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September 26, 2008

The Sky Is Falling

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The economy is crumbling. It’s not really a joke or a media stunt. This isn’t something brought on to make us worry over something that will never affect us. Our entire economy is falling to the ground and the only thing our Federal Reserve can do is try and throw 700 billion dollars at the problem. That’s like throwing gasoline at a fire that is out of control hoping it will go out.

I’m not going to sit here and go over what happened and why, personally I think you can trace this back to the late 90’s but that’s not really what I am posting about. The bottom line is the market is going to crash completely. There is no way to fix this. Spending 700 billion is only going to make things worse. Once that bill is signed and the bailout confirmed we will see our national debt rise, our dollar sink, our taxes in the future rise to record heights, and an unprecedented move where the government steps in to bail out private banks/firms. Again I am telling you right now, without hesitation, 700 billion dollars will not fix this. We need to let these companies fail. We need to let them crumble and let the market take care of itself. If the Federal Reserve gets involved we will create a monster we won’t be able control. These are PRIVATE businesses… not Government organizations. Bailing them out will only help for a short time. After the high we will hit a lower low. We will need another 700 billion dollars to bail out the first 700 billion dollars.

The worst part of the package/bailout is there is some fine print which states private companies can now buy chunks of our national debt. This might not seem like a big deal but think about it. If a company owns a piece of the national debt they can now collect directly from the tax payer… YOU. In other words, they own you. These companies will own the tax payer. Not smart.

I really don’t want to break it down or anything like that but if I had money in the market or anywhere invested I would pull it. I would sit with cash until this blew over. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Thoughts welcome… I really hope things level out because there really is no SMOOTH way to fix this.

July 16, 2008

Hulk Hogan Chicken Sandwiches?

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2673842746_9df5714fc4_oIn my local Walmart tonight I ran across a sight to see. Tucked neatly in the center isle freezer cart was a bright red box with yellow trim. On the box I saw the shape of a man that had traveled with me through my childhood teaching me to take my vitamins, say my prayers, and train hard. I was a loyal Hulkamaniac. For years I followed the career of a man who was bigger than Michael Jordan and seemed to be holier than God. All his merchandise found its way to my home. Hogan shirts, Hogan dolls, and Hogan pasta. Yes, even the pasta. Hulk Hogan was my hero… until today.

Hulk Hogan as the man I idolized is no longer around. Sure I am 24 years old and it’s silly to believe that only today have I abandoned my childhood hero, in fact it was years ago. I don’t think about what Hulk Hogan would do before I make a decision. However, I think seeing a box of Hulk Hogan Chicken Sandwiches really did the Hulkster in for me. Forget about the fact that his son “vegetabled” an Iraqi War Veteran and the Hulkster went on live TV and blamed the victim. I think I’m just sick to see such a great man… pushing low grade impostor chicken onto today’s youth. Coming from a man who pushed working out and getting fit I think it’s sad to see a product like this with his name on it.

Hulk Hogan, the man who was bigger than money… bigger than life itself… sold out. He sold out years ago and it’s a shame. Yeah sure celebrities need to have endorsements but honestly this is just sad. Maybe as a fan it’s different and I guess you might think I’m crazy. If you weren’t a child in the 80’s growing up idolizing the man in the red and yellow it might be hard to understand. I don’t really care and my days from here on out won’t change but Hulk Hogan… Hulkster… this Hulkamaniac is hanging up his boots, brother.

As I gave the finger to the box of Hulk Hogan Chicken Sandwiches (click the picture to view full size) I uttered to my brother Randy something I never thought would come out of my mouth. Something I never ever wanted to admit, “Randy” I said, “Ric Flair is the greatest ever… you were right”. In retrospect he was… the 16 time champion of the world and the one man who said what he meant and meant what he said. Sure wrestling is fake but the lives these people live aren’t. Ric Flair is greater than Hulk Hogan… there I said it.

June 26, 2008

Living in a dream world

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Is it in our nature to always be miserable? Like honestly is there anything good enough? It pains me to see people change face so quickly because they don’t have something others do. Sometimes attaining something special isn’t an “over night” project. That which we label “special” is only acquired through hard work and self improvement. You must look deep into yourself, understand your shortcomings and master your natural abilities. Grow in strength, and find peace within yourself. Love is not given out to everyone, and it’s not free. If it was it would not be “special”. People are always looking for the handout. Guess what, it’s not coming. Try handing it to yourself.

People want to complain about “love” and the struggle to find it. Yet at the same time, the people complaining loudest don’t want to work to have real love. Seriously, what do you have to offer besides skin coated with the dust of ex-lovers? Having someone in your life for the sake of having someone in your life is a waste of time. It’s very one dimensional. Like why bother? If you “need” someone in your life, you are already going in the wrong direction. See what I’m saying? Probably not but understand this… If there was no struggle everyone would have it. If it was easy… it would be for every sucker.

April 28, 2008

My Disavowal

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This is a rant, if you don’t want to know then don’t bother reading. I am tired, sore, and fed up. I think back and remember things I proclaimed as my truths. Things I set my heart on, things I deemed as my beliefs. I once said I would die for the things I believe. Yet here I am years later and if I am honest with myself I should have died long ago if I stuck to my convictions. I bend, I overlook, I allow that which makes my blood boil to infect my life. This is my disavowal, my proclamation to myself to no longer associate with the poison surrounding me.

I reject those who make a fortune off of my hard work while I am left to fend for myself. I have a standard to keep, both personal and professional. I do not create crap and I’m sorry you do. I no longer accept people taking from me, using me, lining their pockets with my hours and hours of frustration and creativity, leaving me with nothing so much as a thank you. No longer will I “give away” my life’s work for free to those who only exploit it.

