MetaChat - I'm giving everybody a million dollars each. Happy Halloween.

Buy a new CD Shelf. Have the apartment cleaned. Start buying beer in bottles.

posted by jonmc 31 October | 13:17

Quit my day job.

posted by me3dia 31 October | 13:19

Oh yeah, that too.

posted by jonmc 31 October | 13:20

Put it all in the bank(s) in a short-term CD so I don't do anything stupid.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 October | 13:20

Two chicks at the same time, man.

posted by mullacc 31 October | 13:20

Loans, taxes, credit cards. School for me and the Missus. New England home with brown shingle front or some nice 5-on-4 black shutter numbah from Quaint Rot Realtors.

Oh, and a permanent wing in the LL Bean Flagship store named after me. Or a black card with their name on it.

I might eventually leave the house with that kind of money.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 31 October | 13:21

I would get a house and a corgi and one of those refrigerators that has a keg attachment. I'm not sure there would be anything else in life that I would need.

posted by cmonkey 31 October | 13:22

Pay off my college debt, pay off my mom's house, donate half of the rest to different charities, invest whatever is left.

posted by sciurus 31 October | 13:29

I would start a charitable fund to send kids from my hometown abroad for 3-6 months after high school (kind of like a mini Watson Fellowship).

posted by muddgirl 31 October | 13:35

second sciurus.

posted by gaspode 31 October | 13:35

I'd buy cmonkey a corgi.

Because that's the most ridiculously adorable thing I can imagine.

posted by Specklet 31 October | 13:36

I'd buy cmonkey's corgi a monkey. then I'd buy cmonkey a shovel, since he'd have a lot of poop to clean up.

posted by jonmc 31 October | 13:40

Yep. Credit card debt, whammo, goodbye. Car loan, goodbye. House -- nice little bungalow with some yard, porch, and garden, brown shingles okay. $10 grand each, for starters, to my family members for whatever they feel like doing with it. 10 grand also to my summer camp and some similarly struggling nfp's. Schoolin'. One great vacation, some limited degree of splurging on clothes and furniture for the house, then the rest into investments so I can have a consistent income from them.

I'd keep my job, but how great would it be not to worry about what it pays? And to know I could walk away from it if I became so inclined?

And that way, I could live on the job income and use the surplus for indulging things like renting studio time and making more music.

Oh, and a woodie wagon, of course.

posted by Miko 31 October | 13:41

Money for the museum so I can quit my job without guilt. Than, buy a house. Put my stuff in the house. Than, buy a boat. Than, put my son & the dogs & possibly some other people on the boat. Than, sail the boat across the Atlantic. Spend a year or two or three or eight exploring the world. With the boat. And trains, because I like trains. Than, eventually come home. Or not.

Possibly also we must have a pony on the boat. (/lovett)

posted by mygothlaundry 31 October | 13:47

I'd pay off the mortgage, buy a house on Lake Logan, OH, as a holiday home, go part-time in my job, give some to charity, invest some, use spare time to travel and also help out at my local cat shelter.

posted by essexjan 31 October | 13:47

mgl, can I go with you on your boat?

posted by Miko 31 October | 13:49

Money for the museum so I can quit my job without guilt.

That's something. I'd have no guilt at all about leaving DumbCo. If I were to get a million bucks, I'd simply call the head mucketymuck and say, 'I ain't coming into work anymore. Bite my pasty white ass.'

posted by jonmc 31 October | 13:49

It's not clear that mgl is on the boat. In fact, sounds like mgl is using the boat as a way to get rid of people :-D

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 October | 13:50

House with a huge, comfy bed. Quit job, go on holiday somewhere hot and quiet for a month. Upgrade TV and stereo to ridiculous levels. Pay off debt. Donate to charity. Sleep. Start an international awareness programme to teach people that "alot" IS NOT ONE WORD, DAMMIT.

posted by TheDonF 31 October | 13:51

Drywall the closets in the 2yearold addition.

posted by danostuporstar 31 October | 13:52

Lines of cocaine off of Whoopi Goldberg's butt.

