As promised, here’s part deuce of an unknown number of get your culture on posts. During my flight back, I made up a list of things I wish I had known. Hopefully this will help a bit in your travels (if you happen to travel to the same places I did).
Budapest Subway Scam
While this is probably the most localized thing and won’t affect you unless you patron Budapest’s superb metro system, it was the most ‘piss me off’ thing that happened. I guess technically it’s not a scam, since the perps are a group of budapest’s finest (they’re cops).
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I remember in third grade when my art teacher taught us the color triangle and about basic colors. It was amazing ROYGBIV hotness. If everyone else’s third grade art teachers were as cool as mine, then they should at least have some capability of matching and coordinating colors. But alas, this does not seem to be the case. My eyes have taken their share of punishment from large neon purple tops with seizure inducing patterns and other horrendous color combos (you in the green shirt and red tie, it’s not Christmas in June). I’m not made of eyes you know…once I lose these I might have to get bionic eyes. Then where would it end? Next thing you know I’ll be at the Jiffy-Lube getting the oil changed on my bionic arm. 
Unless you live in the jungles and buy your wares with bugs and tugs, your credit score is very important and something you should pay attention to. Even though most of us know that credit scores affect mortgages, loans, and many other aspects of our lives, few know how it’s calculated. The most common score (there are many) used is the FICO, proprietary to the Fair Isaac Corp. So the basics: your score is from 300-850, is calculated using a proprietary formula, and will kick you ass if you fuck it up. 
Summer’s here, and the sun is hot as Jessica Alba eating Jello off of Keira Knightley’s bare swashbuckles (is that a word?). Yes, you’ll be able to show more skin and get a tan, but it also means you’re investing for some battered wrinkly leathery iguana skin once you hit your latter years. According to 
As our parents and those slightly their senior begin to retire and leave the workforce, the dynamics at the workplace will start to change. This will give our generation options and opportunities that our parents didn’t have. The main factor in this will be the great change in total workforce size and also changing perceptions of society.
There is a great article in this month’s 
These first few years out of school, we’re usually stuck with loans, credit card debt, car payments, and basic living expenses. This leaves us with not much left over for non-essentials, such as toys and expensive clothes. However, there’s no reason you can’t look good without going into debt. These tips are mostly for the guys, since I’m not an avid reader of Cosmo (we’re workin on getting that female writer).
Anyone with substantial credit card debt knows the frustration of trying to reduce a pesky balance. Monthly fees and prime interest rates can sometimes make consumers feel helpless. Luckily, along with a little spending discipline and a good strategy for reducing balances, introductory rates can make becoming debt free within your reach.
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