[TheSilentChamber]

Originally Posted by TheSilentChamber

Remember the days when everyone had jobs, and people who had a valuable skill set could actually afford to buy things they needed... like a car.

When I smoke weed I get mad at how much money I "waste" on it... then when I try to stop I just realize how crappy everything around me is. I never seem to manage to save the money that I would be spending on weed... I don't know where it goes... I guess I just spend it on other things I need. I got paid yesterday, had to wait till today to deposit my check... havn't had any food in my house in days so I've been grabbing breakfast on the way to work, then getting lunch at work, then not eating once I get home because I don't have any food. I have money... but I don't way any way to get to the store. I pay zipcar for a membership, yet cars are never available. When I complain I'm assured that my complaint has been forwarded to some team to writes it on a post-it or something... Portland has this law, there are no plastic bags meaning that if you go to the store and buy food, they give it to you in a paper bag, meaning that you can only carry one bag with you if your taking the bus- because they load it to the brim. Then if its raining, (300 days a year) don't even bother. The bag will disintegrate as soon as you walk out side. Don't worry though, you'll be bombarded by bums and homeless as soon as you walk out of the store. Oh yeah, did I mention how ridiculously expensive everything here is? I got a burger and fries from a food cart the other day, not even a sit down restaurant- a food cart. Guess how much that burger was? Any takers? 15 bucks. Not getting as many hours as I used to in the past, cost of everything is going up, in two years my apartment has been up over $400. Only way I can get cheaper rent is to move out of the city... cant move out the city without a car, cant buy a car without cheaper rent, cant get cheaper rent without moving out of the city, cant move out of the city without buying a car, cant buy a car unless I find cheaper rent, cant find cheaper rent unless I move out of the city, cant move out of the city until I buy a car. See the problem? Oh yeah, and I'm 60,000 in debt and I've only managed to pay a few grand of it off- probably about equal to the interest that accumulates every month.

When I say fuck my life... I truly mean fuck my life.

Oh yeah, and bus fare went up again, I pay something like $150 a month to ride the bus.... yet they have posters all over the place saying "to be as efficient as us you would have to fit 30 people in your car". Sometimes I want to burn peoples faces off.