Talk about kicking a man while he's down...

It's one thing to play your hardest and do the best you can. It's quite another to completely spank an opponent and have no remorse over doing so. But it doesn't stop there: the story doesn't focus on this detail (and it shouldn't), but if you read towards the bottom of the article it mentions that this school "specializes in teaching students struggling with 'learning differences.'" When you take that into account, it's just downright cruel.

Do you want the good news first, or the bad news?

It's that wonderful time of year again when the Girls Scouts are out full-force, pushing their boxes of delicious cookies. Not only are they wonderful, it's for a good cause. How can you not buy at least a couple boxes? Well, the bad news is that the economy is affecting even the most delectable of treats. Read the full story, and then feel free to let out your true feelings (whether it be of anger, or even relief). And I promise I won't judge, I'm just excited to get some Samoas.

The Super Audience

Well, if you're like most Americans, your favorite NFL team isn't going to the Superbowl. But you'll probably watch anyway for tradition, one last chance to watch football before the 7 month hiatus, and most importantly - the commercials. I'm curious as to how it will go this year, and here's one analysis with a few musings from someone who has more experience than I do.

Just a few helpful hints for my job searching.

It's about dang time!

Well, I've waited long enough, but it's finally time. Check out the report.

Fat Stacks

I'm not saying that the War in Iraq isn't for a reason - in fact, I'll be the first to say that there were some good reasons for it - but I will admit that 1 trillion dollars is a lot of money. This is a funny website that was started as a companion to a book written titled "What We Could Have Done With the Money." I tried it out the other day, and it was quite fun. Give it a shot, see what you could have done. www.whatwecouldhavedonewiththemoney.com

What A Time

Hello, blog. And anyone who may have nothing better to do than to read it. I should come up with a blog form letter that always begins "Well, it's been a long time since I've written anything on here." Because it's always been a long time since I've written anything on here. At least this time I have a good excuse. This Summer I've been incredibly busy with a boring job and a dead-end internship. It's been a lot of work, and I wish that I didn't need to do these things. There are so many people without responsibility, and I wish that I could be one of those people. But I need to make money and I need the credits that I am getting for my internship. A few people from our team are quitting. I would like to. I'm not sure if I can yet or not. I also kind of hate the idea of quitting. I'm not a quitter. And I've had some pretty crummy jobs before. But I' m not learning anything, which is the point of an internship. I've become cheap labor, working a position that a trained monkey could work. Monkeys may not mind working for peanuts, but I do. Especially some weeks when I'm working nearly 60 hours at the internship alone. Not to mention the other hours I'm working at my marketing job.
One of the things that I always do is annoy people with stories of my other life. I've decided that I tell these stories for a couple different reasons. To start with, I think they're hilarious and want to make people laugh. But mostly, it's to try to get people to understand me. And I know that it's hard to understand me and my life. Some people are nice enough to sit there and listen, which I really appreciate. Even those people will never truly get it, though. Not that it's their fault. The point of this is to say that I've decided to write a book. A few people have told me I should and I really want to. But I've decided that I want to tailor it to a specific topic. That being MK's/TCK's. No one has ever written a book from that perspective. Some have written books about us, but no one with any actual experience has written one. This is my goal. It may take me 20 years to accomplish it, but it will be accomplished. I'm reading a book right now called "Bird by Bird" by Anne Lamott. A friend of mine had to read it for an English class, and I picked it up, read a few pages, and just had to go buy a copy for myself. It's a book about writing. It's funny and informative. I recommend it to everyone. It's helped me decide that writing a book is really something I want to do. Not as a job, but something that I need to do. Maybe then people will understand me. There are many other things I could say about that, but it would definitely take me a while. I think I might leave it at this for now. I'm going to force myself to write more. Next time I'll tell about my new favorite songs and maybe some movies I've seen lately. To anyone reading, have a good day. Bye.