enlightenment is a funny thing. You can go years without knowing something and suddenly it's everywhere. Or as Lewis Black puts it, One day your neighbor says "there's a bear shittin' everywhere!" And you're like "that's ridiculous!" but the next day, the bear's following you around. 'Cause that's how things work.
So, I actually sold something yesterday, I might even get $20 out of it after i pay for my expenses. Woohoo! The multitude of choices, how will I ever decide to spend that $20?
Well, I could always save it, I know that I will need money for books at school, and gas and many other things. Then again, maybe going out and getting one of Doug Stanhope's cd's would be good, I've been wanting it for a while. Maybe I could donate it to charity and feel better about myself, no wait, That'd just make me feel depressed, mostly because I'm so close to being one of the poor homeless people that I'd be giving the money to. It really bothers me to see people walk by santa ringing the bell at Christmas or any of the Kiwanis or Lions Club members who are trying to raise money for their cause. Especially those people that pull up in a porsche, park in the closest spot to the building, maybe even in the handicapped spot since they can easily pay the fine, and then cruise right on by like the charity worker donating their own time doesn't even exist. Their shit doesn't stink and their pockets are lined with gold, but they don't have the decency to toss in a nickel. Some people just piss me off. There are others as well, people that have stuff I don't mostly. Not because they have it, but because they flaunt it. I know in my heart that one day I will have more money than I'll realistically need to live on, and that I too will probably buy a nice car a big house and try to show up the neighbors. Maybe it's just more the people who are my age who didn't go to school, and just work all the time that bug me. They have to show you every purchase they make simply because they can buy pointless cool crap, but anytime you bring up the part about them not getting an education, that doesn't seem to matter because of the robot that they bought to think for them. Another thing that makes me stop and wonder is my older sister, now there are quite a few things that bug me as far as this topic goes. But first of all, she didn't graduate from high school, she needed to pass, i think, 3 of her classes her senior year and she dropped out in march. TWO months before graduation, simply because she didn't want to live by my parents rules anymore. Now more on her brilliance, I recently, as you know, took a job as a detailer at a local car dealership. The job was crap and I didn't even make $7/hour. However, it was 40 hours per week and I got insurance out of it. Not to mention I had a guaranteed paycheck every two weeks. My sister, upon hearing the news of my job, informed me that she never would have taken a job like that, because she makes so much more money bartending. This could be true, if she actually worked. However, she works 1 or 2 days per week and makes at most $100 maybe $200 on a really really good night. She has no insurance, and she can't save any money. I on the other hand, making crap, had insurance, make my car payments, payed my school deposits, and saved nearly $2000. But clearly I shouldn't have taken that job. I must be an idiot.
Edit: I have no idea where this post was actually going, but now that I have time to finish it i'm not going to. Have a nice summer!
So, I actually sold something yesterday, I might even get $20 out of it after i pay for my expenses. Woohoo! The multitude of choices, how will I ever decide to spend that $20?
Well, I could always save it, I know that I will need money for books at school, and gas and many other things. Then again, maybe going out and getting one of Doug Stanhope's cd's would be good, I've been wanting it for a while. Maybe I could donate it to charity and feel better about myself, no wait, That'd just make me feel depressed, mostly because I'm so close to being one of the poor homeless people that I'd be giving the money to. It really bothers me to see people walk by santa ringing the bell at Christmas or any of the Kiwanis or Lions Club members who are trying to raise money for their cause. Especially those people that pull up in a porsche, park in the closest spot to the building, maybe even in the handicapped spot since they can easily pay the fine, and then cruise right on by like the charity worker donating their own time doesn't even exist. Their shit doesn't stink and their pockets are lined with gold, but they don't have the decency to toss in a nickel. Some people just piss me off. There are others as well, people that have stuff I don't mostly. Not because they have it, but because they flaunt it. I know in my heart that one day I will have more money than I'll realistically need to live on, and that I too will probably buy a nice car a big house and try to show up the neighbors. Maybe it's just more the people who are my age who didn't go to school, and just work all the time that bug me. They have to show you every purchase they make simply because they can buy pointless cool crap, but anytime you bring up the part about them not getting an education, that doesn't seem to matter because of the robot that they bought to think for them. Another thing that makes me stop and wonder is my older sister, now there are quite a few things that bug me as far as this topic goes. But first of all, she didn't graduate from high school, she needed to pass, i think, 3 of her classes her senior year and she dropped out in march. TWO months before graduation, simply because she didn't want to live by my parents rules anymore. Now more on her brilliance, I recently, as you know, took a job as a detailer at a local car dealership. The job was crap and I didn't even make $7/hour. However, it was 40 hours per week and I got insurance out of it. Not to mention I had a guaranteed paycheck every two weeks. My sister, upon hearing the news of my job, informed me that she never would have taken a job like that, because she makes so much more money bartending. This could be true, if she actually worked. However, she works 1 or 2 days per week and makes at most $100 maybe $200 on a really really good night. She has no insurance, and she can't save any money. I on the other hand, making crap, had insurance, make my car payments, payed my school deposits, and saved nearly $2000. But clearly I shouldn't have taken that job. I must be an idiot.
Edit: I have no idea where this post was actually going, but now that I have time to finish it i'm not going to. Have a nice summer!
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