anyone else think it's kind of unreal that we're watching major recession happen right in front of our eyes? i'm just thankful that congress has stopped doing whatever georgie w. says, and is actually (sort of) thinking about the american people ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_re_us/poverty_michigan

of course, this is with the ridiculously low poverty threshold. really, what kind of family of four can live on $20,000 dollars a year?

my surgery went well, though the pain i am in is unbelievable. thanks for all the good, healing thoughts being sent my way.

i am typing this with one hand ( Read more... )

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i'm going to be an uncle!

1. i am not unemployed; the bridge was able to find a way to keep me on, although at the time i have no official job description. i'm still poor as dirt, but at least i'm not totally broke ( Read more... )

this morning i went to work by accident. this involved getting up at 6:45 am, eating organic honey bunches of oats, doing my hair, and arriving at work to find someone already there to cover my usual wednesday morning shift. i had taken the day off long ago when i anticipated leaving town for thanksgiving earlier than now planned (this evening). i ( Read more... )

i just came home from a party/gathering where i hung out with people at least ten years older than me (but probably older), and ate free pizza and drank free homemade beer. free! homemade beer! it was awesome ( Read more... )

well, i got news about three weeks ago that the federal DHHS funding that pays my salary was cut by our favorite person: good ole' georgie bush. i was told then that they (my supervisors, the executive director of the bridge, etc.) were working to find more funding to keep us (myself and the other outreach worker), and i was able to see evidence ( Read more... )