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Direction and the Lack Thereof 15 Feb 2012 | 06:05 pm
So here we are, a little over a year later after starting this and I’m left with the nagging question: What the hell are you doing? It pulls at me exponentially with every post. I had a lot of baggag...
This Dream is Not Mine Alone 17 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
When I raised my first cry to the world and inherited the drum major instinct, my struggle was existence. My dream was comfort. When I first saw indifference and pain in my world, my struggle was co...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind. 14 Jan 2012 | 01:15 pm
It’s becoming ever more apparent as the cold days of January roll on that regardless of the bleating of the ultra-conservative masses Mitt Romney will take the republican nomination for the presidency...
I am the 1%, Merry Christmas. 24 Dec 2011 | 11:31 pm
I am the 1%. I believe that no matter how raw my voice, no matter how my heart bleeds, no matter what history teaches me about the martyrs of history that my voice is worth something. I am the 1%. ...
Occupation – The Why’s of it all. 5 Dec 2011 | 02:56 pm
Almost a month later… jeez. I really wish I could get myself motivated, organized, and on some kind of schedule with this. To be fair my motherboard did blow up and I had to replace it. But in all hon...
Occupation – a personal history. 18 Nov 2011 | 01:00 pm
It’s been a while now, I should have written something well before now but I’ve had the misfortune of some familial, fiscal, and medical roadblocks thrown in my way for the past few weeks. I just need...
Class Warrior. 8 Oct 2011 | 09:15 am
This has been raging inside of me for a while now and I’ve been tinkering around the edges of it with the last few posts going back to that drunken Thursday morning. There’s been a lot of talk of ‘Cl...
What Dreams May Come. 7 Oct 2011 | 07:36 pm
Since 1970 the average economic family model has shifted from 1 earner to 2 earners per household. You are expected to have 104 checks to be considered middle-class as opposed to 52 30-40 years pre...
Blood from Stones. 1 Oct 2011 | 08:52 am
I’m feeling a bit low right now. The 99% blues, I think would be an apt description. As I sit here and type this out I’m losing my sanity over a couple hundred bucks we’re lacking to make ends meet. E...
(insert title here) or I Want to Thank You for Lettting me be Myself. 30 Sep 2011 | 12:01 am
I’m not going to lie to you guys. All 5-20 of you. I’m drunk at 7AM EST on a Thursday morning. I love you all. And that’s what I want to write about this morning in my drunken stupor. Take it with a...