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unemployment item: STEREOTYPES!

so, i was on the radio a few days ago.

i had my alarm set to the radio, and as it happened they were talking about the economy when i woke up. i hopped to my feet and called in, and got on the radio saying i had been unemployed for a number of months. and that it was tough. much tougher than i thought it would be. and one thing i hoped that this recent economic trial would do would be to shatter the myths of the jobless: wake up at noon, have no drive, a tick on society’s understanding.

this is not a choice.

waking up at 8:00am everyday and looking for a job for 8 hours yields no accomplishment. it’s unrelentingly monotonous. it’s boring as shit.

saying you have the drive to get out of a situation is one thing, but when the chips are down… it’s a different matter.

it’s a tough situation the jobless are in and it’s a gross little predicament the economy has gotten itself into. no ones fault, and no ones to blame. but we’re all in this together. so don’t hate. regulate.

Aric: At least Android is getting a foothold.
me: owning one, i agree. it’s super
Aric: You and Corey. You guys should date.
me: we are
Aric: Oh. You should marry.
me: we are
Aric: Oh. You should have a baby.
me: we have a third one on the way
Aric: Oh. You should have an affair.
me: that’s how we got into this mess!
Aric: hey oh!

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and kids, remember to get Kel Mitchell to tell you about the Poopoo Waltz.

so, last winter i was subletting a room out of a duplex in minneapolis.

my roommate (the one i saw all the time) was awesome, and the other roommate was never around, but probably a cool guy. he had lived there the longest and had done some stuff. namely hooking up speakers from the living room stereo to play on our outside porch. however, we didn’t find this out until that day.

a church down the street had inspiringly decided to play Dr. King Jr’s famous “I  Have a Dream” speech on their external loudspeakers. however, my awesome roommate had taken that time to listen to my advice and finally watch “The Dark Knight.”

now, since the dvd player was hooked up to the stereo, every movie we watched was broadcast to the neighborhood. every game i played on wii. every cd we cleaned the house to. but, that day, it was The Dark Knight. specifically, the scene where the Joker convinces Harvey “Two Face” Dent place a gun to his head and flip a coin to decide whether he lives or dies.

arriving home, just outside the house, i was hearing a combination of-
“little white boys and little white girls playing with little black boys and little black girls” and
”become and agent of chaos… introduce a little anarchy…”

it was funny.

i like open source. if you know me, you know that. this fact, in tandem with price, is the main reason i don’t own any apple stuff. m4p? not for me.

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i recently purchased a new Droid Eris to fill my phoning needs for the next two years.

in a word: bestgadgeteverconceived.

the Android OS, for those not in the know, is an operating system developed by Google Inc. to be an open source alternative for mobile phones that can be built specifically to run on any phone you wish. with the HTC Droid Eris, they’ve built an iPhone lite. not as powerful of hardware as the iPhone, (and i doubt anyone will ever do that), but things are a bit easier to navigate and personalize.

in addition to this, i’m a Google whore, so their Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Voice, etc. can be synced to the phone quite nicely. and given the fact that i use Google Calendar as an interim for my Thunderbird Calendar, being able to edit it from anywhere is really, REALLY helpful.

also, i just rigged the phone to remotely access and control all the media (movies, music, etc.) on my computer.

rock. solid.

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happy holidays!