It’s been a terribly long time since I’ve written about much on this blog. I’ve been having a hard time motivating myself to write lately about politics and other such nonsense. Marriage was lost in Maine by a slim margin and the “every thing but the name” (or marriage-lite) was approved in Washington. The tea-baggers have been actively tea-bagging and the House of Representatives actually passed a healthcare reform bill by a mere 5 votes only to be told moments later that the bill would be dead on arrival in the Senate. Obama’s in a quagmire and it appears that he can’t get anything done…or done right…and the liberals in power don’t have the balls to take a stand on anything. Politics as usual. On a happy note, Kalamazoo finally did the right thing and passed a non-discrimination ordinance protecting the GLBT community from employment, housing, and public accommodation discrimination. That was won by a large margin and finally gave those tight-wad conservatives in West Michigan something to think about. It was a small consolation prize for an otherwise grim election season…thank God it was an off year election and voter turnout was pathetic at best…well, it’s always pathetic in this country when fewer than 50% of the population even knows there are elections going on and even fewer know how to vote in the first place. Apathy runs this country.
I decided to spend tonight cleaning out my office. Filing, trashing, organizing….it’s a dam good thing my life is not very complicated. I seem to be a pack rat like my folks. I have lots of shit that just isn’t important to hang on to. I did look over some receipts from purchases this past year. I’ve spent a shit ton of money this year on toys. A few thousand dollars to be exact. New TV, an Apple TV box, a Droid phone, an X-box, a hard drive and other computer parts, Best Buy loves me so much that I’ve become a Silver Reward’s Zone member this year…and as a result I’ve received about $150 in gift cards from them for being such a loyal customer. Fucking pathetic. I will say that none of my purchases has been ill-thought out. Everything I have purchased has been a deliberate decision backed by research and time. I guess in some ways I’ve been living it up as a single guy now with a good income and a low cost of living. Luckily for me (and my wallet) everything I’ve purchased can be considered a long term investment. I won’t have to buy anything now for quite a long time…hopefully. And I still have money left over. Perhaps next year I will be able to save enough for a good down payment on a house of my own. Who knows.
I’ll leave you tonight with a great little ditty from You Tube.
