing in LA, but they're too soon for that to matter now. So, I am currently broke except for 2-3 dollars in quarters and dimes. Anyone have any ideas?

I would say sell plasma, but I don't think you're 18.

You could go around your school and ask random people for a dollar for a few days straight, a buddy of mine cleared $20 in a day doing that, and he only asked like 50 people

Sell your body, everyone likes a young virgin, no? Kidding.

I'll do it if I have to do it. I will see Xiu Xiu.

$10 per suck?? :D

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seriously you can make $50 in a day of hard labor. just go where construction workers get picked up. the workout (it's going to be hard) is free

Yeah, not 18. I'll try the asking random people for money thing.

I'm also going to ask my parents for lunch money and just save it.

sorry man, you have parents, can't you ask for $50 in exchange for, i don't know, washing the dog for the next year, or something? just saying...

Tell them this concert will benefit you in getting good grades.

I've got straight A's for the past 5 years. They won't buy that...

oh-- duh!!!

you could ask the parental units $50 in advance against your paycheck

barring that you could get a payday loan & get in debt for the rest of your life

Then tell them they are a christian rock band who will turn you straight.

Nah, my dad bought me Sonic Youth tickets for the Greek Theater free of charge. He says as far as he is concerned, I already owe him.

oh. well maybe he's trying to teach you to not spend money you don't have.
i bet you can make $50 in a day unloading a truck.

or suck it up... hm...

sell some crap on ebay???? you could do a 3-day auction...

flea market/ yard sale

Good idea, I might send one of my guitar pedals that I never use any more to my neighbor.

My dad may have been trying to teach me something, but he wants to see SY play Daydream Nation too. He likes the majority of that album.

Just sell some cd's and stuff. If you are anything like me, you probably have a lot that you don't really listen to anymore. Now I know that even still, it may be hard to get rid of them. But if you aren't using them, this would be a good way to put them to use.

On a note, I just realized how sick I am. I was about to ask "what pedal? " and I don't even have 50 dollars to buy it.


where the hell is xiu xiu playing? 50 dollars is a lot of money for one band. Most I ever spent was like 35 on the Pixies.

A Digitech "Bad Monkey" Overdrive pedal plus the power supply. I'm selling it for $20.

You should scour change and sell your clothes. That is what I do when I'm really desperate for cash. By sell my clothes I mean I don't have good clothes, but I'm like "look at my shirt that I've had for 5 years man, it has tears in it, and real tears from being at shows and doing all kinds of crazy shit. It has mojo and soul. It's so punk/grunge/indie/emo!" And kids are like, "awwww yeah bitches, I'll so give you 2 dollars for that!" and then I get my 2 dollars and then my friend Guy says "hey man, let's go to unimart!" so I go to unimart and I see some twinkies and I'm like "hey dude I got some money!" Then I have to start the whole process over again. But eventually I save up enough money to buy cool stuff.

I have to buy two tickets, one for me and one for my sister. It'll end up being about $40 bucks (through ticketmaster). But I'm aiming for more just so I can buy a shirt.

i do this all the time.

I see. Yeah, I inevitably buy at least 2 tickets to every show I go to.

I always try to save as much of it as I can, but I usually get hungry and buy something.

But this time I have a reason to save it.

i dont think you can give blood if you are le gay.


why the hell are xiu xiu tickets 50 dollars anyways?

Oh yeah if you are gay you are prohibited from donating blood. Not that I would ever want to, I am terribly afraid of needles.

They are $12 on ticket master, but with all the charges it ends up being around $20 each, which is $40 total for two tickets. And I need gas/merch money.

If I bought it at the door, it'd be $14 dollars each. I've never bought at the door though, is there a chance it'll sell out (Troubadour)?

Well go very early then.

you post-punk-indie-hardcore-emo-goth-rockers and your "gas/merch" money

ha ha, poolboy...! :D

http://imdb.com/title/tt0381498/

damn kid how can you be so broke? you live in Cali, the land of opportunity...at your age, i mowed lawns, babysat, and sold parking spaces at the beach...ie-i got off my ass on saturday mornings and raked in...i hate being broke too, but its always hard for me to feel sorry for kids when its so easy to make money in America...if you lived in Somalia or somethin I would understand...hell, take your instruments and go downtown and see if people drop money in your hat...

Is your husband hot?

Go to the show, Hayden has been encouraging me to go. He says Xiu Xiu was the best live show he saw last year. Why does it have to have a character named Alex? Why!?Now I feel shitty about being broke. As for lawn mowing and babysitting, everyone has gardners in my neighborhood, and my sister has a monoply on the babysitting biz.

sell two 25 bags?

i would say dont go and see xiu xiu and spend the money on something better but no doubt someone will take offence.

try car washing, asking people if they need odd jobs doing or selling something.

then get her to pay for the tickets....why do you have to buy her one when she's the one with the money?

I like !@#$%!'s suggestion of going to a work site early in the morning.
Are there any college buildings where they are doing landscaping?
That might be easier, although, in most cases they just have you hauling debris away from the site onto the back of a pick-up going to the dump.
Framers don't use hammers these days, they use nail-guns.

You could also call remodelers from your phone book and see if they need any laborers or assistants on any of their jobs. That would be less intensive. Surely you can hold a board and carry some building materials around for a carpenter.

I've done all these jobs before when I needed money. Many pay cash. I wonder how many of you that persistently project onto me some pretentious label have ever had a job where you had to swing a maddock (sledge hammer, jr.) around for two 3-hour sessions a day six days a week?

You could get people some controlled substances and be a middle-man too.

But no, you'd rather beg people for money.

I'm telling you all, that no matter whatever happened to me, I could never be a beggar...ever. I don't despise them, in fact, I often will listen to them or give them a little spare change. I've even been somewhat acquainted with a few street crazies in my life. I particularly vividly recall one bored Saturday summer afternoon on College Square in Athens as I sat in on a game of "baseball." But, I just know I could never do it.
And the thing is, I know would be excellent at being a beggar, but that doesn't matter.

$50 ! ... really? .... that's insane! they dont worth that much. not even half!

I'll give you 10 dollars for a blowjob.

sell drugs

You need money to buy drugs before you can sell them. No one is going to front some kid a QP or anything.

not if you know the grower/dealer really well

and to make 50 dollars all you need is like a half ounce of weed, not a QP

Alex's Trip doesn't know anyone. That's what I'm saying. He's a kid with no experience. I could find someone to front me that much but I doubt he can.

Suck dick. It's your only option.