the canary is coughing

[fa_ikaika]

Hey everyone. If you listen to NPR you'll have heard the news: Aloha Airlines is going out of business. Well, actually, they'll still be flying freight but they've lost the fare war that Mesa's zombie proxy Go! started and are now in chapter 11

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[fa_ikaika]

I'm glad to hear you guys are ahead of the curve. But yeah I think it's the mindset that's the hardest thing to change in people. They just think that if they shut their ears and go "la la la I can't hear you" that the bank will just laugh and move on.

Wrong-o reindeer. Especially after all the changes that have been made in the bankruptcy laws.

As far as the second list goes, I'm still working on most of the things on it. I did first aid a LONG time ago, so I'd have to brush up, and I have some Hawaiian agricultural skills now thanks to all the fieldtrips to the taro patch but the mechanic thing would be really useful. Maybe that's next on the list.

and yeah, it's funny how much of the ancient agricultural knowledge is preserved in ritual knowledge but then, if agriculture is how you get your food, it's going to be part of everything you do.

yeah...

[hbsoul]

these are all things i've been planning to do, but have been putting off. thanks for this definitely a reminder. I had been considering going to nursing school actually, but got distracted lately by thoughts of grad school for more academic-y and (gotta say this) more "fun" subjects...but this post kind of got me back on the nursing school route a bit.

Re: yeah...

[fa_ikaika]

Not to undermine my original post, but if you find the things that are more fun than nursing really compelling then I'd go for them. You can always take a first-aid course part-time.

Wading through anatomy, physiology and biochemistry and the vagaries of hospital administration chains of command are only doable if you find the things they lead up to be worthwhile. At least in my model of the universe, but then, I'm that freak with the alternative lifestyle who's constantly throwing spanners into the well-laid plans of immigrant parents to get their kids into well-paying but soul-destroying jobs.

[skywardprodigal]

Thanks!

[fa_ikaika]

You're welcome e.b. I know you've been thinking about this too.

[fa_ikaika]

Yeah, the difference between denial and action is a couple of synapses. People don't want to believe that most of the major institutions of society are either a) predatory or b) don't give a shit about working people -which includes most of us.

Part of the middle class bargain is that you throw your hat in on the side of "the system" and then the system looks after you.

The baubles that the Man dangles in front of people are so seductive, they don't want to think about the downside of the American Dream. I admit to my fair share of being diverted when I should be on point but at some point you gotta deal with the what's actually in front of you rather than what you wish was in front of you.

[denim_queen]

As usual your wordss are on point. Love your mind, seriously. Especially this:

7) Learn to be Zen about your future. Long-term work stability is a thing of the past. Even those of us in relatively secure jobs will probably have to leave at some point. This is triply true if you are percieved by management as "a risk" or "a trouble-maker". If you're reconciled to the idea that you won't be secure, then they can't frighten you by threatening you with the loss of your job. I know this is much easier to say than to do, but being mentally-prepared takes a huge amount of anxiety away and you'll be freer to do the things that you think are right and/or the things you really care about.

This right there? Is something that I have been trying to articulate(pass the peace of mind > a paycheck equation in my last post) for quite some time now. thanks :)

Do you mind if I link this in my journal or copy and paste with credit? there are a few folks on my flist who could use the information.

[fa_ikaika]

Thanks for the kind words M.

I'm happy that you think it's worth sharing, so please be my guest.

And in re your post about peace of mind, yeah I totally agree, and it was your post that actually finally moved the boulder that I'd been mulling over. So yay for community!

[djeannot]

As a New Yorker, I've been way ahead of most people (even most New Yorkers) on conservation. I take public transportation and walk EVERYWHERE, and rarely ever take taxis (always too expensive), or fly (which was at the most once a year to visit the folks in Florida the past five or six years. I am mostly vegetarian (eat organic meat rarely--especially when the lovely faraway66 feeds it to me). Here in NY we try to recycle everything (pick up for most neighborhoods is once a week). Hence, my health (which isn't perfect by any means), is MUCH better than most women in my age group. At some point when it's safer, I'll get myself a bike again. I should really be leading the charge here for most people in this country.

[fa_ikaika]

Thanks for your thoughts dj and good for you!

Just walking around is a major source of exercise. Plus you get to experience your environment air on skin which is usually much better than being stuck inside a metal box.

Whether you know it or not, you're already setting an example. The more people see other people walking as a matter of course, the easier it becomes for them to start doing the same thing.

Plus big cities are actually better at hearing the word than the suburbs and the smaller cities. When they start taking this stuff seriously in Shreveport LA, I'll know we're getting to the real heart of the problem.