I reject those who take and steal from me in all aspects; emotionally, mentally, physically, and creatively. I don’t need leeches sucking the blood from my body. I hardly have enough blood pumping in my veins to sustain as is. I am not your boyfriend, I am not your buddy, I am not your friend, I am not your pal. I don’t need you to exploit me, my good nature, or my heart that rests firmly on my sleeve. I apreciate that you apreciate me, I am honored but there is a line, there is an etiquette, and there is an amount of respect that needs to be upheld. I am not a civil service job, you don’t come and go as you please. If you are my friend then be a fucking friend. If you aren’t… get lost. Don’t show up with your hand out and expect anything from me. Take, take, take. Try giving.

I reject those who do not apreciate me, more so those who front like they do. I am not a fucking country club that is open to you when you are in the mood. I don’t fix things when they go wrong for you to make the same mistakes again. Learn or fail, there is no other option. I am a human being with feelings, as much as I may not show them my heart beats just like yours. Cut my skin and I will bleed. Also, I am not a brothel, I’m not here to help you get laid. I don’t care who did what and I care less about why it happened. Finally, I do not belong to you. I don’t need to report to you where I’ve been, what I’ve been doing, and why. Don’t ask in any soft of negative way. You don’t own me.

I reject the jackals. I will not give my heart to a girl who does not know how to keep it. I am not a child anymore and I refuse to love a child. I don’t need my heart stepped on, I don’t need to be lied to. I am not here to buy you shit, I am not here to compete with your current boyfriend who sucks. If you want me, leave him, and I don’t mean cheat on him with me. I’m not going to convince you, if you feel it then get into it, otherwise stay with your boyfriend and have a good ‘ol time. I am not going to buy your love. So no matter what you heard I was about in the past keep your application because I’m not into people like you. I am done chasing. I’ve dated the best and the worst, you ain’t shit. Get over yourself. No hussies either, thanks.

I reject those who do not respect themselves. What is wrong with you? Why do you continue to sink into shit? Are you so unhappy? Are you so insecure? What happened to you? Another boyfriend, another girlfriend, another waste of time. Addicted to a monotonous lifestyle. Why can’t you hold out for something special. Try reaching for the stars. Nope, right off the rip, dick out, or legs spread, trying to find that prime you once lived. It’s gone. And with every new venture you lose sight of yourself, who you are and who you were. Why can’t you have some respect for yourself and stand for something. I reject watching you fall for everything. I reject knowing you have disgraced your name. I’d rather live alone forever than live one day as you. I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

Signed sincerely,
/Jay

April 9, 2008

What to do about nothing?

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Before you get butt hurt, keep in mind this is a generalization, if you think its about you or connect with it then perhaps you should reevaluate your life. I’m not writing about anyone really.

In this day and age of fake ass people and lies all I deal with is the front people put on. So without any more time wasted here is my opinion on a subject I am not even aware of or involved in.

I pose the question and then I answer it. I think it’s easier for me to operate that way. So why do people insist on making their life shit? Like don’t get me wrong, most people live well. They work good jobs at nice places and they goto school and shit but then they just have this broken piece to them… they insist on associating themselves with human garbage… why? Where is the self esteem? Where is the self respect? Where is the honor and integrity? Are you that low on yourself and who you are that you need the constant gratification from someone lower than you? What happened to the strength? Most people pawn it off and act like everything is perfect but guess what… everyone knows it’s not. A blind man can see this kind of shit. Ya know… usually I’m all professional in my analysis but it’s shit like this that just makes me mad.

What does it mean when a person seeks “love” and “fulfillment” from someone who is just garbage. Is it desperation? Is it just that I am wrong and person 1 and person 2 are actually the same? I don’t know. I don’t know why it’s so hard to pick yourself up and FACE REALITY, instead of living life everyday PRETENDING that life is OH SO FUCKING WONDERFUL. Another drink here, another fuck there, another waste of time to waste the time. I can’t really say it any other way. It’s ok to be down in the dumps, but to abandon yourself, your honor, and your dignity all in a failed attempt to be with “someone” OVER AND FUCKING OVER is a disgrace to oneself. We are built stronger than that. We are built and taught to stand strong even through the hardest of times. When the sun goes out, we teach ourselves to see in the fucking dark. Never surrender yourself to the traps and the snares. Rather we march onward into the dark to find the sun again, knowing that there will be understanding and acceptance over the next mountain. This perpetual downward spiral does nothing but destroy the very fabric of who you are.

The story goes on… guys just want to fuck, the ones that don’t already have girlfriends. Girls want to be loved and the ones that are don’t need to be told they are loved back. My advice. Quit wasting your time searching for a genie at the bottom of a beer bottle. Stop trying to fill a gaping hole in your soul with the falsehoods of “pretending to be happy”. Most of all, stop, stop, stop lying to yourself. It is ok to be wrong, it is ok to be hurt, it is ok to FAIL, it’s all ok. What is wrong is to drink yourself into a coma, give your body to guys who DON’T FUCKING CARE, and keep your heart locked in a fucking cage.

There is no “try” in the world. DO or DON’T, that’s all we can do. Pick yourself up. Enough is enough. The answers are inside of you, not in a beer, or a joint, or a line of cocaine, and certainly not at the end of a dick attached to JUST ANOTHER faceless dude or in a vagina attached to another FACELESS girl. Love yourself, go home. Never surrender virtue. Never let another person control you, or tell you what you can and can’t do.

Dig deep. Your heart will guide you, just unlock it.