Unemployment Blues

This economy sucks!! Now I will be the first to admit that I have not been trying as hard as I possibly can, but I think if I tried any harder I would literally go insane. I am already getting extremely distressed at the amount of non replies and rejections I have faced, how many more can I take. This makes me start to think seriously again about just taking off. It would have to be on foot of course since I don't have the money for a car. I think about leaving with a backpack tent and sleeping bag. I would try at first to make it to Redding I think. I have some family there that would probably be enthused about the journey and happy to see me. From there I could continue north into Oregon to visit more family. After that I guess I would head east and see where life took me.....

In reality though, I will probably just bide my time day after day until something positive happens. I got the blues!

Start An American Revolution

[It is late (technically early) so I am just putting this up as a "place holder". Will expand to and actual post in a day or two.]

... Alright, time to expand on this. I have been slowly getting more and more informed on the state of things in this great country of America. The more and more I learn the idea of this country being so great gets weaker. I know there are still many places that are far worse to live in but I must say I think the USA is on decline and it needs to be stopped. We as citizens are sacrificing our rights and often times we don't even realize it.

Now I want to say that I don't endorse a militant revolution although I am sure the government would push it to that if we ever stood up collectively and proclaimed we will no longer bend over for them. The problem is that the government is no longer of the people or for the people. They are puppets of the special interest groups which are nothing but the large corporations. I am still learning what I can do on an individual level but ultimately it revolution needs to occur on a collective level.

What I am trying to do personally is actually an act of not doing something. I am trying to not support the large corporations that are destroying our rights and the world we live in. Most recently I have been looking into our food. Our food is controlled by an elite select few companies that are only concerned with the bottom line and not our health. As a result we are seeing more and more cases of terminal diseases and birth defects. Even such commodities as water are being privatized and regulated. We are becoming slaves to the elite and we don't even realize it.

People need to wake up and begin to make a change. This is something that can only be done by the masses, but it starts with personal choices. Start buying produce that is grown locally. Don't support the fast food chains who are putting thousands of farmers out of business simply because they care more about healthy food rather than mass produced food. Don't vote for politicians without researching what they are about and where their money comes from, many of them are in bed with the large corporations. Get out in the world and let your voice be heard, we will not stand for this corruption any longer.

Be Good For Goodness Sake

What ever happened to this? No one is ever good just for the sake of being good anymore. Everyone is always looking to work an angle of their own. I personally believe altruistic behavior is possible but becoming exponentially more rare. What if everyone in the world quit worrying about themselves and simply cared for others around them? All of your needs would still be met, only by a neighbor or a friend and at no cost to yourself. In turn you could help out your neighbor and friends so they would not have to worry about themselves. I know this is a somewhat unrealistic concept but why not strive for the unrealistic? I think it would give everyone a great deal of joy and satisfaction if they were to embrace even a fraction of this concept once again. It's not just for the sake of Santa, be good for goodness sake.

Casey, Eliminate My Debt

So I deleted my Facebook and therefor don't get my daily dose of Casey shenanigans. In lieu of that I figured I could bring some of the shenanigans here to my blog.

Anyway, Casey is now working on mortgage elimination and "strawman" stuff, which in theory will give him the power to cancel mortgages just like that. I don't fully understand the concept but it has to do with the bank not being able to validate the loan, and that the loan was never there in the first place. Something about your "John Hancock" having the magical power of creating money from thin air. Casey seems very convinced that this is all well and good, but I obviously have my reservations. What I will say though is this; If this ever actually works out, I will be buying a house tomorrow and never paying a dime for it.... wait, when you put it that way it sounds a bit dishonest and greedy, it's all good right Casey?

False Sympathy Strengthens Delusions

There is a point when being nice is actually only hurting the person. Sure we want to be a good friend and a cordial person to all but at what cost? When a friend or another comes to you and has a complaint that is not justified why should we sympathize with them? Sure you may be able to strengthen your relationship with that person but would it not be strengthened under false pretenses? Furthermore you are strengthening the individuals belief that they are justified in their position. So the next time someone rightfully takes a parking spot they were going to try and occupy they are strengthened in their belief that the spot should belong to them instead, all because you agreed with them the last time a similar situation ensued. To quote a phrase from my generation "keep it real". It may be a little harder to do at the time but in the long run it would be far more beneficial to everyone involved.

Strawberry Surprise

So it is about the time of year to get the garden in the ground. I had been noticing periodically through the winter that my strawberry's had not died off completely, but they were looking fairly sad. So when I went out this morning to begin some prep work on my space I was surprised to see that they were coming back to life quite vibrantly. After some weeding I discovered that they have actually transplanted themselves even further than I had last seen. Then came the real shocker... They are already flowering! I haven't even done any work yet and my garden is already growing! So I guess I know one crop that will be in my garden, now to decide what else to grow.

The World Is So Impersonal

It seems somewhat contradictory to write a blog about this subject but I am going to anyway. This is something that has been getting kicked around inside my head for a while. The world and the way our social mediums are developing are creating a less and less personal experience. You see it everywhere. With the obvious advocates like Facebook and Myspace, but it started even before then with e-mail and even the telephone. There was a time where you would have to go and see a person face to face, or in the very least pen a note in order to pass along any correspondence. I believe that required not only more time but more thought. Heavens knows there was no spam mail to worry about back in those days, who had the energy? In this modern day with the internet and the anonymity it provides people are careless and quite frankly reckless in their social communication. The real problems arise when people translate this from the interwebs to the "real world". I think it would do this world a lot of good to slow down and think before typing. Rather than talk on the phone or via e-mail with someone why not go and visit them? It is so much more rewarding to speak face to face with someone, rousing so much more emotion, than to sit and stare at a computer screen. As with most of my topics this is something I feel like I need to personally work on and I hope to do just that, will you?

Hemp Jewelry

I have found a new hobby to help fight back the boredom demons. I was looking for fun and easy ways to make a few extra bucks. One of the things I found was the production of jewelry. Then the other day a friend of mine told me about an encounter with a young lady downtown that walked around peddling hemp jewelry. While I will most certainly not take to the streets to peddle any product, I figured this would at least be something I can do when I find myself bored and plopping down in front of the television. Plus after a little practice and some investment in more materials one day I may try to sell some of this stuff. Anyway, here is a picture of my first bracelet. I used two of the most common knots, one to get a flat pattern on either end and the other to get the twist in the middle.