Evil

Rosemary
Oh heaven restores you in life
I spent a lifespan with no cellmate
The long way back
Saying meanwhile can't we look the other way?
You're weightless, semi-erotic
You need someone to take you there
Saying meanwhile can't we look the other way?
Why can't we just play the other game?
Why can't we just look the other way?

When boredom takes over

Sorry Bridey.

10 Things and a couple more

1. I have met several people from the net.

2. I have had sleep paralysis and insomnia off and on for a long time

3. I am at work far too much but I don't actually work enough

4. I don't have nearly as much money as everybody seems to think.

5. I am amazed at how much I have accomplished in life considering how lazy I am.

6. I am afraid of growing up which is why I don't own a house, haven't bought a new car, and why I refuse to apply for management.

7. I been in love once.

8. I hate buying things for myself.

9. Physically, how I feel ranges from complete crap to marginally below par on a day to day basis.

10. I came thisclose to not going to college at all. Not of my own free will either.

11. I was complimented on my penis today

12. I worry that I will someday get Alzheimer's like several of my relatives

13. I feel old (see 6)

14. Hypocrisy is my one big bugaboo

15. I need to get laid.

Mystery Solved

Well I finally figured out why my blog got all that traffic a while back from random locations. When I posted that funny video of the guys doing the aerobics, it apparently got linked to a listing site for videos.

Observant People they be

Three people asked me if I was growing a beard today. I have seen all three of these people multiple times in the last couple of weeks. Apparently, it is a magic beard and was hiding all this time.

Vanity post

Well, trying to decide if the beard stays or goes. Cute Starbucks girl talked to me today. But that was a matter of time. All the people in there know me. So that isnt a beard bonus.

On one hand, I kind of like it. But Im not happy with the way the mustache part is coming in. It doesnt totally connect and the hair that is there is fairly light. So it looks like a huge gap.

I will probably end up shaving it. Not right now though.

Some days Good, Some days Bad

Well, I was told today that they think my grandmother had a heart attack. This isn't good. She is a worrier. It is definitely the stress. God knows she eats healthy and she is thin (maybe even too thin). Bleh, I wish my uncle would grow up.

I also decided that I need to get my sleep schedule in order. I won't have much choice when we move offices (April 11th!!). Damn management. System has been fine for years and years. But not anymore because "we" are screwing up. And I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. Maybe the new schedule will motivate me to workout again. Its been forever and ever since I did that. I think back and can't begin to fathom how I lost 60 pounds.

Elena said she wouldn't date me if Vince died. And she doesn't fuck people she doesn't date. Bitch. You call yourself a friend.

Hair

Fresh showered and shorn. I kept the beard for now though. Still not quite sure what to do with it.

I come to realize I hate cutting my own hair but its for the same reason I cut my hair. Going bald sucks and that makes it that much harder to cut it so it looks halfway decent.

Someday, I will go crazy. Then I will get the hair transplants, the laser eye surgery, and lose the 100 pounds. I think right now I would settle for the hair.

Social Security part 2

Brad Delong expands on the way to reconcile the numbers (see my post below) and adds three other ways.

1. A substantial decline in the stock market in the near future to push dividend yields back up to the levels they need to be.
2. Stagnant wages and a permanent jump in the profit share to push dividend yields up to the levels they need to be.
3. A large jump in firm payouts, supported by the fact that accounting earnings are massively understated.
4. A long-run trade surplus of 6% of GDP.

3 and 4 are just plain silly. 1 is scary and 2 sounds like so much fun!

Some people expressed confusion at all this stuff (Hey Moz!). Well quick version:

Right now, SS collects more money than it sends out. The extra is put into a Trust Fund(think a bank account). Republicans think the Trust Fund will run out of money in the future. It is possible. They are suggesting that we should change the system to one in which people invest their money in the stock market. It should make up the shortfall (or so they claim). The issue is whether it is possible for SS to fail AND the private accounts to suceed. That is what the statements above discuss. It is possible but so unlikely or scary as not to be something you want to plan for.

Bleh

Today sucked. It was sort of neutral up until 4. Then my mom called telling me that my Grandma was being rushed to the hospital. That is all I knew for 2 hours. She apparently will be ok but they need to run tests to find out what happened. Those were a stressful 2 hours. Somedays it pays to stay in bed.