Wow, three blog post in one week. I’m just saying, normally I try to spend some time out in the field doing some participant observation in order to get something to write about, but to be honest I can stay in and just read the paper and see that the world is fucked seven ways from Sunday, and I don’t think any sane person can disagree with me.
You know I was reading an article that someone wrote about the inherent differences between Stallworths DUI murder and Michael Vicks Ultimate Dog fighting league. The technicalities come out like thieves in the night when you get lawyers talking about the differences in the two cases.
Here is one excerpt:
“"It's hard to compare apples and oranges," …"You're dealing with two different systems. You're dealing with a federal system in Vick's case; you're dealing with the state system in Florida."
Can I go on record and say that in Florida a DUI is a second degree felony with most people getting at least 10 years for every death. And we all know that federal cases are a much better route to run than state ones
NOT!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously Michael Vick’s case was a federal court and he still got more time that what normal people get for a DUI in state court.
Sure, I will go so far as to say that with money comes privilege, but to have such a blatant show of the power of the dollar still astonishes me. He killed a man and cut a deal that keeps him out of jail and the family suing him in civil court…for an undisclosed amount of money. The best part of the whole charade is that the media keeps harping on the fact that his 15 year old daughter wanted the whole thing to be over with.
So far, we got one man with a death of a human and he gets 30 days in jail and an undisclosed paycheck
Ok, so what’s next
A woman in Minnesota is being forced to pay out 1.9 million for downloading music? Seriously the RIAA is still upset about people being able to try before you by music. First off, there is no good music going around right now, so how can stealing garbage be a crime. Second, the average person may make a million dollars over their lifetime so I have no idea where the beast is going to get the other 900k, and third, this is the best part
The stupid songs are only 99 cent on Itunes in the first place.
Then we got PETA.
You know, I am ok with people doing whatever they want, as long as they do it with sincerity and consistency. What I don’t get is PETA crawling up the President’s ass over swatting a fly and chuckling about how awesome it was to be able to do that. Seriously, the president is answering questions about N. Korea and the cache(supposed)of chemical weapons, our struggling economy, the Asian chicks in N.Korea jail, and who knows what, and PETA finds it necessary to complain about that? I went to PETA’s website and I noticed that there was jack about the cat killings in Florida on their message boards, and I even checked the first five pages. No, I didn’t look until I found one, because this story is so new it really should jump at you.
Instead there is link to a Michael Vick article about how they don’t think he is truly remorseful for what he did, and that he is in fact the scum of the earth blah blah blah
Meanwhile the guy who actually killed a human being is going to be speaking to kids about how sorry he is for what he did.
Does anyone else see something wrong here.
Sources
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/200407-donte-stallworth-vs-mike-vick-its-better-to-kill-people-than-dogs
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31422688/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001
http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Like-most-criminals-Michael-Vick-is-only-sorry-he-got-caught
http://www.peta.org/index.asp
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Frontline Vol 7: I Can't Call it
I like to think that I am above the craziness off the world we live in…just like everyone else in the world. So if I think I can’t be effected by the world around us, then I am sure we all think the same thing, which means we are all wrong as fuck.
Plain and simple, folks are still seriously trapped in the matrix and anyone willing to proclaim that the emperor has no clothes is locked away in the deepest darkest dungeon with the key lost like a prom dates virginity…a year ago.
I have two things to exhibit the first is a story that I found on CNN about a kid who has been arrested for killing cats in the Miami-Dade county area.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/florida.cat.killer.arrest/index.html
Now, before anyone here jumps the gun, I don’t support the reckless killing of any animal (ask me about hunting when you get a chance). But I hardly think calling this guy a “serial killer” is hardly appropriate. To call this kid a serial killer puts him in a category with the likes of John Gacy, Jim Jones, Ted Bundy, and the multitude of lesser known serial killers.
I seriously doubt that the killing of kittens qualifies him for such a title or punishment by our justice system
“He could face a maximum of 158 years in state prison if convicted on all counts, said Terry Shavez, spokeswoman for the state attorney's”
Really?
Did I seriously read this correctly? Hell O.J. didn’t even get that much and they had to wait to catch him fuck’in up before they were able to get him for the murders that he was aquitted for.
158 years!!!!
Brian Nichols Showed the world that he will go to jail when he damn well pleases and killed 5 people on the way to his surrender and he just got life
158 years
Michael Vick was actually fighting dogs for profit and he is already out and regardless of what anyone says all he has to do is perform as if it never happened and he will be forgiven
Don’t believe me, I got two words for you: Kobe Bryant
He went from being guilty of rape to being guilty of getting caught cheating on his wife
158 years!!!!!!
