Its been a while...

I can't remember the last time that I actually posted to this blog...it has been a while - for real. A part of me didn't want to comment on the things going on in the world; it almost feels too futile to bring attention to matters that matter. Who cares? It seems that the older I get the more I realize that shit doesn't really matter...the world is bound to a fate that is predominantly dictated by dumbass politicians and narrow-minded captains of industry. When was the last time we witnessed the "power of the people"? It's funny, but the same youth who were taking to the streets in the 60's and 70's are the ones suppressing free thought and individualism today. Everyone looks the same and talks the same.

But then the 2008 financial storm hit, and I decided that no matter what - this was a historic event that needed to be remembered by me and, for that matter, everyone else. This is something that our children will be learning about in school! I figured that instead of letting chaos reign in my mind, I would expel it to the security of this blog. If it were typed out of me, then I wouldn't have to have these thoughts circling inside all day. A little therapeutic, but also a method for me to record today's world so that I can come back and read it in a few years.

Much has happened in the past few months, Wall Street disintegrated, countries are going belly up, China's growth is slowing, and volatility in the stock market is a common phenomenon. It is difficult to remember these historic events singularly - for even one of these things happening last year would have been headlines for a month. Nowadays crazy things happen on a daily basis and we raise our eyebrows for the seconds that they are on the daily news.

Sit back. Really. Sit back and think what this means to each and everyone one of us? Trillions of dollars of wealth has evaporated over the last year, the US is going through a pivotal election, and the safety of our food is in question. How can something large and bad, not happen? Am I apprehensive of the future? Of course - the scary part for me is the speed at which things are unravelling. Now think whether this crisis has effected you in anyway? The internet still works, food is available and affordable at the grocery store, and not too many people have lost their jobs. This is the issue that concerns me: how can all this calamity have happened and our daily lives have not been affected in any significant way? Here is my hypothesis (for what its worth), shit will hit the fan on 'main street' just as quickly as it did for Wall Street - like a silent deadly disease. Consumers will continue to spend and buy gifts on their credit cards for the Christmas season. Employers don't typically lay off people in Q4 as the 'Season to be Jolly' wouldn't be so jolly would it? No. Instead, they will begin cutbacks during the first quarter of next year. Job loss, coupled with higher credit card bills, and lower values of homes will muck up the public in a large way. This is when we will experience a drastic change in our daily lives. Anyway -- apologies for the depressing topic but hey, it ain't my fault!