Brain Freeze

There's a reason I haven't been blogging much lately. Its what I like to call "brain freeze." Thats basically just writers block for overly opinionated persons such as myself. Only its more of an "opinion-block." I think it comes from having too much going on in my life, or perhaps just my brain to formulate many thoughts on the world around me.

I actually read earlier today that Newt Gingrich was considering a bid for the white house in 2008 and all I could muster was "well isn't that nice." I actually have some particularly mixed feelings about Newt having spent the first 16 or so years of my life in his "district." Meanwhile my thoughts about the tsunami have been running every-which-way from "that sucks" to I wish I spoke hindi or some other useful language and could go over there and help out. Nothing precise, no specific opinion for the most part even about the most innane political stunts and craziness going on and here's why:

I applied to massage-school, I applied for a loan to go to the massage school, I got conditionally approved for said loan, I got accepted to said school, I now have to prove I have the income I said I did (which I do but its hard to prove cause I've only been working for 3 months) to actually get the money, I just got offered a job at home depot that is higher paying but offers less hours, BilLee wants me to take a sex-ed class at church that runs every sunday for 14 weeks, but home depot wants me to work sundays, I've been told by multiple people that they believe they could get me better jobs elsewhere that would give me sunday off, I'm leaving my current job because of the health issues I've been having, my current employer is having difficulty funding our paychecks, and I've been trying to figure out how feasible it is to plan a (very likely) large wedding and honeymoon for this fall. Meanwhile BilLee's income is still barely breaking even with the money he spends on gas and lunch, and he may have to find a new job in about a month because of the looming threat that they may close his office if they do not meet certain sales goals. Oh yeah and I still have 3 cats and am trying to find an apartment complex that will let us keep them without charging through the roof pet fees.

American Idol is about to start up again and I have the intention of posting day-after recaps after each episode... it remains to be seen if I can pull this feat off especially once I start school, and I have yet to discover how I am going to get to and fro said school that is only a few miles from downtown austin while I live way out in the suburbs. Then there's the issue of my checking account. Thanks to the holidays I my checkbook is looking rather bleak, and I didn't overspend either. Actually I got less than half the hours at work I usually do because they shut down for so many days during christmas and new years. On top of that the company I work for isn't getting many jobs currently and is regularly cancelling my shifts. And while its nice to not have to go into work, and then suffer another itchy, stingy rash all over my hands from the inadequate protection against the vapors of certain chemicals I work with, I really really need the income.

So I think we should open our borders to immigrants of all nations and extend a special welcome to tsunami victims and send gingrich to the south east orient for a couple years and then see what he thinks about presidential politics. Beyond that my brain has little room for crazies right now.