Link from griffen

[conuly]

There are some interesting comments in his journal already, but of course the entry is locked, so don't pop over if you're not a friend.

What the article basically says is that it has been predicted that by the end of the year the US economy will collapse (entirely), and eventually drag the rest of the world down with it, so there's really not much point in trying to outrun the troubles by up and moving to Canada.

(My plan right now is Finland, which has the highest standard of living in the world. All I need to do now is learn Finnish and find a job or school or man there, right? Right?)

Of course, I can't just up and go anywhere, I'm stuck with my family. If I'm gone, Jenn or 'dul isn't earning any money because somebody has to watch the kids.

So instead, I need a plan. One that either allows me to drag my entire family with me here or there, or that allows me to hunker down on Staten Island. I never have a plan. I always plan to have a plan, but then I get scared and run off from plans. I need somebody to give me *their* plan, and then I can modify that.

Oh, and by the way? If planning fails - can I stay with any of you? I have l33t childcare skills apparently (I think I'll invest a little of my money and take a CPR course this month or next, actually, make 'em even more useful), which is nothing to sneeze at.

Edit: And the other link from griffen. Honestly, where does this shock come from? The other day at the supermarket, the cashier - a woman maybe ten years older than I am - told me upon seeing my bags that she's been "hearing lately" that plastic "doesn't break down and stays around forever" and that "oil is running out". Well, yeah. I just nodded and confirmed that this is true, but inside I'm wondering what the fuck she's been doing the past 25 years! Because I *know* I was hearing about this as a child! It was a big topic then! And she's not that much older than I am, so it can't be that she was raised in an entirely different era and hasn't caught up to the times yet either.

I just don't get it.

Comments

[conuly]

But if you're wearing cotton balls, will the sheep allow you to massacre them?

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Sheep don't pay any attention to fashion. You could be out there wearing Galliano's latest abomination, and they wouldn't even blink. Anyway, they don't exactly 'allow' anybody to massacre them - I think that's a misconception brought about by over-literal interpretation of certain Hebrew scriptures - no indeed, they resist it as much as possible, no matter how tastefully-dressed their would-be slaughterers may be.

I do suspect that the risk of getting shot by a New Zealand shepherd is greater for people wearing Galliano than for people wearing cotton balls. Not that cotton balls would be at all effective as camouflage; it's just that Galliano fashions would make such irresistible targets.

[conuly]

You mean they *don't* just lie down with wolves and lions and hope they don't get ett?