Now in another area of Miami this is going on
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.nfl.player.plea/index.html
So let me make sure I got this right. This guy was drunk and hit someone with his car and killed him. And he was able to plea down 15 years to 30 days in jail, revoked drivers license for life, 2,500 dollars to MADD(mothers against drunk driving), eight years probation, and an undisclosed settlement to the family of the victim.
If I am reading these articles correctly a man has lost his life and his family has lost a brother, husband, and father, and some family’s have lost their pets and while traumatized by the loss they still are able to go and get another animal eventually. Then again, the humans were actually able to put a price on their loss.
Honestly, if the science is correct, then they caught this kid before it was too late, before he went and actually took a human life. There is still hope for him, somewhere in this bizarre world there is a help group and medicine cocktail that will keep all unsuspecting kittens and possibly people from being under this kids knife. The other guy is going to be able to tell other people about how this mistake has affected his ability to drive a car for the rest of his life, and how he is inconvenienced with additional drug testing for the next dozen or so years.
Go figure
Plain and simple, folks are still seriously trapped in the matrix and anyone willing to proclaim that the emperor has no clothes is locked away in the deepest darkest dungeon with the key lost like a prom dates virginity…a year ago.
I have two things to exhibit the first is a story that I found on CNN about a kid who has been arrested for killing cats in the Miami-Dade county area.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/florida.cat.killer.arrest/index.html
Now, before anyone here jumps the gun, I don’t support the reckless killing of any animal (ask me about hunting when you get a chance). But I hardly think calling this guy a “serial killer” is hardly appropriate. To call this kid a serial killer puts him in a category with the likes of John Gacy, Jim Jones, Ted Bundy, and the multitude of lesser known serial killers.
I seriously doubt that the killing of kittens qualifies him for such a title or punishment by our justice system
“He could face a maximum of 158 years in state prison if convicted on all counts, said Terry Shavez, spokeswoman for the state attorney's”
Really?
Did I seriously read this correctly? Hell O.J. didn’t even get that much and they had to wait to catch him fuck’in up before they were able to get him for the murders that he was aquitted for.
158 years!!!!
Brian Nichols Showed the world that he will go to jail when he damn well pleases and killed 5 people on the way to his surrender and he just got life
158 years
Michael Vick was actually fighting dogs for profit and he is already out and regardless of what anyone says all he has to do is perform as if it never happened and he will be forgiven
Don’t believe me, I got two words for you: Kobe Bryant
He went from being guilty of rape to being guilty of getting caught cheating on his wife
158 years!!!!!!
Now in another area of Miami this is going on
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.nfl.player.plea/index.html
So let me make sure I got this right. This guy was drunk and hit someone with his car and killed him. And he was able to plea down 15 years to 30 days in jail, revoked drivers license for life, 2,500 dollars to MADD(mothers against drunk driving), eight years probation, and an undisclosed settlement to the family of the victim.
If I am reading these articles correctly a man has lost his life and his family has lost a brother, husband, and father, and some family’s have lost their pets and while traumatized by the loss they still are able to go and get another animal eventually. Then again, the humans were actually able to put a price on their loss.
Honestly, if the science is correct, then they caught this kid before it was too late, before he went and actually took a human life. There is still hope for him, somewhere in this bizarre world there is a help group and medicine cocktail that will keep all unsuspecting kittens and possibly people from being under this kids knife. The other guy is going to be able to tell other people about how this mistake has affected his ability to drive a car for the rest of his life, and how he is inconvenienced with additional drug testing for the next dozen or so years.
Go figure
Frontline Vol 6: BACK IN THE WORK FORCE
So six or seven months back from Korea and I finally found myself a job. There is a saying that has been around for years or so that goes, “Desperate times call for desperate measures” and they are right, but I think that sometimes people lose sight of what that really means. My family, whom I love with all my heart honestly would have been content for me to work at a fast food restaurant. Under the guise of the above mentioned ideal.
Seriously, WTF
This is what I know:
I am smart, ambitious, industrious, and patient. I have a wealth of experience in real world and academia and I have a real world understanding of myself worth.
What all that means is that there are just some jobs I am not going to do because on the hiring end I would be considered “Over qualified” and on my end I would consider myself “above” it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my peoples working at such culinary nexuses such as Burger King, McDonalds’, and Wendy’s, and I support them by purchasing items off the 99 cent menu whenever possible.
