In My Old Age

So, I turned 23 the other day. I feel very old, even though two different women at work (both women are in their 30's) called me a "baby". I'm sure in 10 years or so I'll probably think of my 23 year old self as a baby, but right now I feel very old. As my boss said, after 21, you really have nothing to look forward to. Makes me really look forward to the next 55 years or so.

So, in my old age I have become fairly liberal. Now, I don't mean Democrat liberal, I mean real, meaningful liberal. I think capitalism as it stands now is pretty much crap. It certainly produces alot of stuff, but it screws over so many people it's not even funny. Such as the lowest 20% of the population only gets 4% of all income, and it's made even worse when you consider 50 years ago that same percentage of people got 5% of the income. Also, the top 5% gets over 21% of the income, and the top 20% gets about 48.1%, and that percentage has gone up over the past 50 years.

So, I've been looking at the Green party website. Apparently there are meetings in Spokane Wednesday nights at 7, unfortunately I work then. So, I am kinda looking forward to when I work during the day (if I ever actually get a job where I work during the day). The website and the 10 values listed on the site looks good. Although I am very cincial, so I'm sure that in practice the Green party is as bad, or worse, than the Republicans and Democrats. Of course without the millions in donations by the corporate powers.

I've decided that I wish I could believe in God. It would make everything so much simplier and life would proabably make more sense if I actually believed in God, and not only God but if I was a Christian. Then I could really believe that I had a purpose and am someone, not just someone, but someone God loves and cares about. But it just doesn't make sense to me. I was a Christian for many years, I have read many books and heard many sermons, but it just doesn't make sense to me. Oh well, I guess I'm destined for hell, whatever that is.

I think I have decided what my favorite quote on television is. It is from Simpsons "This brand new $300 million stadium was completed just 3 weeks ago and it is scheduled for demolition early next month. America's priorities are a joke!" It comes for the announcer at the super bowl. I esspecially like that last sentence.