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So, my family and I sit down for breakfast this morning. And we're getting along and chatting.....for those of you who don't know I rent the basement to my parents house. Well, the area i live in the morgage is more than what the houses are worth because the economy is taking a large hit in this area. A Lot of people around here are walking out of their houses with the clothes on their back and handing over their house keys to the morgage companies.

Well, my mom works for a company that lays people off, large brantches of people every six months... and well, mom believes that her boss is one of the ones loosing their jobs. so as an affect to it, she'll loose her job. so she's putting out her reseme for jobs that are 10 thousand less than what she's making.

I'm was informed this morning that if that happens one of three things will have to happen.
first one is that i'll have to come up with 600 dollars more in rent each month. which is more than what i have for gas and grocreys each month.
the second is that i'll have to move up to the top floor, sell 75 percent of what i own or give it away so they can rent out my appartment cause what I make isn't enough for them to keep this house.
the third is that they want to move to a three room condo. which condos in this area is like owning a freaking town house and so not worth it.

So, now i'm freaking out because even though we get along the way things are now, I KNOW that if i move upstairs we'll be at each others throats. I won't be able to do any religious things, I will not be able to sit infront of the TV because my parents will have it. No private time at all.

So yeah.... Happy mothers day! WHOO! Good times.

That sucks. I hope they stop hurting soon.

Wow. That entirely sucks. I hope things work out better than you expect. The foreclosure bomb hasn't hit too hard here yet, but it's coming. The house across the street from mine is up for sale for 189 and the place is tiny. The prices are out of control.

yeah, the economy is so whacked up.

There's a music video for Disturbed's new song, Inside the Fire. I didn't know this, but apparently the song is about suicide and deals with an event in David Draiman's past.

Video (the disclaimer before the video is serious, it's mature)

I got teary-eyed and couldn't watch all of the video. About a year ago, my brother's fiancee commited suicide. This hurt me not only because she felt like she was my sister, even though I had only met her once, but also becuase my brother was just getting his life in line. I can only imagine the pain this caused him.

That's just shitty, Rose. Just try not to panic. gonk

As for me right now, I think if I ever add another mule it will be someone very safe and very boring. Since Spider, it seems like whatever mule I favor, my life seems to sort of adapt to for lack of a better word. My problems right now? Women and booze. I s**t you not.

I wouldn't count that out at the rate I'm going.

See I finally got back in touch with my best friend, who also happens to be my ex-girlfriend and nearly fiancee, who is back home. You know, that big ******** tattoo I have. The one who inspired me to become a tattoo artist. Her.

She's an alcoholic; was sober for three years until a month or so ago while we were out of touch.

Most of my friends just can't understand how I feel about her or what we have between us, but I have a feeling that at least a couple people here do if not more. She knows me backwards and forwards, inside and out. Better than anyone else, better than my parents. She's the Alfred and Selina to my Batman. I'm Harley to her Ivy.

Thus I'm making a vow; I'm giving up on tattooing until she gets sober.