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Another Day At The Races

I talked with a couple of the students and the instructor in my Data Communications class about IT employment in general. One student who's been looking for a job for eight months, said that a company offered $27,000 a year for her services. This may have been a good figure for a kid fresh out of high school, but it's an insult to someone with years of experience in their chosen professional field--any field. She had more than eight years experience in IT.

What worries me is that companies will adopt this as a standard even after the economy begins to turn around (if the economy ever turns around). Profits drive any business--the more profit the better.

Another example, mentioned by the instructor, of 'wages decreasing' is Circuit City in our area. They fired all their experienced sales staff and replaced them with rookies for half the wage.

I've never been a 'money whore,' but if wages drop and the price of housing, goods, etc. don't follow suit, what happens? To me it's obvious. Sales drop, people are laid off and the downward economic trend continues.

It's a delicate balance, isn't it?

Ahhhhhh, Blogger

I found out on w.bloggar that the reason the app doesn't work is because Blogger is moving content to the new Dano servers. They've been doing this for a week, now. Most responses to the problems on the forums were along the lines of, "At least it's free." But, the situation does not instill confidence in me to purchase a paid, Blogger Pro account. The problems have been happening for more than a month with no end in sight, and I really liked using w.bloggar to post blog comments. It's simple and efficient, two features that usually sell me on a product.

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CUT! - Self Working Card Trick

Again?

I'm being "checked up on" again. Online stalked. Do you know I can see you? Do you? That I'm not quite that terribly stupid?

Now run along, I can assure you there's nothing here that will be of interest. Certainly not since I know you're looking for something. Simply being aware of your presence influences what comes out here; I can manipulate the information you receieve. That makes said information kind of useless to you, now doesn't it?

So piss off.

Love, Lust & Marriage

LOVE - When your eyes meet across a crowded room.
LUST- when your tongues meet across a crowded room.
MARRIAGE - When you try to lose your spouse in a crowded room.

LOVE - When intercourse is called "making love."
LUST - When intercourse is called "screwing."
MARRIAGE - When intercourse is a town in Pennsylvania. There really is one.

LOVE - When you argue over how many children to have.
LUST - When you argue over who gets the wet spot?
MARRIAGE - When you argue over whose idea it was to have kids.

LOVE - When you share everything you own.
LUST - When you steal everything they own.
MARRIAGE - When the bank owns everything.

LOVE - When it doesn't matter if you don't climax.
LUST - When the relationship is over if you don't climax.
MARRIAGE - When . . . uh . . . what's a climax?

LOVE - When you phone each other just to say, "Hi."
LUST - When you phone each other to pick a hotel room.
MARRIAGE - When you phone each other to ***** about work.

LOVE - When you write poems about your partner.
LUST - When all you write is your phone number.
MARRIAGE - When all you write is checks.

LOVE - When your only concern is for your partner's feelings.
LUST - When your only concern is to find a room with mirrors all-round.
MARRIAGE - When you're only concern is what's on T.V.

LOVE - When you are proud to be seen in public with your partner.
LUST - When you only see each other naked.
MARRIAGE - When you never see each other awake.

LOVE - When your heart flutters every time you see them.
LUST - When your groin twitches every time you see them.
MARRIAGE - When your wallet empties every time you see them.

LOVE - When all the songs on the radio describe exactly how you feel.
LUST - When the song on the radio determines how you do it.
MARRIAGE - When you listen to talk radio.

LOVE - When breaking up is something you try not to think about.
LUST - When staying together is something you try not to think about.
MARRIAGE - When just getting through the day is your only thought.

LOVE - When you're only interested in doing things with your partner.
LUST - When you're only interested in doing things TO your partner.
MARRIAGE - When you're only interested in your golf score.

LOVE - When a rainy day means more time to stay inside and talk.
LUST - When a rainy day means more time to stay inside and have sex.
MARRIAGE - When a rainy day means it's time to clean the basement.

LOVE - You only leave the house to buy coffee and doughnuts.
LUST - You only leave the house to buy condoms and Vaseline.
MARRIAGE - You only leave the house when you're allowed

now i am 18, and will be 19 soon

This year has gone pretty quickly, I was just 18 last year on dec 31 but now i am going to be 19 on the same date (last day of the year), ahh i couldn't wait like 12 more hours otherwise i would be a new year baby :(. well as the year began my time was consumed by these things its not all that but its was a pretty busy year for me.

1. half life 2
2. metalgear solid snake eater
3. halo 2
4. fullmetal alchemist
5. need for speed underground 2
6. bit torrent
7. IRC
8. Cell phone
9. computer
10. trigun

Grr...this bugs me sometimes. I was blog-browsing tonight, as I do every time I'm bored as sin, and stumbled across some similar themes. Some were strangers, some were people I know from some aspect of my life.