I'm sorry I misused your money, Specklet.

posted by item 31 October | 13:56

Oh, and a woodie wagon of course

Hey, I thought I WAS your woodie wagon.

*ducks*

posted by Lipstick Thespian 31 October | 13:56

No, no, TPS. That's the OTHER boat ;-) I'm on the boat with the dogs. And the pony.

posted by mygothlaundry 31 October | 13:56

Two words:

ROCKET BOOTS.

posted by Greg Nog 31 October | 13:57

Ah, OK. The way wrote it, it sounded like you put your son and dog on a boat to get rid of them ;-)

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 31 October | 13:58

I totally read that as ROCKET BOOBS.

posted by Specklet 31 October | 13:59

Oh yeah, and if somebody gave me a million dollars, the first thing I'd do is say "Thank you!"

Chuh!

posted by Specklet 31 October | 14:06

I'd buy a sailboat that sits comfortably 3. The rest in a checking account. I would sail around the world repeatedly, zonally, transversely and diagonally. I would keep a laptop and make sure I get internet connection. I'd donate my free time on the boat to science. Boat-educate the kids.
Thass all.

Yes, I am selfish. And definitely not ambitious.

posted by carmina 31 October | 14:10

Spend 1/2 of it on land.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 31 October | 14:20

I would build a giant colony of treehouses connected by zipwires and tunnels in my spacious backyard and turn the barn into a free Internet cafe/bar/laundromat. Then I would invite everyone over for s'mores.

posted by jessamyn 31 October | 14:22

Spend 1/2 of it on land.

The rest other half you'd spend on the high seas, I presume?

posted by jonmc 31 October | 14:23

I want a bathroom with a giant soaking tub and a fireplace and a television.

A trip around the world WITH a nanny.

The rest would be for paying off mortagage, blah, blah, blah, responsibility, blah.

And, of course, sending corgis to cmonkey.

posted by jrossi4r 31 October | 14:28

Oh...and I want one of those magical Lexuses that parks itself. I'm not a big luxury car person, but this one was apparently designed by wizards. Possibly sprites. Whatever. It has POWERS.

posted by jrossi4r 31 October | 14:30

Ccorgi! heh.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 31 October | 14:40

I'd eat a half million dollars worth of delicious food and wine, and then spend a half million dollars on gimmick diets.

posted by dersins 31 October | 15:01

the first thing I'd do is say "Thank you!"

We've been pwned!

posted by danostuporstar 31 October | 15:02

Ach, I know you meant to say it, bubuleh.

posted by Specklet 31 October | 15:24

1. Say 'thank you.'
2. Shower Specklet with a few well-chosen but nonetheless lavish gifts.
3. Buy a pair of bulldogs.
4. Buy land on a river.

posted by box 31 October | 15:34

Wouldn't it make more sense to have bullfrogs if you're going to live on a river?

posted by Specklet 31 October | 15:39

Well, I figured the first bullfrog would come by, and, y'know, dig the groovy scene or whatever, and then he'd spread the word among his bullfrog buddies. Word-of-mouth, like that.

posted by box 31 October | 15:45

I'd quit my day job and go into general contracting building energy efficient houses.

posted by Mitheral 31 October | 17:41

Only thing to do: Hunker down for the coming hyper-inflation.

posted by paulsc 31 October | 18:23

Pay off mortgage (or at least really far down so I don't lose any tax benefits) Set up funds for each kid. Bank the rest (invest some) for a good, long retirement (hopefully healthy).

posted by redvixen 31 October | 20:05

Hire financial advisor. Listen to her. Pay off debt. Move. Attend non-god-based re-hab, if there is such a thing. If not, establish. Keep working. Endow Richmond Triangle Players. Upgrade technology - get a real cell phone, etc. Establish Metachat Mansion Fund.

posted by rainbaby 31 October | 22:13

1. Thank specklet (I can take direction)
2. Put half into a retirement account for the mister
3. Pay back the money we owe mum
4. Give a bunch of money to CARES
5. Buy two new vehicles
6. Update the house (new floors, paint, etc.)
7. Pay down mortgage in one year (prepay penalty dontcha know)

posted by deborah 03 November | 16:40

31 October 2006