But I am not going to work for you.
I think that even in this economic downturn a person should choose wisely the odd job they take. Unless you have a plan, you can probably see yourself working at a job of your own choosing for at least 2-3 years before you decide to move on to something else. So I would suggest that you find something that you would not resent showing up to work to. After all, if you cannot come to work with the plan to do the best job possible, then you should find a job that you do.
Let me switch gears, now I know what I said about not working for food service, but sometimes life makes you a hypocrite and I recognize that as well as anyone. I almost went back to Airtran. Now, I left that company to seek my fortune elsewhere, I left people that I know were happy to see me leave, people that were sad to see me go, and people that were envious of my ability to get up and leave the country. Oh, there are also the people that could have given two shits.
But if I went back to that place, what would have been the point of leaving in the first place? So even in the face of personal financial disaster, you have to push forward. I can’t work any old job, and I know there are hundreds upon thousands of people that feel the same way about their resume’s and work history.
I say to these people, “Keep your head up”. Take a day here and there to lament to yourself your woes, have a good cry every now and again, it cleanses your soul. Hell, take a day off from the job search. But don’t give up.
Am I doing what I want to be doing? No I am not, but now I have the ability to continue looking for what I really want to do with the comfort of a paycheck, without the resentment of working a job that I believe to be “beneath” me.
Go figure, I guess you can have your cake and eat it too…eventually.
Seriously, WTF
This is what I know:
I am smart, ambitious, industrious, and patient. I have a wealth of experience in real world and academia and I have a real world understanding of myself worth.
What all that means is that there are just some jobs I am not going to do because on the hiring end I would be considered “Over qualified” and on my end I would consider myself “above” it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my peoples working at such culinary nexuses such as Burger King, McDonalds’, and Wendy’s, and I support them by purchasing items off the 99 cent menu whenever possible.
But I am not going to work for you.
I think that even in this economic downturn a person should choose wisely the odd job they take. Unless you have a plan, you can probably see yourself working at a job of your own choosing for at least 2-3 years before you decide to move on to something else. So I would suggest that you find something that you would not resent showing up to work to. After all, if you cannot come to work with the plan to do the best job possible, then you should find a job that you do.
Let me switch gears, now I know what I said about not working for food service, but sometimes life makes you a hypocrite and I recognize that as well as anyone. I almost went back to Airtran. Now, I left that company to seek my fortune elsewhere, I left people that I know were happy to see me leave, people that were sad to see me go, and people that were envious of my ability to get up and leave the country. Oh, there are also the people that could have given two shits.
But if I went back to that place, what would have been the point of leaving in the first place? So even in the face of personal financial disaster, you have to push forward. I can’t work any old job, and I know there are hundreds upon thousands of people that feel the same way about their resume’s and work history.
I say to these people, “Keep your head up”. Take a day here and there to lament to yourself your woes, have a good cry every now and again, it cleanses your soul. Hell, take a day off from the job search. But don’t give up.
Am I doing what I want to be doing? No I am not, but now I have the ability to continue looking for what I really want to do with the comfort of a paycheck, without the resentment of working a job that I believe to be “beneath” me.
Go figure, I guess you can have your cake and eat it too…eventually.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Kenneth and Korean Kulture vol 12 : Holy Reverse Culture Shock (repost from myspace)
Look at this picture and tell me what you see. Looks like a club right. Looks like your average Saturday at anywhere USA right.
WRONG
This shit is happening in Bucheon South Korea.
AND I DON'T LIKE IT.
Well that is not fair, I actually wasn't ready for it. This bar is called Rhythm and Booze and it is nothing that you would expect from a western bar in Korea…because these people got it right.
Most "western" bars in Korea have a cowboys and Indians type of theme going on and the décor is almost always wood and the beer selection is always shitty and but the thing is, these types of bars are their(Korean people's)interpretation of the American bar scene while at the same time keeping it as close to the Korean social dynamic as possible. This place on the other hand had everything that a person that just got to Korea or a person that has never been to the U.S. would need for a jolt of American culture straight in your face!
Over crowded
Hot
Overpriced drinks
And for what is certainly going to be the hardest thing for me to get over when I get back to the states, which is the first thing I was surprised about when I got here. This place had a line to get a fucking drink.
Really, that shit got on my nerves for real. Call me spoiled, but the places that I frequent here have buttons on the table. You press the button and the server comes over and takes your drink order and brings it to you. Real fast too! I have actually been in bars where it is crowded and when I press the button I still get my drink really fast.
