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It was a long work week this week, mostly because I was the only one in the office pretty much the whole week. It got kind of lonely. Lord help me, the Top 40 the radio station that we get at work actually has a couple of songs that I like, "Rock Star" by Nickelback and "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance. Of course they play Britney a billion times a day and that boy throwing a fit about how Britney's being mistreated quite a bit too. I'm not sure but I think Satan might actually be their music director. Just before I left for lunch they played "MMMbop." Who even PLAYS Hanson any more?
A couple of days ago, the people on in the morning talked about a study that was done to find out what most college seniors felt was most important in their lives. A very large minority said money which actually schocked the deejays. This woman called in to talk about how she completely understood that because if you don't have money you're not successful and her whole goal in life was a six-figure a year income. A female deejay asked about things like having a family or finding a husband and the caller basically told her that that was the way people who were poor and unsuccessful thought and that they were all losers because they didn't have money. THEN this caller went on to tell this poor deejay that because the deejay had started out poor that she was ALWAYS going to be unsuccessful and pathetic.
I was completely shocked and apalled as this girl rudely interrupted and talked over the deejays while they attempted to argue their views. The things that she was saying were pretty ugly and hurtful. Basically, her whole point was that money is what makes people happy and if you start out poor you're always going to be poor. I found myself thinking "Wow, I'm glad that the whole world doesn't think like you because the people with your attitude are a big part of what's wrong with the world right now."
You know, I'm not rich, but my bills get paid and I've got a little left over that I get to "play" with. There are so many more important things in my life than money. Even though I'm not dating anyone and I'm not looking, I've got a pretty decent social life. I have friends that I love who love me. I'm very close to my family, even though I'm not geographically close to them. They're important to me, even when they've pissed me off or I've pissed them off, because I cannot imagine how lonely life would be without my network.
I learned a long time ago to entertain myself because we did not have cable when I was a kid. I take great pleasure in reading. I don't have any money right now for the big adventures that I would love to take someday but I can have little adventures without ever going all that far from home.
My life is far from perfect, but it's happy and I'm grateful for what I have especially knowing that there are so many people out there who are in far worse shape than I am. If something catastrophic ever happened to me I know that there are so many people that I could count on to help me get through it. I wonder if that woman who called into the radio station can say the same. I hope she can, because even with an attitude like the one she had, I wouldn't wish a lonely empty life on anyone.
A couple of days ago, the people on in the morning talked about a study that was done to find out what most college seniors felt was most important in their lives. A very large minority said money which actually schocked the deejays. This woman called in to talk about how she completely understood that because if you don't have money you're not successful and her whole goal in life was a six-figure a year income. A female deejay asked about things like having a family or finding a husband and the caller basically told her that that was the way people who were poor and unsuccessful thought and that they were all losers because they didn't have money. THEN this caller went on to tell this poor deejay that because the deejay had started out poor that she was ALWAYS going to be unsuccessful and pathetic.
I was completely shocked and apalled as this girl rudely interrupted and talked over the deejays while they attempted to argue their views. The things that she was saying were pretty ugly and hurtful. Basically, her whole point was that money is what makes people happy and if you start out poor you're always going to be poor. I found myself thinking "Wow, I'm glad that the whole world doesn't think like you because the people with your attitude are a big part of what's wrong with the world right now."
You know, I'm not rich, but my bills get paid and I've got a little left over that I get to "play" with. There are so many more important things in my life than money. Even though I'm not dating anyone and I'm not looking, I've got a pretty decent social life. I have friends that I love who love me. I'm very close to my family, even though I'm not geographically close to them. They're important to me, even when they've pissed me off or I've pissed them off, because I cannot imagine how lonely life would be without my network.
I learned a long time ago to entertain myself because we did not have cable when I was a kid. I take great pleasure in reading. I don't have any money right now for the big adventures that I would love to take someday but I can have little adventures without ever going all that far from home.
My life is far from perfect, but it's happy and I'm grateful for what I have especially knowing that there are so many people out there who are in far worse shape than I am. If something catastrophic ever happened to me I know that there are so many people that I could count on to help me get through it. I wonder if that woman who called into the radio station can say the same. I hope she can, because even with an attitude like the one she had, I wouldn't wish a lonely empty life on anyone.