<![CDATA[Broke Diaries]]>

false <![CDATA[Broke Diaries]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173837126m/334016.jpg 334015 2 “People always say I’m going to look back on these days and laugh — why put it off?” When Angela Nissel found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations. Written with humor and intelligence, her “Broke Diary” quickly found an audience as people wrote to Angela to empathize with, console, and laugh with her about her experiences and even share their own. The Broke Diaries is the first complete compilation of her experiences, written in a voice that is funny, unique, and dead-on. On buying ramen noodles: I am sooooooo embarassed. I only have 33 cents. I (please don’t laugh) put the money on the counter and quickly attempt to dash out with my Chicken Flavored Salt Noodles. The guy calls me back! I look up instinctively, I should have run . . . Why didn’t I run???!! He tells me the noodles are 35 cents. I try to apologize sincerely. I thought the sign said 33 cents yesterday, so that’s all I brought with me. Could he wait while I ran home and get the 2 cents? I show him my student I.D. to let him know I am not a thief. He shakes his head and motions either for me to get the hell out of his store and never come back again or get the money as do come back. I don’t know. He said something like “Nyeh” and swiped his hand in my direction. I can’t translate hand motions well. The noodles: tasty!!! 324512 10 4 2001 The Broke Diaries: The Completely True and Hilarious Misadventures of a Good Girl Gone Broke total:367|5:111|4:93|3:103|2:48|1:12| 367 1344 545 97 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 23:48:01 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 23:53:24 -0800 2009 dozens more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Thu Aug 23 21:04:12 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 21:06:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Aug 28 09:20:12 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 09:21:06 -0700 2007 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Dec 06 07:01:14 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 07:04:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Jan 15 12:54:26 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 12:56:29 -0800 2009 I learned that cats will fight you for your breakfast cereal.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 07 10:45:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 11:00:09 -0700 2007
The bad: She won't shut up about going to Penn and how Ivy League she is. Some of us who managed to ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jun 15 21:24:06 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 21:27:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 31 10:11:14 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 18:02:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 02 13:17:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 13:19:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 09:58:31 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 22:45:18 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Apr 24 10:29:41 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 10:31:32 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Feb 07 08:59:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 15:55:33 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 08:59:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat May 24 21:18:02 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 21:24:42 -0700 2008 jobs, as in I need 47 of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 06 08:03:43 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 14:25:58 -0700 2009 The Broke Diaries is engaging, heart-warming and definitely funny. Just goes to show that low on funds does not mean poor of spirit.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 09:34:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 09:34:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:29:32 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 13:30:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 07:59:04 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 08:34:02 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed May 28 21:22:24 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 21:29:18 -0700 2008
I read it every few years when I'm feeling down about my finances. Of course, the further I get away from my college days, I feel a bit more sheepish that I'm still in this same broke-ass boat. But all you can do is laugh about it, right? Right?

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Im NOT a college student and broke. Ha. Did not learn anything new from this. Then again it's not a self help s...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=334016