I’ve begun re-using aluminum foil, things like plastic cutlery and saving nice bags I get from places. I’m trying to be psychologically ready for what happens next in the “World Economy.” Not that I don’t think it isn’t all made up. It is. Obviously. Prosperity is in the mind of the beholder. An abundance of resources one day doesn’t just evaporate the next day because noone can pay for it with paper money or gold.

This whole dabbling in the Depression-era aesthetic that I’ve done as a conscious experiment for the last year has ended up as something more. Preparation rather than artistic exploration. Trying to stay at least six months ahead of everybody else. Although maybe it’s more like a year at this point. As a time-traveler, I’m never quite sure how other people mark the passage of time.

If you figuring adopting a mental mask is fun, then adopting a costume and character and acting out the parts in real life becomes increasingly fun on a sliding scale as more people get more actively and massively involved. MMPORGs and government-written / media-delivered ARGs streaming to you in real-time via HD satellite.

Want to know how people lived back the last time this all went on? Listen to their music. They saved their emotions, the inner reactions and responses which protected them, which enabled them to get through the worst of all they experienced. Learn to save what you need, replace when necessary and get rid of the rest. Not much else will be up to you when the time comes. My philosophy is get ahead of the curve, turn and urge everyone else on…