The life and times of Greg Jackson: Occupy me a freaking job

Why in the hell is it so hard to find a job that makes a decent amount of money? Hell, if I wanted a job THAT bad I would totally just waltz into a burger joint, tell them my credentials, and I would have an eight hour work day ahead of me. It is actually that simple. But being an educated man, I kind of want more than that. Someone once told me that they actually thought that they wanted a career, but then quickly realized they just wanted a pay check. Well, I actually want a career AND a paycheck. Is that so hard to ask?

You know, I didn't go to college for the hell of it. I went to better myself and because society told me I had to. If I had to do it all again, and I tell this to anyone who asks, I would go to school and learn a trade. I would be almost guaranteed a well paid job and wouldn't owe a quarter of the money I owe in loans. It just makes more sense now adays. But now, all I have to show for my five years of hard work is a couple pieces of paper that look like they were made in freaking Mario Paint. I don't even think people would take me seriously if I showed them one of my degrees.

Obladi Oblada I guess. But what really got me thinking about this... like I don't think about every single day of my life anyways... is what I was discussing with my good friend and confidant Chris. You see, Chris is probably one of my smartest friends. If I have no idea what something is, I ask him, and most of the time he knows what to say. For anyone who actually knows me, they know that I know absolutely nothing about most current events. If you want to talk about something I know literally nothing about, ask me about politics. I find it annoyingly mundane and I don't give a damn about it. But what I do care about is the fact that a bunch of these people are so passionate about something , that they are willing to take massive amounts of pepper spray in their faces. That shit, my friends, is impressive. The only thing I would ever take that much pepper spray in the face for would be if someone offered me a full time job while they did that. Well, that and if it guaranteed the Pirates having a winning season. hell I would do almost anything for those things. If you haven't seen the video, be prepared to get kind of mad about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM

The cop is all like... "You guys are just chilling on the ground? Well, TOUGH LUCK BITCHES!" Then he holds up the pepper spray like its the sword in the fucking stone and proceeds to spray everyone in the face with a painful ass solution for no reason what so ever. What an ass.

But what are they protesting? This whole thing called "Occupy Wall Street". This is exactly what I asked Chris about as well. To me, this was just another one of those protests that people do that really does nothing at all. Just a big waste of time like most protests are. But honestly, this one opened my eyes a little bit. Apparently they are protesting the fact that the country is being run by the wealthiest 1% of the nation is running the country and the other 99% are the people like you and myself, or at least that's how I understand it. Who knew, right? So yeah, that is pretty uncool. But still, that is all I really know about the situation and to tell you the truth that is all I really WANT to know. I would go protest though. I like me a good protest, unless there was pepper spray there. Fuck that noise.

But as I thought about it, in retrospect, this is kind of one of the reasons I don't have a full time job yet. I mean, this has to do something with the state of the economy, right? I told you people, I am completely oblivious when it comes to this crap. But all I know is of all the protests that I hope actually work, this is the one. For all the people sitting out there peacefully and getting punched in the face or arrested for no reason at all, keep on fighting the good fight. I know I wont be doing it anytime soon. I mean, I don't even know what the hell you even do in a protest. I've never felt that passionately about something to protest it. What are some things I would protest though? Hmmm...