Why am I so god damn wired at 3:17 in the AM? Well, it doesn't really matter I suppose. Anyhow, whereas this blog is definitely The Bitch Zone for me, I don't mope about feeling sorry for myself about this current jobless situation every waking moment of the day, no matter how much I might complain about the entire stupid mess. Oh sure, it's pretty god damn discouraging trying to find work that doesn't exist, but on the whole, I'm pretty okay with it. Honestly, I'm still good. Here are a list of things to be thankful for over the last 10 months of sitting about doing nothing productive, at least in terms of Responsible Citizenry:
-I have a lot of time to create music.
My current band/project count stands at 5 (only 1 of which is currently inactive) with plenty of room for more if necessary. Since this is what I love to do with life, and since starting just recently I'm actually attempting to make a career out of it and once again become A Real Taxpayer, I'm very happy about spending more time than ever with bass in hand, creating whatever the hell it is I do on them four strings.
-I don't live on the streets.
Luckily I have a wonderful fiancée who puts up with me not working for what is nearly an entire year now. Sometimes I feel like a chump because I am currently rendered unable to fulfill her every cost-related fantasy in return, but never once have those emotions come from her actions or words. Also, thankfully for both of us, her job remains intact which makes sure that we do not end up in said streets. At least not yet.
-Unemployment Insurance continues to pay my chunk of the billz.
Oh sure, it isn't exactly Financial Stability Incarnate, and some real Creative Math is required at times so as not to bounce the rent check, but so far, so good. The US gov't isn't exactly keen on doling out wadfuls of cash to just anyone, anyone who is not a major financial institution that is, but with this incredibly awesome Total Economic Collapse they are becoming a bit more lenient when it comes to freeloaders such as myself. Not that they really have a choice at this point, but still.
-Gasoline has not run out.
Even after spending years watching/reading numerous post-apocalyptic and generally whacked out science fiction works such as Mad Max, Dune, and the Teletubbies, I never really considered a world without oil until quite recently. I'm still not sure where I stand on the Peak Oil Tip, but last summer's ridiculous gas prices served as a harsh reminder that yes, that whole Car Thing really could come to a screeching halt someday soon, and very well might, quite unexpectedly even. But not today.
-Free internet pornography remains abundant.
Look, I've been pretty busy the last several weeks heading to LA searching for Creative Forms of Employment, but let's face facts: unemployed males have only two paths of recourse in desperate moments of Excess Couching, and those are Video Games and Porno Graphy. Since I don't really play video games anymore, I have no choice but to find solace in that other method of hand-eye coordination at such times of utter boredom.
Sometimes when I bitch and moan about "ohhh woe is me, I can't buy a new bass until I get a job wahhhhhh" I should be thinking about families that have lost everything in these nasty years, probably through little to no fault of their own. So I must say that I am very thankful for such things, even when the god damn cable internet goes out.
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