Hello and Welcome to FRIDAY!!!
It's been a long week, (as usual) Being stuck between a rock and a hard place gets old and VERY uncomfortable after a while and I have to figure out a solution if my supervisor continues to drag her feet. It's a constant battle to figure out my place in this world and it doesn't seem to be getting any easier. But that is a subject for another day my friends...
Sorry about the depressing vibe going here today. I am actually in a great mood but things are coming out all sad/annoyed. I just figured I would write this here to warn you that the rest of this post doesn't get any happier... just in case you want to stop reading. :)
Being Halloween weekend I usually have something cool planned...unfortunately this year I do not. I am going to sit home tonight and watch scary movies. My roomate concurred so we are going to make a huge dinner and pig out and get scared together. I am happy to veg although going out and dressing up is always such a riot. Oh well, who knows? Maybe this year is the year for a New Year's Masquerade???
Tomorrow I may hang out with my sister Anne since I haven't seen her in a while. Sunday is my roomate's birthday dinner with her family (to which I have been invited). And that is about what is going on in CCLand this weekend.
I know, I live an exciting life don't I?
I guess if the article I read today was actually true, I might be living a more exciting life. I read today that a report was done by the government entitled "College Degree worth extra $23,000 a year". I think it's bullshit, b/c that is not how it is here in Upstate NY. Oh, and where are these jobs where I can make almost DOUBLE what I am making right now??? This article made me sick to my stomach because it says that adults with only a high school diploma make an average of $28,645. THAT is even more than I make by a few thousand $$. Again, I ask why I pay school loans every month if this is the case? Apparently I could have graduated from HS and been in the same place without the extra expenditures! I know I didn't learn my work ethic or social skills from college b/c I learned that from growing up in a hardworking, conciencious, outgoing family. I know, I know. That college education got me in the door to many of my jobs and I wuold NEVER trade my college experience for anything HOWEVER...That article ticks me off. What part of population/country did these statistics come from? 'Cause maybe I should move there!!!
Ok, End of Rant. Sorry.
As for the celebrity in my dream last night: it was the handsome and talented Michael Rosenbaum (aka Lex Luthor) I watched Smallville before bed last night so that was probably the trigger. I don't know about you, but this lastest photo-chop I did is a bit unsettling to me. I don't think I am comfortable with it but I thought I would share it anyway.
Ugg! I need a life...I will let you know monday if I found one this weekend. :)
5 Comments:
Dude! This article is BEYOND depressing b/c those high school diploma-ed people make more than me too! Dammit Janet! Really really sucky. I loved the break down of the states w/ the most & least education. Totally fitting into the stereotypes of the south being "dumb hicks" and the northeast being the educated and cultured.
Yeah and NY wasn't even listed. My problem is that if nearly 37% is the highest with a bachelor's degree, I have more education than 63% of the population!! (in Conn)People should be THROWING jobs at me!
Maybe it's because most of the jobs available are retail minimum wage-ish jobs! There are no mid-high paying jobs because everything is being outsourced to foreign countries.
Oh shit...I think I just opened a ginormous can of worms there.
Not thinking about it! Not worrying abot it! It's Friday and there is no thiking on Friday!
Yeah...try having a Ph.D. which is 5-7 more years of schooling to make not even double that much. Sad, but true.
I'd like to see the number broken down by gender...I suspect that females bring the "average" down at all levels!!
Ha! Lamby is right, we are all females. Who said there is earning equality? I seem to know quite a few talented women out there (in addition to Lamby, Amy, and Wicca) who have bumped their heads on that glass ceiling of earnings. Not Cool.
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