The Void continued

As I still sit in the void I noticed that it was particularly quiet. Wait, the voices they are gone. The interesting stories, idol gossip and the stupid arguments gone!!! Is this a good thing? Hello, ello llo lo lo, well the echos are still here. Has the void gotten so massive that I can't even hear myself think anymore?

Wait is that light, a shimmer of hope...yes! I see two shapes they look friendly but I must be careful.

Who are you? I ask.....wait for it "We are neither you or them" the shapes say. What? what the hell does that mean I ask, it means "we are not you and not the people you think we might be" the shapes say. Well that clears that up. Ummm, why are you here? I ask, "You are in a dark void, your life has all but stalled and you see no hope and you ask why are WE here? Okay, pretty stupid question... so you are here to help? NO say the shapes...We are not you nor are we them. Okay, Mr/Mrs shape person I know you are not me but can you shed some light on who THEM might be? "No we are not you"....okay wait, let me get this straight. You are dark shapes that are not me or them but if you were ME you would know who THEM is? Correct!!!!!

WTF!!!!

For the record I have never taken any drug stronger than Vicodin while being in the Void.

So let me see if i have this straight...I see light which is making me see two shapes and they are NOT ME nor are they THEM. Okay interesting riddle

Question Who is not me? Answer Them, No one else is me.
Question Who is not them? Answer Me, I am not them because I am me.
Question Why are they here? No answer for this yet.

Main question....Do you think I have lost my mind?

Wow, who knew???

I know its late right now and I need to get up early to meet a friend for coffee but I had to write this. I get a text from my sister telling me that they have extended unemployment benefits. I was very excited to hear all of this and so I found the video online listen to what it had to say and when it was done it said that the Democrats still needed to vote on it. I thought to myself okay two-thirds isn't bad. If the the GOP is cool with it and so is the President let us tip our glass and say good for us, we can actually talk to one another.

So as I get ready to go to bed I thought to myself "Hmmm I wonder if there is a Democrat web page, and sure enough there was"!!! So I made two clicks I got to read all about it and the funny thing was the last sentance said this "Democrats in Congress are continuing to push for an extension of benefits before the close of the 111th Congress". (That was copied and pasted from the sight). So I decided let us look at the GOP website....First thing I see is them advertising a "I fired Pelosi" T-shirt along with other things you can buy at the GOP Store. I could not find anything on the events of today, I clicked every where I could and did not see a things. i see things like volunteer and invest in the GOP party but no news of the day. The newest thing they have up is Congressman Steele's message.

So in summation let me see if I have this right.....

We are waiting on the Democrats to sign something they believe in and are pushing to get through while the Republicans have signed it and want to say nothing about it except "Merry Christmas buy our merchandise".

You know I have heard of Ying and Yang I have even heard of the right hand not knowing what the left one is doing but this????? They were in the same damn room for God sakes, with microphones!!! I wonder if there is a vendor outside the Capital building selling the GOP wares to anyone who will buy them.

I am neither a Democrat or a Republican although I have been called an ass and I have been told I have a mind like an elephant. I do support this message.

Help my best friend is trying to kill me!!!!

Okay let me first start off by saying I love my best friend, she has been in my life for 19 years and we have gone through a lot but trying to kill me is a deal breaker. She has always wanted me to try Mexican hot chocolate so finally she gave it to me and it was okay but I didn't like the strong cinnamon flavor "What cinnamon flavor "she asked so she reads the ingredients and well no cinnamon at all. She looks at the expiration date YUP! May of 2009. So i must ask myself, she has nothing to gain from this, why would she want me to try and get sick, is this a weight loss tactic? Did I do something cruel and this is her revenge? or is this for the Almond Butter that I asked her to try and she actually liked it and hated the fact that I was correct? I bet that's it. Dammit I shouldn't be so right all the time.


Okay, so we are even but still she breaks her promises and I think she thinks if she kills me off she can stop hearing about them. Are you listening, is this your little game? I am willing to play but remember I will haunt you if you win.........BOO!!!!!!!!

Unemployed Vs The Congress

I may be a little biased on this subject but I also know of a few other people who are in my shoes so I would like to be their voice as well. First I must ask "who the hell does Congress think they are"? They don't want to pay out any more unemployment benefits to people, I get it, there are people who do abuse the system and those people have ruined it for the rest of us but with that said one bad apple does not spoil the whole bunch of us either. There are a lot of us who hop online, read papers, pound the pavement looking and tap into any resource we can with hopes of getting hired on for at least a 25-30% cut in pay. So here is my little letter to Congress that I would like to say to them:

Dear Congress of the United States of America,
We the unemployed would like to thank you for letting us know we will not be able to live in our homes next year. We would also like to thank you for making sure our bills are not paid, the children are not fed and we cannot afford our medication. We would love to thank you for distorting the truth in the unemployment rate so things look better, (just to fill you in Mr/Mrs. Congressperson "When a person stop collecting unemployment benefits does not mean they are not still unemployed" but instead you list them as "NOT UNEMPLOYED"!!! great job people). I am tired of all of you talking out of your ass when all you do is look at numbers on a spreadsheet, HEY! stupid, numbers can be played with to look better or worse or do you not know this. Then a statement gets released that jobs are on the rise.....HEY! its December you fucks its called temporary help, I am so glad you find us that stupid. It is refreshing to know that you think the American public can be that easily fooled.

Here is an idea, since most of you make over $150,000 per year why don't you take $50,000 of that and put it a fund. Now there are 535 people who make up congress so lets do the math $50k x535=2,675,000, I guess it could help. For the most of you that is about a 25% cut in pay many people across the U.S. have taken no raises, a cut in benefits and a cut in pay. Some of us have taken up to a 50% cut in pay which is what I get on unemployment 50% of my old salary which now thanks to you I will be at a 100% loss of everything. Thanks!

So I would like to conclude with a simple plea, please try not to step on us as you are walking down the street. Say "Hi" every once in awhile, it will make us think someone cares and most importantly, Have a Merry Christmas. (insert sarcasm comment here)