Needless to say, there were no buttons on the tables, but you had everything else. A shitty cover band, people smoking all over the place, old creepy dudes looking at the hot Asian girls, young creepy dudes, looking at the hot Asian girls.
And it was fucking loud.
When I saw what this place was I realized that I wasn't ready for this. And when I get back home there are prolly going to be a lot of things that are going to hit me all of a sudden and I am not going to be ready for. I think I am going to need like a halfway house or something.
Now when I go to places like Itawon or Hongdae, I expect this kind of atmosphere, I expect to see a bunch of drunk foreigners acting rowdy. Honestly I think places like that are strictly designed for that kind of behavior. Seriously, Itawon was buit for Waygookins and that is why it has such a bad rap for fighting, crime, and prostitution(well crime in the Korean sense of the word) Now bringing that kind of party to other places in Korea require some work and some effort, and paying off the right cops.
No really, cops are sooooooooo fucking dirty over here, but that isn't the point.
Actually what makes hongdae and Itawon different and ok is the amount of Koreans present at the clubs. This one had non Koreans, only the Gyppo's(Koreans that have lost their citizenship due to immigration or adoption). Not that that means anything, but you can be assured that the western club scene is not what the normative Korean would consider fun. I think that as more Koreans meet other waygookins clubs like this will become more popular. Where else will the korean people learn to do things like the "Stanky Leg" and what not
I don't think I am going back there…well maybe….I dunno.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Frontline Vol. 5: Let me put you up on some game.
Now most blogs I write are about my observations not advice. Mainly because I think people generally deserved to be laughed at as often as possible. Right now, I am feeling all sorts of generous inside and I am going to give some good advice on shit that comes up on my radar on the regular.
Bar Fighting
While bouncing, I had my fair share of “work related incidents” and I believe have a sure fire way of serving up beat downs with little repercussions from the boys in black. Now, keep in mind this advice is not about how to avoid but how to succeed in fighting in the club without getting sprayed with mace or beat up yourself.
1. Tell the bouncer about the guy you are going to hit
Now this on the surface only looks like a bitch move. What this does is create the image of you not wanting to cause trouble because you told the bouncer. Now the bouncer will almost immediately go and approach the individual and make some small talk in a non accusatory tone and non-verbally establish the fact that he is in fact watching you.
2. Get in the above mentioned face.
See, now this move is important because you have already established that you have a problem and the bouncer has all ready non-verbally said he is watching the guy you plan on hitting. You all will be separated and threatened with being thrown out if you keep up with the bull shit. Now this is where you back up, cause after all you want to maintain the rapport, that you have cultivated with the security.
3. HIT THAT MUTHAFUCKA!!!!!!!
Seriously, if you wait five minutes or twenty-five, the bouncers have been watching the whole time and they all will wait for the shit to go down instead of stopping it before, so you seriously have at least fifteen to twenty seconds and if you need more than that for a club fight, I suggest you stop reading right now.
4. Stop when they show up
This is where people fuck up royally. You are not going to win against the bouncers, and you will lose any good standing you had with them. So the best bet is to stop. Lets be honest, if you follow this to the letter the guy you hit will not have a chance to hit you back. Now, feel free to yell shit like “I TOLD HIS ASS” and “I TOLD YALL WHAT I WAS GON DO” etc.
5. Leave Immediately
Cops that are not in the parking lot will take at least ten to fifteen minutes to arrive, so if you are gone before then guess who is not going to jail. Also, if you are in fact leaving, then they are not going to touch you. Matter of fact, you can continue to talk shit, buy saying stuff like “DON’T FUCKIN TOUCH ME” and “DON’T PUT YOUR DAMN HANDS ON ME” because in the end, you are merely attempting to leave under your own authority.
Seriously, you didn’t think you were going to stay? You only get to stay when you are friends with the bouncer previous to them being bouncers.
Seriously, follow this to the letter and unless you have no hand craft whatsoever, you will be an unstoppable force in the bar fighting scene without the reputation for being a trouble maker.
FACT
Moving on, lets say for some strange reason the above written guide did not work for you and you are in fact being beaten or dragged by bouncers you need something to fall back onto to make sure that you take as little punishment as possible.
1. Yell out loud that you are bleeding
See there is a distinct difference between having blood get on you and knowing that a person is bleeding. Most bouncers deal with the scum of the nightclub/bar scene on a daily basis and believe that most of them are hotbeds of communicable diseases, and they are probably right.
