Pack Rat
Well, I'm officially unemployed (my mom the Democrat convinced me to file for unemployment...she says because I've paid into the system for years I deserve to reap the benefit...I don't disagree, but I also think she wants me to do it so unemployment numbers will increase affecting President Bush's approval rating...whatever)
anyways, this having no income in a new thing for me and I'm realizing how much junk I have lying around that I never use and never will need again.
I never thought of myself as a pack rat or someone who just hordes stuff, but I keep finding drawers and closets full of stuff I really don't need and I find myself wondering why I still have this psychology book from college, or this 1987 Kansas City Royals Media Guide, or this afro wig...
Unemployment is awful in many ways, but it's helped me realize how very little I need in this world and reminded me again that happiness comes not in material form, but in the love and respect of those you love and who love you back and the God who loves you no matter what.
posted by Dale @ 11:02 AM
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from a completely self-aware pack rat...i share your pain. when i moved to boston last year, i felt pretty good about all the stuff i had gotten rid of. then, 3 car loads later, i realized that i still have a ton of useless stuff...just now, no place to put it.
hey here is praying the unemployment doesn't last too long and if you need anything just let me (or cade or zig) know.
i hear that Hooters is highering
you know john, i bet fletch could "higher" you as a spelling tutor.
how's 'bout it johnny?
I cuud yous da mahney
I remember in 5th grade, my first quarter grades were sent home with me and I somehow managed to get a D in spelling.
From that moment on, my father made sure I was the best damn speller in the entire Shawnee Mission School District...too bad I became the best 'coast through a class and do the bare minimum to get a B' student
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