Surreality

[ariesfire79]

This past month has just been rife with oddities.

I'm having trouble grasping what's real and what isn't. Aside from that, the semester's drawing to a close, and that always feels unreal to me.

bettymonroe called last night and told me that Wes had hung himself in jail on Monday. He (as she mentions in her entry on the same subject) was a big part of my

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An open secret

[old_cutter_john]

Very few of those upper-middle-class families are anywhere near as happy as you think. And as to financial stability, many of them can't afford to buy the things they really want, because all their money goes back into maintaining their occupational roles: child care, keeping up appearances to impress business contacts, etc. It's downright ugly!

So true...

[the2wittybird]

Been there and done that...both sides of the equation. As i sit here utterly out of work, no bennies, no UI, nothin...i look at how well i've pared down my hard nut and wonder how i ever managed to hold down 2 rents, 2 car payments, 3 storage units, utilities on all those places, cable on all those places, credit cards, nights out...then i remember. My wardrobe was paltry, i dreaded the thought of any car repairs...i had to say no to pizza cuz i couldn't afford it, no to other nights out, my chevy sat on a friend's farm cuz i couldnt' afford to bring it to where i was living and i eked out an existence paycheck to paycheck

[kitschin_witch]

Oooh, sorry.