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Today is Memorial Day.

I mention this because in a few years, when someone (most likely me) stumbles upon this post and wonders what all went down this day in the world, they'll know that people didn't work, ate hot dogs and watched baseball or something. Then they'll look back on this day in fondness, because hot dogs + not working must = good time. I will have made their day.

Except if I read it. Cause today made me realize that I was screwed when I wasn't born Amish.

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I'm at home right now, which means that there's not much to do. Which means that we all usually get the urge to get out of the house. But that means we usually head to Target, because we're all boring and can't think of anything better to do.

Actually, today we were all so bored, that we went to Target, Best Buy, AND Barnes & Noble. Oh yeah. Wild and crazy right here, everyone. The problem is that I really can't spend any money.

The second problem is that looking around made me want oh so much. Like the new Punch-Out game? Would TOTALLY be mine if I felt like I had money to spend. And I mean... it's not like I'm completely and terribly broke right now. But since I am unemployed and not seeing much of a light at the end of some sort of tunnel, I *will* be broke and needing spare change to pay rent and all that fun grown up stuff... looking at all the items I may desire but might never get sort of blows. Especially when that's the primary reason for making the trip out to stores.

In a way to make myself feel better, I decided that this was the fault of this consumerist culture that is obviously super evil and the reason for all hatred in the world. And in that moment, I started feeling Amish.

Let's list the reasons why the Amish are better than us.

1) They wouldn't get bored ever because their either working in the fields all day or sleeping. Or that's what I hear from television.

2) In case terrorists or aliens somehow find a way to take down the world's electrical systems, leaving the entire nation electrically powerless... well, I'm assuming the entire nation would riot and start burning major metropolitan cities as a way to pass their time. Meanwhile, the Amish will be back in their rocking chairs, shrugging, wonder to each other "what the f is the big deal?", and then shortly thereafter they will rise and take over the nation. I'm 42% sure that this is actually going to happen.

3) ... That's all I got, actually.

But still. I'm thinking about my current financial situation and I'm figuring how much I'm wasting on stupid crap, and if I were to just cut out something like video games and such... I'd probably save at least $200 a year or more, which is kind of a lot, and replace it with something less expensive. Like knitting.

Of course, since I've grown up listening to commercials and doing whatever the television tells me, that's never going to happen. But it's still something that I could try to make a few strides in.

Cause when aliens attack and revert us back to the pre-historic age, maybe I can snag a government position when the Amish take over the government.