The theme is: self-identity. It blows my mind how many people still sound like 14 year olds at this stage of their lives. Looking everywhere they possibly can for something to make them feel better about themselves, a song in most cases. Something that usually says "you're different, that makes you better than all those other sheep". Upon finding this song they get self-righteous because they are different and the rest of us are all one of the crowd. And of course, in an hour or so the song wears off and they go back into their depressive slumps.

We are all sheep. Granted, every single one of us is unique...but do you know how few categories you would need to encompass every individual person? We all fit into some kind group. The fun example is the group of hardcore goths who must dress the same and listen to the same obscure music to prove their uniqueness...but again, it's not just the goths, that's just my example, probably because it's the most well-known. "Insecure and constantly in search of self-identity in realms outside of the self" could be a category for the people that inspired this post.

Not to put myself above this. I try to seperate myself from the materialistic and superficial world as much as possible, but hey, I'm not the only one. Throw me into that category. "Seperation from modern life for inner peace". Am I the only one in this category? Not by a long shot. My individual experiences and the resulting thoughts and actions make me unique, but only unique within a group. We are all in groups.

So you know what? Quit trying to make an identity for yourself that is completely seperate from the world. It's not possible, and if it was, you'd live and die alone. And if you think you've done it, good for you, now get the fuck off your high horse and step into reality. You're no better than the rest of the flock, time to accept that.

***Note to the flock - I used to belong to that group: "Insecure and constantly in search of self-identity in realms outside of the self". So you could say I'm speaking from experience here. I grew out of it a long time ago. What bothers me is the huge number of people, of my peers, who have not. Not the 14 year olds, that's what being 14 is about. It's the 20 - 25 year olds who seem to be caught in the identity vaccuum of modern society. I give a certain degree of sympathy to people; the kind of sympathy I would give to an addicted smoker who was surrounded by smokers their entire life and seemed pre-destined to become one. But hey, ultimately it's within everyone's own power what they do with themselves. I could see the limitations to my peace of mind and identity, and I could overcome them. I'm no more special than the next person, so there's nothing stopping those others still stuck there except themselves.

To me it all came down to happiness. It's all I want from life, and I think a lot of people could honestly say the same thing. It's just a matter with dealing with those things that make you unhappy. One by one. It often means confronting personal demons and physical discomforts that you'd just rather avoid, but aversion solves nothing. Temporary pain for long-term gain. Rather than finding the song that gives you an hour of identity, why not find out just why you think you need to find something to identify yourself? It's not like you need to justify who you are to anyone. If you feel you do, then why? Figure out why you think you need to do that, and work your way up.

Life is growth. When we stop growing we stagnate and die. This applies to everything in life, but in my opinion, it applies most importantly to the growth of the self. I feel I've overcome my own boundaries and have begun this "journey" of growth. It's a journey with no end, as one can never be finished with it. We grow forever, until we actually die.

Anyway, enough of the preachy stuff for tonight. That turned out to be a lot longer than I wanted it to be; I was mostly just frustrated by seeing people I know act like kids again, and then imply that they were so much better than the rest of us slobs because they found a song and, by god, that song was written specifically for them. By the by, if you're reading this, it wasn't you I would be refering to, so rest easy.

We Get Our Fourth Leg

After looking through thousands of applicants, I've found one with a writing style that isn't half bad. Apacaslash has applied and won the position as the latest Bassguy Dot TK author. As I write this post, he is being sent an invitation to join the crew. To give you a little taste of what you'll be getting, I'll post the test paragraph that won him the spot:

I wonder what people see when the think about college life. They probably see a [sic] large classroom with a old boring professor who lectures for over an hour, puts half the class to sleep and then as class is leaving issues a very large homework assignment due the next time class meets. However true that may be college life is much different than I previously imagined. Instead of the old boring teachers, you have the younger more interesting instructors that actually learn your name. The class size is quite different, instead of a two, three, or four hundred student class I have a class that has about thirty, which helps the instructors learn our names. Instead of a four year stay, I get two and a half year sentence. This comes with a price however, no summer vacation, no long breaks, only periodic week or two breaks gives us a chance to rest our minds from getting too burned out.

Some of you were interested, but I never received a test paragraph from you. So if you didn't send me a test paragraph, I didn't choose you because of that reason, not because of your writing style. If you are still interested in joining the BDTK crew, just E-mail me a test paragraph and your E-mail address.

I'm blogging way too many hours a day, reading other blogs, updating links, finding interesting stuff, just not writing. So, revised, I must write my doings or thoughts, only change a few gismo a day, one extra-curricular (non-friend) blog. We'll see how it works out.