MissAssets.com » Entertainment http://missassets.com becoming rich one bitch at a time Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:42:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Hallelujah Hulu : Watch TV for Free Online http://missassets.com/2009/07/06/hallelujah-hulu/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://missassets.com/2009/07/06/hallelujah-hulu/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:15:38 +0000 MissAssets http://missassets.com/?p=97 Hulu, I really wish it were a term I had coined to describe my slut cousin, but I will have to settle for the second best definition–fucking free television and movies.  Hulu.com is not only a website for you to watch television shows and movies for free, but it’s also a way for you to save a ton of money.  Do as I am trying to convince my roommates, and cancel your cable.  If weHulu Logo canceled our cable at our apartment and only paid for Internet, where you can watch almost every television show ever, we would be saving an extra $50/month.  That’s $50 that cold be saved or spent somewhere else.  Here’s the deal, if you visit abc.com, nbc.com, fox.com, cbs.com, you can watch almost any network show you want (and don’t even get me started on cable).  Of course you cannot watch them at the exact time that they would air, you may have to wait a day, however should we really be watching television all by ourselves anyway?  This is another opportunity for us to socialize and interact well with others.  Have tv parties, so if you are dying to watch Lost in HD (which you can do online by the way), but need it on Wednesday night at 9pm, then head over to your girlfriend’s house and bring cookie dough ($2) you’re then saving $48 and making a social activity out of it.

]]> http://missassets.com/2009/07/06/hallelujah-hulu/feed/ 0 Top Four Best Ways to Save Money at Bars http://missassets.com/2009/06/29/top-four-best-ways-to-save-money-at-bars/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://missassets.com/2009/06/29/top-four-best-ways-to-save-money-at-bars/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:28:07 +0000 MissAssets http://missassets.com/?p=168 A great and foolproof way to save money is to halt all outside entertainment all together.  Think of the money you could save if you never ate out, never left the house or never entered a bar again–a lot.  However, this is ridiculous, sacrificing a bit to save money is ok, but totally giving up your entire social life and a great deal of enjoyment now, just to save some money for later is ludicrous.  That is why I have put together the Top Ten Ways to Save Money at Bars.  And here we go ladies:

  1. DO NO OPEN A TAB  I repeat, DO NOT OPEN A TAB.  Tabs are great, but you are paying double the money for the ease of not having to pull out your wallet each time.  Please review Example A. Let’s say the average drink costs you $10 and when paying cash most people leave $1 tips per drink. So if you were to go out and have 10 drinks, you’ll probably wake up naked and not know where you are, this is not advised. However, for the sake of easy math, let’s say you had 10 drinks at $10 a piece and paid cash you would have left $1 per drink bringing you to $10 in tips.  Next let’s take Girl #2 who opens a tab when she gets to the bar, flirts with the bartender, rinses and repeats.  When she goes to close out her 10 drinks at $10 a piece, she is more likely to at least give a 15% tip, if not a 20% which I feel is more the norm now.  Girl #2 has now spent a total of $20 in tips that is double what Girl #1 spent, and actually enough to buy and entire other drink for the hot guy down at the end of the bar (not advised, I advise you to pocket that shit for your next night out).  If you go out twice a week, you are saving a total of $80/month by never opening that tab and paying with good ol’ american dollars.
  2. ONLY MIX ALCOHOL WITH SUGARFREE MIXERS  If you are in college, or a recent graduate, I am going to assume that your main goal in going out is to get effed up drunk (another think not advised by Miss Assets), however if this is what you choose I am here to help.  This is where the science comes in, don’t worry, I’ll make it painless. Basically sugar makes it harder for your blood to metabolize the alcohol (which is a good thing to adults), but for you guys a bad thing.  So Tip #2 is only drink your hard alcohol with sugarless liquids, which basically include anything diet, diet coke or pepsi, still water, and soda water (steer clear of the tonic).  Let’s just say if it usually takes 3 captain and cokes to get your tipsy, you’ll only need 2 captain and diets to get the job done.  Don’t tell you parents I gave you this tip.
  3. GO HYBRID – That’s my new, more sophisticated way of saying “pre-party” without sounding like a junior transfer.  Basically mix it up.  Have a drink at home, take a cab to the bar, have another there, walk home, have another.  Best of both worlds, you save money, but remember do not say “pre-party” unless you want to sound like a late-90’s frat boy.
  4. BEFRIEND YOUR BARTENDER — Yes, it’s the oldest trick in the book…because it works.  I’m not saying “use” your bartender, I’m saying actually, genuinely befriend them.  Their interesting, they know everyone there and you’ll get cheaper to completely free drinks.  
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