Just Thinking...

[clips]

Maybe i shouldn\'t think like this when i\'m tired as hell....but i was up in the new york/new jerz area this past weekend and even today as i was coming home from work,....it just seems like the way we are,..this system we are in is just a constant absolute,...work/ home/eat/sleep repeat...and when i see folks driving to work in a rush or just doing what they always do,..it seems like we as a race are no more different than worker ants maintaining the colony,..as if we are all nothing but a bunch of mindless drones...sometimes it seems as if life is a big-ass joke...

Not saying that none of us have a life after work, but it just seems that way when i see people in the morning prepare for that rat race...and it\'s ultimately for the almighty dollar,..which is nothing more than printed paper, and who put the monetary value on things such as gold or silver?,...how is it, that particular item has some type of value to it?... because somebody said for it to be true?....those diamonds that are in say africa are worth millions, yet to the native folk there, they mean nothing,...so who actually defined the value of such things?

I know some of what i say is you get what you pay for and that some items are actually made better than others,...but say for instance certain paintings that are woth millions, compared to a painting that my 4 yr old daughter could make with a similar outcome,...who puts the value on such rhetoric and how is it legitimate?.....i know this topic sounds crazy but this is what happens when you\'ve worked 12 hour shifts and tired as hell and the mind is thinking about crazy s**t.....thoughts?.....

[Viper_Fujax]

i always think about this. its the main reason im not looking foreward to graduating in the next few years...im more shooting towards graduation so i have time to go to italy

anyway, its a double edge sword. if you don\'t do it, you cant provide for your family or live comfortable. but you also don\'t enjoy that daily grind of life

i need to marry rich..

Life sucks.

[Jumpman]

The answer?

No way... I say stick it out no matter how unhappy you are. Thats real men do.

[Jumpman]

But you\'ll never be as happy as the yellow ones.

[Paul2]

as beautiful as this world is, there are a lot of things in life that could make even the strongest person collapse in despair and weak.  There are also a lot of confusing things in this world too.

Its like ying/yang thing.  The saying is true for pretty much all people, "you get the good, you get the bad, you get the facts of life".  Some people get more bad than other and some people some are worse than other.

Why do life has so many issues is something that I also questioned too.

Despite all that, I must say that I am very lucky that I am still alive, and live in a much better country than any other countries.  There are many more people that are much poorer, starve, and live in condition way worse than we are.  So, I feel really honor to live in America.

So, I tried not to complain about obstacles that I face in life when there are other people living in much worser shape and condition than I am.  It\'s hard.

But you\'ll never be as happy as the yellow ones.

That depends on what kinda drugs you take.

And this is the reason I do like my job. I get three or four days of a week, plenty of vacation and can even volunteer to take off when I want. Also make enough money to support my family and enjoy my toys.

Well we cant all be pimps Raz.

[Jumpman]

I wish I could be Lic\'s hoe.

I bet he doesn\'t pay very much.

And this is the reason I do like my job. I get three or four days of a week, plenty of vacation and can even volunteer to take off when I want. Also make enough money to support my family and enjoy my toys.

what exactly DO you do?

what exactly DO you do?

Press Tech II.
Help run a crew of five on a Harris 1-000BE press where we match customer specs for high profile titles such as \'Vanity Fair\', \'Game Informer\', \'The New Yorker\' and a bunch of other stuff.  Started out as just a factory job, but I kept getting promoted and now I\'m on contract. Get a raise every six months until I top out here in about year \'n\' half and then I\'ll be certified and can go anywhere I want.

Work 12 hour shifts, work three, off four. Every other week I work four (the fourth day is automatic overtime).

On an average 12 hour work night, I do about two hours of actual work. The rest of the time I either surf the \'net, listen to music or watch DVD\'s on the lap top.

I don\'t know if I could do the 12 hour shift thing. My wife is starting to work 4 - 10 hour days and even that sounds like hell.

The days off must be nice, but man, those are some looooong days.

Usually at about the 6 hour mark I\'m ready to pull my hair out.




I do tech support though... so. You know. People are aggravating.