2. While they are all grabbing you, say you have an STD
From a young age we are all taught that cooties are bad. Well that is still the case, and herpes is easily the worse set of cooties that two circles and two dots can’t protect you from. So if you are in a fight with security, just utter these words, and watch them back right off.
Those are pretty much your best options for receiving the least amount of punches to the dome. Most people make the mistake of saying other things like “Do you know who my dad is” and “I am going to call the cops” and all sorts of stuff that is really doesn’t mean shit.
So there you have it, the best most efficient way to cause trouble and not have to suffer the consequences.
*about the author
Kenneth “KenNitro” Graham has worked in security for longer than he wants to remember and has vivid memories of being paid late and not enough mostly. Sure you get to get in the parties free, but so what! Either way, I have seen stuff that was stupid and some that was just awesome, as it relates to people trying to punch other people. Do this at your own risk. If it works, I won’t be surprised, if it doesn’t, it is prolly because you are a dumbass!
deuces
Bar Fighting
While bouncing, I had my fair share of “work related incidents” and I believe have a sure fire way of serving up beat downs with little repercussions from the boys in black. Now, keep in mind this advice is not about how to avoid but how to succeed in fighting in the club without getting sprayed with mace or beat up yourself.
1. Tell the bouncer about the guy you are going to hit
Now this on the surface only looks like a bitch move. What this does is create the image of you not wanting to cause trouble because you told the bouncer. Now the bouncer will almost immediately go and approach the individual and make some small talk in a non accusatory tone and non-verbally establish the fact that he is in fact watching you.
2. Get in the above mentioned face.
See, now this move is important because you have already established that you have a problem and the bouncer has all ready non-verbally said he is watching the guy you plan on hitting. You all will be separated and threatened with being thrown out if you keep up with the bull shit. Now this is where you back up, cause after all you want to maintain the rapport, that you have cultivated with the security.
3. HIT THAT MUTHAFUCKA!!!!!!!
Seriously, if you wait five minutes or twenty-five, the bouncers have been watching the whole time and they all will wait for the shit to go down instead of stopping it before, so you seriously have at least fifteen to twenty seconds and if you need more than that for a club fight, I suggest you stop reading right now.
4. Stop when they show up
This is where people fuck up royally. You are not going to win against the bouncers, and you will lose any good standing you had with them. So the best bet is to stop. Lets be honest, if you follow this to the letter the guy you hit will not have a chance to hit you back. Now, feel free to yell shit like “I TOLD HIS ASS” and “I TOLD YALL WHAT I WAS GON DO” etc.
5. Leave Immediately
Cops that are not in the parking lot will take at least ten to fifteen minutes to arrive, so if you are gone before then guess who is not going to jail. Also, if you are in fact leaving, then they are not going to touch you. Matter of fact, you can continue to talk shit, buy saying stuff like “DON’T FUCKIN TOUCH ME” and “DON’T PUT YOUR DAMN HANDS ON ME” because in the end, you are merely attempting to leave under your own authority.
Seriously, you didn’t think you were going to stay? You only get to stay when you are friends with the bouncer previous to them being bouncers.
Seriously, follow this to the letter and unless you have no hand craft whatsoever, you will be an unstoppable force in the bar fighting scene without the reputation for being a trouble maker.
FACT
Moving on, lets say for some strange reason the above written guide did not work for you and you are in fact being beaten or dragged by bouncers you need something to fall back onto to make sure that you take as little punishment as possible.
1. Yell out loud that you are bleeding
See there is a distinct difference between having blood get on you and knowing that a person is bleeding. Most bouncers deal with the scum of the nightclub/bar scene on a daily basis and believe that most of them are hotbeds of communicable diseases, and they are probably right.
2. While they are all grabbing you, say you have an STD
From a young age we are all taught that cooties are bad. Well that is still the case, and herpes is easily the worse set of cooties that two circles and two dots can’t protect you from. So if you are in a fight with security, just utter these words, and watch them back right off.
Those are pretty much your best options for receiving the least amount of punches to the dome. Most people make the mistake of saying other things like “Do you know who my dad is” and “I am going to call the cops” and all sorts of stuff that is really doesn’t mean shit.
So there you have it, the best most efficient way to cause trouble and not have to suffer the consequences.
