The Importance of Being Idle

Working for the Weekend

After a busy start to the week things got quiet very quickly. I still had some work, not really enough, which at least kept me busy in the main. Still I spend a shocking amount of my time worrying about money, where the money is coming from, is there gonna be enough to pay the rent, the credit card, is there gonna be ANY! I hate that it obsesses me so, fills so much of my time and my mind. Stupid money. No, it's not the monies fault, don't blame the money. Stupid bills. They're what's to blame! I wonder if there's any progression to my job, anyway to make more money, but short of working more hours I can't see it. And the hours aren't there right now.
Speaking of which, and our current economic depression, I was horrified to see earlier in the week that both the media and the government were trumpeting Subways promise create seven thousand jobs over the next two years as some sort of good news. In the wake of the massive redundancies and lay-offs being announced on an almost daily basis in actually skilled trades it makes me wonder what they're seeing that I'm not? Maybe they just think the numbers will blind us to the fact that the jobs being created are part time, unskilled and low paid whilst the jobs lost are the exact opposite. And the notion that losing yet more of our manufacturing base and sliding even further into being a pure service economy is somehow a good thing is frankly ridiculous. I was heartened today to hear some bank chairman or other proclaiming that this downturn marks the end of our consumer led economy and the start of something new, although it seems to me he was almost certainly quite happy to lend ridiculous amounts to people who couldn't afford it for the past ten years so there's no good being all wise about it now that it's blindingly obvious to all concerned. One thing I do wonder about is the very concept of global economic depression. I mean, it's a closed system, there is nothing outside of the world that can effect the world market, so how is it possible for the whole planet to be in depression? There's the same number of people wanting the same number of things, and if there isn't someone somewhere that's gaining advantage and winning then I don't see how we're losing. It seems to me that as usual with economics, there's nothing that's affecting the markets but the people who run the markets themselves and they're what's blocking the flow of money. What's even more astonishing is the thing that's making them nervous, cautious even, is their own behaviour in the past! If only there was some way to get rid of these morons and let the world get moving again...
Let's see, what else? Well Fallout 3 continues to entertain and amaze (and make me want to go back and play Oblivion some more), and Guitar Hero WT still has a pretty great set list but the god damned guitar duels are still in it and I'm consistently losing one for no apparent reason. What makes that particularly annoying is that it's blocking my progress. I can feel the need to cheat coming on. On top of that the strum bar on my wonderful new guitar has become erratic to say the least. Strumming down is fraught with danger of missed notes and double strums just generally fucking up your day, so I'm learning to strum upwards. Which isn't as hard as it sounds, in fact it's surprisingly natural. So hopefully that'll help until I can either get the guitar replaced or more likely fixed (I've looked about and seen what switches need replacing!). Oh and I've eaten a lot of jelly beans; they're awesome in that they're low in calories, veggie friendly and just super yummy. Very good for a little treat during the day.
At last the weekend is here. Two days to rest, relax, recuperate and watch the new episode of Clone Wars!

posted by BadMonkey @ 9:01 PM