How to get rid of that stupid emoticon?
Wow! It's been ages since I last posted. I've been so busy: a trip, finals preparation, another trip, working (as usual), computer problems (as usual).
I'm so glad spring is on the way. I like the beginning of winter, but it lasts so long. I'm always depressed by the end.
Today's the big immigration rally day. I can't decide how I feel about it all. Part of me says they are breaking the law and the other part says they are just doing whatever is necessary to survive. They contribute to our economy, but send a ton of money out of it. They work very hard, but also cost the taxpayers for health care, services, etc. I think it's a bit unfair to allow so many immigrants from one country. Just because we have a porous border, millions have come in from one country, but there are other people from other countries who have worse living conditions, but can't get in. The Mexican flag-waving really pisses me off, but I understand that they are proud of their heritage. They demand rights to which they are not entitled, but if we sent them all back we'd have economic dislocation. For how long I'm not sure. We have a pretty resilient economy. If they weren't around to pick the produce and we had to pay more, I think we would because the imported produce doesn't taste as good. I think it's a problem that should have been addressed long before over 11 million of them were here. How do they pay taxes if they don't have social security numbers? If they don't, aren't we losing out on a lot of tax revenue? I suppose the bottom line is: not. enough. information. And I'm too lazy and busy to do research!
My brother is living with us for a while. He's my mom's son (sorry Anna, I typed incorrectly in my note to you) from her former marriage and is quite a bit older than me. We get along fine, but don't really have much in common. It's difficult when he is around because my mom favors him over me. I always assumed it is because he is her "first born". Big f*cking deal. I keep telling myself I'm going to give up my negative feelings, but they creep back in at unexpected times. Maybe when I'm finally out of the house we can have a close relationship. I hope so. Everybody seems to like him; he has a much more outgoing personality than I do. I gain friends more slowly, but I keep mine. He seems to run through his pretty quickly.
On the bright side I'm almost done with school. On the bad side that means I'll be working full-time. Work is so boring, but the paycheck helps me with tuition, etc. I hope I can transfer my credits to a university soon, but so many of them require the completion of ridiculous hours before they'll even evaluate your transcript. Then they end up tossing a bunch of them into the elective category so it takes an extra year to graduate. What a racket!
Time to end this epistle; I've been waxing verbose for long enough.
I'm so glad spring is on the way. I like the beginning of winter, but it lasts so long. I'm always depressed by the end.
Today's the big immigration rally day. I can't decide how I feel about it all. Part of me says they are breaking the law and the other part says they are just doing whatever is necessary to survive. They contribute to our economy, but send a ton of money out of it. They work very hard, but also cost the taxpayers for health care, services, etc. I think it's a bit unfair to allow so many immigrants from one country. Just because we have a porous border, millions have come in from one country, but there are other people from other countries who have worse living conditions, but can't get in. The Mexican flag-waving really pisses me off, but I understand that they are proud of their heritage. They demand rights to which they are not entitled, but if we sent them all back we'd have economic dislocation. For how long I'm not sure. We have a pretty resilient economy. If they weren't around to pick the produce and we had to pay more, I think we would because the imported produce doesn't taste as good. I think it's a problem that should have been addressed long before over 11 million of them were here. How do they pay taxes if they don't have social security numbers? If they don't, aren't we losing out on a lot of tax revenue? I suppose the bottom line is: not. enough. information. And I'm too lazy and busy to do research!
My brother is living with us for a while. He's my mom's son (sorry Anna, I typed incorrectly in my note to you) from her former marriage and is quite a bit older than me. We get along fine, but don't really have much in common. It's difficult when he is around because my mom favors him over me. I always assumed it is because he is her "first born". Big f*cking deal. I keep telling myself I'm going to give up my negative feelings, but they creep back in at unexpected times. Maybe when I'm finally out of the house we can have a close relationship. I hope so. Everybody seems to like him; he has a much more outgoing personality than I do. I gain friends more slowly, but I keep mine. He seems to run through his pretty quickly.
On the bright side I'm almost done with school. On the bad side that means I'll be working full-time. Work is so boring, but the paycheck helps me with tuition, etc. I hope I can transfer my credits to a university soon, but so many of them require the completion of ridiculous hours before they'll even evaluate your transcript. Then they end up tossing a bunch of them into the elective category so it takes an extra year to graduate. What a racket!
Time to end this epistle; I've been waxing verbose for long enough.