*about the author
Kenneth “KenNitro” Graham has worked in security for longer than he wants to remember and has vivid memories of being paid late and not enough mostly. Sure you get to get in the parties free, but so what! Either way, I have seen stuff that was stupid and some that was just awesome, as it relates to people trying to punch other people. Do this at your own risk. If it works, I won’t be surprised, if it doesn’t, it is prolly because you are a dumbass!
deuces
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Frontline Vol. 4 : small detour from the norm
Normally my blogs are about what I have been witness too in social situations involving the kaleidoscope of human emotions and interactions that are lubricated by drugs, booze, and the continuing quest for sex. These things by themselves provide limitless material for me to write about, but my own personal stress has been too much to even laugh at those that truly deserve it.
I have been home for about five months. In that time I have been experiencing which was my greatest fear about being back home.
Not really having anything to come home too.
Seriously, save a few personal goals that have been placed on the back burner due to some personal issues, there is little on the larger scale that keeps my person here in the U.S. For one, it is damn near impossible to get a job.
Now I personally think that because I have a degree as well as a wealth of personal and professional experience, I shouldn’t have to work for peanuts. And by peanuts I mean the rank and file, cannon fodder, grunt work that I went through to get where I am today. The crazy part is that I want to work. I have hunted for jobs everyday for the last several months and to tell you the truth it is very hard to just give up and say, “Come and get my car! Who cares about my credit card and score” Seriously, the way things are going it WON’T even matter.
You know, whenever I get in a financial rut, I tend to buy myself something. At least something that I can look at and say “Well at least I got this out of the deal”. Honestly, I am a big fan of buying gifts for myself, I think it is healthy to treat yourself to some product of your hard work and money.
I haven’t.
I haven’t because I can neither afford it nor justify it.
Wait, I am digressing.
Truth is I have spoken to staffing agency’s friends, friends of friends, every internet job board and so on, and I have come up with NADA! I have even actually spoken with people and the question is
“So when can you start”
My response is always, “Right now”
Is that the right answer? I have been told that the truth is always the best route but hell, I guess it can be downright scary. Want to know something else that is scary? The unemployment rate in Georgia is 9.3 percent in Florida it is 8.6. Alabama a whopping 7.8 and Tennessee is 9.1
Wyoming has the lowest rate(cnnmoney)with 3.2 percent.
Am I going to have to move to Wyoming? Give me a fucking break people!
Long story short, it is bad all over.
People are moving back in with family and everyone is watching the auto industry and insurance companies beg the government for money when the people themselves are starving. I watch politicians with their own agenda’s cut their noses just to spite their faces just to maintain favor in their political party. I see people; the uniformed from all sides of the political spectrum take what little info that is correct on the news and run with it as if it is the gospel itself.
Everyone looks to put the blame on someone. Everyone on Capitol Hill is looking to be in place when President Obama fails or succeeds in his endeavor to save our economy from the state that it is in. Meanwhile, Former president bush sits quietly probably ashamed at how he left things. I have always been told that you should leave things better than how you found them…
So what am I to do? I can’t stay where I am forever and hoping for the best is…well hoping for anything in life at this point is just plum dumb.
Maybe I will just become a cop, get corrupted, make a bunch of money, and move to Costa Rica?
Well…it is a thought.
I have been home for about five months. In that time I have been experiencing which was my greatest fear about being back home.
Not really having anything to come home too.
Seriously, save a few personal goals that have been placed on the back burner due to some personal issues, there is little on the larger scale that keeps my person here in the U.S. For one, it is damn near impossible to get a job.
Now I personally think that because I have a degree as well as a wealth of personal and professional experience, I shouldn’t have to work for peanuts. And by peanuts I mean the rank and file, cannon fodder, grunt work that I went through to get where I am today. The crazy part is that I want to work. I have hunted for jobs everyday for the last several months and to tell you the truth it is very hard to just give up and say, “Come and get my car! Who cares about my credit card and score” Seriously, the way things are going it WON’T even matter.
You know, whenever I get in a financial rut, I tend to buy myself something. At least something that I can look at and say “Well at least I got this out of the deal”. Honestly, I am a big fan of buying gifts for myself, I think it is healthy to treat yourself to some product of your hard work and money.
I haven’t.
I haven’t because I can neither afford it nor justify it.
Wait, I am digressing.
Truth is I have spoken to staffing agency’s friends, friends of friends, every internet job board and so on, and I have come up with NADA! I have even actually spoken with people and the question is
“So when can you start”
My response is always, “Right now”
Is that the right answer? I have been told that the truth is always the best route but hell, I guess it can be downright scary. Want to know something else that is scary? The unemployment rate in Georgia is 9.3 percent in Florida it is 8.6. Alabama a whopping 7.8 and Tennessee is 9.1
Wyoming has the lowest rate(cnnmoney)with 3.2 percent.
