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Yeah...I LOVE this rock version of the original.

Flag Controversy

This is the Confederate flag. It is part of American heritage and is sometimes referred to as "stars and bars". As with everything, people take symbolism to the extremes. just like the swastika was a symbol of good fortune for THOUSANDS of years till Hitler bastardized it to the Nazi symbol of oppression, brutality and death. EVERY symbol has its origins. I, myself, think of the Confederate flag as part of US history and heritage, not hate.

Plus...I think it's a cool looking design.

Moneywhore Mode

I have no social life except when I go to Georgia--I make a road trip to Atlanta once or twice a month to reward myself for every little accomplishment I've made.

This company I work for...highly unorganized and somewhat borderline corrupted. There's no consequences for actions of employees that don't follow policies. Other than that, I'm just a brick in the wall. I go in, do my job, go home. I don't socialize with anyone, I don't have any social media contact with them, and I don't have apps of social media with anyone for that matter. I stay low and off the grid as much as possible. I deactivated my Facebook account a year ago. I had eight other accounts to troll with, but that's just boring now and worthless of my time.

Lately, I've just been assigning myself on every open shift. I have a new goal--nursing school. I've been working almost nonstop, with the exception of Georgia road trips...

Yeah... just when I have enough time to make a post, my supervisor calls to ask if I can come in to work cuz of an emergency. More time on the clock, and not even my scheduled time to work.

MONEYWHORE MODE. :)

A Sure Thing

I'm not a gambler nor do I make hasty decisions when it comes to making money.

So when a buddy of mine tells me about the Gulf War and Iraqi oil and events surrounding and leading up to Iraq having trillions of oil money laying about, I was skeptical. Tells me I should invest in the dinar cuz its gonna be revalued blah blah blah.

I take it with a grain of barley oats cuz it sounds too good to be true and more of a conspiracy to revalue the Iraqi dinar. How come I've never heard of this pyramid scheme? That's what my doubting mind calls it...but I'm uncertain so I'll put a few bucks in.

The Gila Wilderness

I was driving down the sort of back road to the Pima Animal Control Center to put up a poster of my lost cat and I suddenly flashed back to vacationing two summers ago in the Gila wilderness in New Mexico. I can't say I travel a lot, but lately, it just seems that way. Last month, I was in Las Vegas for a couple of weeks for a job and then we went camping in the Catalina Foothills. I made a video of myself and my then ex girlfriend whom I called "Dr. Girlfriend" cuz she was an RN who also traveled a lot. Perfect pair we were. Then. I called her Dr. Girlfriend cuz I hated her first name; which reminded me of some dumb bimbo off Baywatch or something. She didn't like her name either, but its a funny thing though. We got to the level of comfort to where we really didn't call each other by our first names; more like she'd call me "sweetie" and if I wanted her attention, I'd just say, "hey Red" due to she was a redhead.

I'm a hot springs aficionado and here's my crude video -- as in crappy camcorder crude.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy3QA4EOAAk

Damn Cat

My cat’s been gone for five days now. I’m guessing he either got eaten by coyotes or someone picked him up. He’s friendly enough. I also found out that there’s a “cat nazi” that lives in the neighborhood and shoots at cats. I don’t exactly know which one, but the neighbors tell me of it. This makes me even more hostile towards stupid people. If Roo doesn’t come home soon, he’ll get sick. He needs to have his insulin shots which I give him nightly. He was ketoacidotic in Pet ER and almost died of diabetic coma. Dropped three grand on the little shit. And now he’s gone.
I figured he’d at least have the decency to stick around til I paid his damn vet bill off, but NOOOOO.
So I printed up posters and put an ad on craigslist with a reward. No responses. I even went so far as posting in the Humane Society's lost pets sections. They haven't called. I remember seeing a terrier in the Lost Pets binder at the front desk with a thousand dollar reward. Its still missing. Sadness.