Okay, let's try this...

In October I lost my unemployment. Roughly 1400 a month. Plenty of cash to pay the bills. No sweat. Then I signed up for FIP which is a little over 600 hundred bucks a month. A decided dip in the funding. It covers the bills, but barely if that. Anyway, one of the requirements of FIP is that I get all my teachers to sign a time sheet to prove that I have been in class. They are all pretty cool about it. So far. Three new teachers next semester to see how that goes.
Anyway, when I'm not in school for these two weeks I have to do forty job searches a week. That's a lot. A lot of job searches. I think when next semester is over I may have to do volunteer work instead. That would be preferable at this point.
Anyway, here's what I plan on doing. These are my job skills;
Retail

Cooking
Baking
Printing
Customer Service

The last two jobs I had I lost for no other reason than downsizing. I am good at what I do. Oh and I write well. Not sure how that will work out, but I thought I would mention it.

Anyway, I'm going to post this on my Facebook account. If anyone knows of employment opportunities that I might be missing in the Kalamazoo area could they please forward this information to me?
That would be great.
I will be going to school in the Winter, but classes don't start until four each day, with the exception of Tuesday which is all day and I have all weekend, including Friday class free!
Thanks for all your support.
I know return you to your regularly scheduled blog.

EXPLETIVE DELETED NEIGHBORS!

 It comes as no surprise that my neighbors can be an irritant. Well, he can. She is pretty harmless. Crazy, but harmless.  They have a dog named Molly. Molly is like the black colored version of our dog, Sweetie. The only difference is that Sweetie has better owners.
There I was, dear readers, sound asleep in my bed when Manny's grumbling along with Martha telling him to be quiet. This, through not fault of hers, woke me up. That was when I discovered the source of Manny's agitation. It seems that Molly was outside barking at God knows what.
AT FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE FUCKING MORNING!!!
Jesus tells us that he only requires two things from us; One, that we believe that he is the one true way to God in Heaven and two, that we treat out neighbors as we ourselves would like to be treated. I'm pretty sure that we never left the dog on the porch to bark incessantly at absolutely nothing.
Part of the problem is that the IHS building across the street causes an echo to every sound nearby. So, when she barks, she hears a bark.
It's kind of like that Disney movie, Brother Bear where the two rams argue with their own echo. Funny, just not five AM funny.
So, I did what any reasonable person would do.
Oh, wait.
No, I didn't.
I put on my super cool lounge pants filled with words like 'Werewolf' and 'House of the Monster' all over them and a plain white t-shirt, you know the kind with the pocket and a pair of slippers and went downstairs. I grabbed by Navy blue Peacoat and went out to the treacherous driveway.
I waited patiently, it wasn't all that long, for Molly, who was sitting on their front porch, to bark.
I then shouted at the top of my lungs for her to shut up.
She barked, I shouted.
At first she responded, but eventually the tone in my voice told her to shut it.
If you know me I am capable of being very loud. Especially in a cold, December morning before dawn.
Hold on a second.
Okay, just wanted to check the temperature. It's 31 degrees outside and she is on a porch that is elevated fro the ground. With her thick coat I'm sure she's not cold. Just wanted to see if I should call animal control. Apparently not.
Anyway, where was I?
So, now I am wide awake. The dog seems to be quiet. Maybe they took her inside? No idea and don't care.
So, those two things that Jesus told me? Yeah, I'm good on the first one. Still working on the second one. Maybe I was helping my other neighbors on the street from the noise the dog was making?
Yeah, I'm going with that one.
I'm going to have a lovely cup of Italian roast coffee now.
Have an excellent day.

Here Is Your Wake Up Call

It's December 25th. Jesus was born to save us from our sins. Yeah, you can disagree with this if you want, doesn't affect me one way or the other. That's how faith works.
But, that's not what this series of columns is about.
This is about the average person getting fucked over on a consistent basis.
Before we start you need to watch a movie. It's free and it's 1 hour and 44 minutes long.
It's called Fat Head and it gives you nothing but facts. Facts are hard to argue with aren't they?
Here's the link:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/196879/fat-head

Take the time to watch it and I will be back in approximately a week to discuss it. Please be sure to comment.
And this is just the starting point. I come across this stuff on a regular basis and feel that it is important to share.
So, have a great week. Watch the movie and meet me back here in about a week.

Um...

So, Martha, Dan and I were off to the doctor's to get a copy of Dan's physical. He wants to get into wrestling in school. As we pull in the parking lot we see a couple of guys on top of another guy. One of the guys on top gave the guy on the ground two quick punches to the head. I immediately thought how unfair this was and was ready to leap into action. Then I realized that the three gentlemen still standing were cops and two of them broke off the fight and headed across the parking lot. The one still with the man down got him cuffed and got him up.
The man was a beast!
And he had been tazed!
So mad I forgot my camera.