It's pouring rain here in Vegas. Until 4:30pm apparently. Finally.
Not leaving the apartment today. CES tomorrow. Which is fine. I have a ton of things to do here. Like preparing to turn 50 in another eleven and a half months. I just turned 49 but you can never be too prepared.
Hello AARP! I'm told those people are on top of things.
It's all about retirement. And when you're single at my age, you have to be methodic in your thinking and consider every horrible scenario.
A small handful of my friends and I have our birthdays within a few days of each other, but since none of us live in the same state, or country, we celebrate our birthdays over the Internet.
Being alone in Las Vegas, allows me to accomplish the one thing I came out here to do, save money for retirement. It is the sole reason I'm here. I miss my loved ones. Horribly. But a single person paying $2,700 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in LA is just crazy.
I miss these two.
They live in Vietnam now. I've known these guys for about 13 years. We could have spent the day having wine and charcuterie out somewhere fancy in our fine threads and mustaches.
It's rare finding people who will wear mustaches with you. Know what I mean?
(Sigh)
And as the rain comes down I'll be here. At my keypad. Working. All day. An occasional yoga stretch with someone on YouTube. I'm a really bad sitter. Too antsy. I'm sure by 1pm I'll be texting SOS messages and ranting about some obscure random thing.
"OLT raised cedar garden 8x8 bed with deer fence options. $1,000! To keep the deer out? What the fuck! Who doesn't want deer in their back yard?!"
In the meantime I'll just vent about stupid lazy Americans. Am I entirely wrong? No. How do people sit and do nothing? HOW? I may not like Aramis's present girlfriend when she's acting possessive, jealous, and dramatic, but I still respect her. She came halfway around the world by herself, taught herself English (albeit she's still learning), but she found work when she got here, put herself through school and earned a degree. Of course I respect that. In addition Aramis's girlfriend couldn't care less if you like or respect her, which makes me respect her even more.
More and more young women from other countries are finding it an easier route to a better education here in America. And look at all the crap they have to go through to get it. But comparatively speaking it's still easier for them to come here rather than trying to get an education in their limited funded closed minded countries. Therefor I say if these young women can get here eager for an education, give it to them. They've earned it.
Pluck any random 30 year old American female, would she have the independence and wherewithal to do the same thing, go to another country or even stay in THIS COUNTRY, find a job, learn the English language, and earn a degree? 99 times out of 100, absolutely not. It's embarrassing. But you better believe they can tweet storm like a motherfucker about wearing black at an awards show in the name of female... something.
How about the wealthy women of Hollywood start trust funds to pay off student loans for young women in lower income areas while they remain in school? Or trust funds for women who suffered permanent physical damage at the hands of an abusive boyfriend or husband and can now only find limited work, if any? Isn't that part of your #metoo platform?
No? They don't want to start trust funds? I didn't think so. But wearing a black dress to an award show to prove their devotion to women... Well that's... That's... So Hollywood.
Hey isn't that Oprah smooching Harvey Weinstein??
I couldn't care less who sits in the White House, to be perfectly honest with you. Those people are so far removed from the real world. They have never affected my life better or worse. Ever.
Unicorns. People think we sit on clouds of cotton candy eating caviar off $100 bills. Right. We are however a different breed of animal. Single people in general, actually. That's for sure. It's always amusing to me how single people turn into couples, then turn around and treat single people like shit. Those assholes make me appreciate my couple friends a little more every day. Just when I think I can't possibly love my couple friends any more, some random asshole couple will email me insisting I owe them something just because they're married and I'm single. Fuck you. Immediately after reading their shitty emails, I'm texting my married girl friends, "I love you guys!" Seriously.
At my age meeting new people socially is at the BOTTOM of the list of things to do in my free time. Am I getting paid to be here? Is it my job? Well that's different.
AND ANOTHER THING: You know how couples complain when escorts are with a guy at a swinger event, well couples hit on me while I'm working, at my job. I'm only here because I'm being paid to be here. So what's the difference between me and an escort? ... Other than you're harassing me at my work. And I could get you thrown out. And arrested. But other than that, what's the difference?
No really, I want a swinger couple to tell me why harassing a girl at her job, is better than hooking up with a paid escort and her date at a place where it's consensual.
Yes? I'm listening.
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