I won’t pretend to know a lot about the semantics of the American economy (as was evidenced by my C in my grad level economics course), but anyone who’s paying attention can see that the banking industry isn’t doing so well lately. One of the largest banks in the world, CitiGroup, has been laying off thousands of employees a year for multiple years now after claiming billions of dollars worth of loss in the last quarter of 2007. This is just one example. Anyone remember the scene in Mary Poppins when the kids caused a run on the bank and everyone demanded their money back because they didn’t feel like their money was safe? I’m just about ready to go demand all my tuppence.
Archive for September, 2008Over the past few years my view of relationships has drastically changed. I’ve watched some relationships end that I thought would continue forever, I watched some drag on that should’ve ended long ago, and I’ve seen some start where I never thought one would develop. Every relationship is different, as are the individuals who make them up, and it’s become a habit of mine to critique every single one that I notice. Not always in a bad way, but usually not in a good way. I used to think this was due to the fact that I’m single and have been such for quite some time, but I’m starting to come to terms with that and no longer think I’m vindictive towards others who have someone in that way; my biggest problem is that the majority of the people I see in relationships, (in my opinion) have no business spending time interacting with other human beings. I got a call this morning while I was at work and when I answered it, an automated message told me I was getting a Collect call from Arlington jail. However, because it was on my cell phone I wasn’t able to accept the charges to find out who it was that was calling me. It gave me the option to input credit card information to accept the call and I just hung up figuring it was either a scam, or the person trying to call would find another way. Sure enough, I got a call a few moments later from a bail bonds business informing me that my “friend” Eric was in jail and he had given my name and number as someone who could bail him out. The question is…would I want to? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve received phone calls/emails/text messages/smoke signals letting me know that a friend or family member is having problems with their computer. I usually don’t mind and do my best to make time to help everyone, but there are always times when I feel so overwhelmed that I will purposely dodge calls because I don’t want to answer and end up on the phone for an hour. And there are those that only call when they have a computer question, never just to talk or hang out; these are the people I avoid at all cost. Moochers who only want computer help but never offer friendship or anything material in return. I’m all about helping, but it’s nice to get a little something in return, at least occasionally. I went over to my cousin’s place last night for a nice relaxing evening of burgers and poker. Casey and Michael were having other company over as well, but I got there about an hour before anyone else and helped a little to get things ready. Once everyone arrived we set out the food and poured a few drinks for everyone. Michael and I decided that if we were gonna drink, we were gonna do it up right, so we pulled out the big gun right from the start – Bacardi 151. I’ve had a few casual drinks with friends over the past year, but it’s been a long time since I last got drunk. I sure can’t say that anymore. |
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