I'd love it if I could do without a Cell Phone. I have always considered them a friggin Dog Leash, and would love it if I could just have a land line. Unfortunately, due to the fact that no-one returns answering machine messages these days, I have to have one. Might miss that call with regards to a job. Might Miss that call with regards to an apartment. It'd be nice to not have one, but I have to have one.
I'd Love to not have to have the internet. Most of what I like to do in my spare time involves offline stuff. Course, I'd also like it if I could talk to my neighbors without fear of the police showing up if my neighbor decides my kids are misbehaved and calls CPS on me. I'd like to not worry about that kind of stuff.
(More luxuries on the flip)
I'd like to do without a refrigerator and a Microwave oven. It'd be really nice to be able to afford to eat out every day without having to eat the same thing three days in a row because I can make it cheap. It'd be nice to have others cook the meals and give my kids whatever they want to eat without hearing the complaints of "Chili AGAIN?"
I'd like to do without new clothes. I personally don't mind stains, or out of fashion stuff. But I'm looking for a job, and I have to look like I already have money in order to get one.
I'd like to do without a car. But the local bus charges an arm and a leg. And it doesn't go where I need to go in a timely manner. And if I miss the bus or it's late I could possibly get my kids taken from me if I am late picking them up, since schools call the cops if you are more than half an hour late. Ain't it great the bus runs once an hour?
I'd like to do without a doctor. Too bad I have PTSD. I can medicate myself, but ya know, once again, I'm looking for a job, and if I pop positive for the only medication that helps, buh-bye prospects.
I'd like to be able to let the police search my house daily. I'd like to have nothing to fear. But unfortunately I have children and they destroy the house daily. I do what I can, but after a day of job searching and apartment searching, I don't have the energy.
I'd like to do without video games. Hell, I'd probably be better off and have a better life if I didn't play em. But of course... What the hell else am I going to do when I can't talk to people, am flat broke, and I've already spent the money?
I'd like to do without alcohol. And I often do. Since I buy food. I have two growing children, and even with food stamps, I have to supplement. It gets frustrating getting down to the end of the month. But I make do. Food banks help, or rather WOULD help, if I could get to them... but there we are back to the bus again.
I'd like to do without voting. It'd be nice if I could just depend on good people to do the right thing and not have to worry about the political process. Too bad there's tons of politicians and greedy assholes out there who depend on me not voting. Too bad they keep trying to take away my vote, since although I do fall into the White and Male category, I don't fall into the straight, Christian and conservative category.
I'd like to live poor and happy. I'd like to be able to just live my life, educate my children, and die happy someday.
Apparently, that's way too much to ask.