Am I going to have to move to Wyoming? Give me a fucking break people!
Long story short, it is bad all over.
People are moving back in with family and everyone is watching the auto industry and insurance companies beg the government for money when the people themselves are starving. I watch politicians with their own agenda’s cut their noses just to spite their faces just to maintain favor in their political party. I see people; the uniformed from all sides of the political spectrum take what little info that is correct on the news and run with it as if it is the gospel itself.
Everyone looks to put the blame on someone. Everyone on Capitol Hill is looking to be in place when President Obama fails or succeeds in his endeavor to save our economy from the state that it is in. Meanwhile, Former president bush sits quietly probably ashamed at how he left things. I have always been told that you should leave things better than how you found them…
So what am I to do? I can’t stay where I am forever and hoping for the best is…well hoping for anything in life at this point is just plum dumb.
Maybe I will just become a cop, get corrupted, make a bunch of money, and move to Costa Rica?
Well…it is a thought.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Frontline Vol 3: It is what it is, but what exactly is it
You know, I think I was on that whole, “it is what it is” bandwagon from jump, but for the most part I don’t think people know exactly what it is, before they knew what it in fact was. I think I have figured it out. Now the trick is making sure everyone around you finds out at the same time.
Last night, I think I saw a glimpse of it all.
At the bar that I frequent, there is a woman, a very beautiful woman. This lady always has a smile and a kind word and a blindingly bright set of bling on the left hand second finger from the pinky. Now, I am sure I have mentioned how fragile the male ego is, and I am almost certain I have seen her explain to people that she is married in a manner that can be more understood by watching a new mother put her child gently inside of a crib.
Of course there are the rumors, but I think it is mostly wishful thinking. I think everyone gets their eyes wide open whenever an above average female talks to you and actually listens, even if she isn’t you wouldn’t know it, but this apart of the charm and they can’t see that reality is a pothole on their road to achievement. It is, in fact a trip. I think that is almost all the time what it is, just a trip. The trip itself is that she has already chosen, and it surely will not be one of us. I get it.
Now, the only thing that is better than her entrance is truly her exit. Lawd, Lawd, you have not seen an exit. The same smile, take cares, hugs, everything that a man wants to hear from a woman that he hopes to see again in hopes that next time will be the time.
But I saw it, I saw what no one else wanted to admit, I saw what happens in asia all the time, and understanding what it is, is the key. I think this lesson that I picked up while traveling is what separates my own personal classification of women and girls and men and boys.
If you read Frontline Vol. 2, you can see and example of what it truly is not. If you haven’t read it take some time too.
Now, on this day different from any other, her husband accompanied his lady to the bar. There was no change in her swagger and her consistency in that sense only adds to her overall desirability. As usual, she surrounds herself with the elite of the establishment, but at the same time still gives a welcome arm to anyone else that may be confident enough to come and start a conversation.
So we have a kind hearted disposition to add to her otherwise awesome attributes, what are these mere mortals to do? Personally I do not know, I can’t take everything in at once, but I can reach back to similar situations that I have either participated in or even observed and I can postulate this much.
Men will always look to establish a pecking order, if they don’t do it themselves the women will do it for them, fact not fiction, seriously did you pay attention to “The Mack” So at this point the game of one ups man ship, is going to be played but this time the judge and the prize are one and the same.
Normally speaking, this game than men play to establish the rank and file involves the retelling of manly feats to include but not limited to, amounts of alcohol consumed, the number of wings ingested in a set time period, people that have been assaulted because they were unaware of what the deal was”, and the ability to lift heavy objects. Generally a good time is had by all and everyone can leave with ego’s intact.
Now when you add a woman such as the one described, it does nothing but raise the level of the game, because some how, some way you have to make your feats seem far superior to those of your contemporaries, and everyone has the chance to be a winner, but there is only going to be one. This idea that there can only be one winner undermines the structure of the game itself and chaos ensues, and by chaos I mean all men involved in the game will sink to the level of having to criticize each other and mitigate everyone’s experienced in order to gain favor.
It is the first past the post in the truest since of the word.
Where is the husband in all this? He was present right? Of course! Well he was at the far end of the table speaking with other men about topics that he wants to talk about, casually trading smiles with his wife as they make eye contact. This went on for the better part of the evening, with people moving about the chairs going and coming, from a distance it looks like people having a good time, because that is exactly what is happening.
As the evening progressed, The Mister decided that he was ready to go, as he wrapped up his conversation with the men present he casually and confidently walk to the other end of the table where his wife was tapped her on the shoulder and said, “ I’m ready” or “lets go” or some other saying that a person would use to articulate that they are ready to leave, and you know what happened?
Sweetie, cut the conversations right there, gathered her personal effects and ever so gently gave a group goodbye where everyone felt like she was talking to them a little more than everyone else on that end of the table.
And like that, the game was over.
Grown men for the WIN! See grown men don’t feel the need to have to compete against others for something that already “theirs”. See, that’s what “ it” is, before the what of course. Knowing this before the situation keeps a person so far ahead of the game that you won’t even want to play.
Last night, I think I saw a glimpse of it all.
At the bar that I frequent, there is a woman, a very beautiful woman. This lady always has a smile and a kind word and a blindingly bright set of bling on the left hand second finger from the pinky. Now, I am sure I have mentioned how fragile the male ego is, and I am almost certain I have seen her explain to people that she is married in a manner that can be more understood by watching a new mother put her child gently inside of a crib.
Of course there are the rumors, but I think it is mostly wishful thinking. I think everyone gets their eyes wide open whenever an above average female talks to you and actually listens, even if she isn’t you wouldn’t know it, but this apart of the charm and they can’t see that reality is a pothole on their road to achievement. It is, in fact a trip. I think that is almost all the time what it is, just a trip. The trip itself is that she has already chosen, and it surely will not be one of us. I get it.
Now, the only thing that is better than her entrance is truly her exit. Lawd, Lawd, you have not seen an exit. The same smile, take cares, hugs, everything that a man wants to hear from a woman that he hopes to see again in hopes that next time will be the time.
But I saw it, I saw what no one else wanted to admit, I saw what happens in asia all the time, and understanding what it is, is the key. I think this lesson that I picked up while traveling is what separates my own personal classification of women and girls and men and boys.
If you read Frontline Vol. 2, you can see and example of what it truly is not. If you haven’t read it take some time too.
Now, on this day different from any other, her husband accompanied his lady to the bar. There was no change in her swagger and her consistency in that sense only adds to her overall desirability. As usual, she surrounds herself with the elite of the establishment, but at the same time still gives a welcome arm to anyone else that may be confident enough to come and start a conversation.
So we have a kind hearted disposition to add to her otherwise awesome attributes, what are these mere mortals to do? Personally I do not know, I can’t take everything in at once, but I can reach back to similar situations that I have either participated in or even observed and I can postulate this much.
Men will always look to establish a pecking order, if they don’t do it themselves the women will do it for them, fact not fiction, seriously did you pay attention to “The Mack” So at this point the game of one ups man ship, is going to be played but this time the judge and the prize are one and the same.
Normally speaking, this game than men play to establish the rank and file involves the retelling of manly feats to include but not limited to, amounts of alcohol consumed, the number of wings ingested in a set time period, people that have been assaulted because they were unaware of what the deal was”, and the ability to lift heavy objects. Generally a good time is had by all and everyone can leave with ego’s intact.
Now when you add a woman such as the one described, it does nothing but raise the level of the game, because some how, some way you have to make your feats seem far superior to those of your contemporaries, and everyone has the chance to be a winner, but there is only going to be one. This idea that there can only be one winner undermines the structure of the game itself and chaos ensues, and by chaos I mean all men involved in the game will sink to the level of having to criticize each other and mitigate everyone’s experienced in order to gain favor.
It is the first past the post in the truest since of the word.
Where is the husband in all this? He was present right? Of course! Well he was at the far end of the table speaking with other men about topics that he wants to talk about, casually trading smiles with his wife as they make eye contact. This went on for the better part of the evening, with people moving about the chairs going and coming, from a distance it looks like people having a good time, because that is exactly what is happening.
As the evening progressed, The Mister decided that he was ready to go, as he wrapped up his conversation with the men present he casually and confidently walk to the other end of the table where his wife was tapped her on the shoulder and said, “ I’m ready” or “lets go” or some other saying that a person would use to articulate that they are ready to leave, and you know what happened?
Sweetie, cut the conversations right there, gathered her personal effects and ever so gently gave a group goodbye where everyone felt like she was talking to them a little more than everyone else on that end of the table.
And like that, the game was over.
Grown men for the WIN! See grown men don’t feel the need to have to compete against others for something that already “theirs”. See, that’s what “ it” is, before the what of course. Knowing this before the situation keeps a person so far ahead of the game that you won’t even want to play.
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