| Saturday, April 15, 2006 |
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I am rediscovering my love for reading, playing guitar, art, and everything else I used to love before I got distracted by the internet, boys, and food. As a matter of fact, I've barely been online today. I'm two-thirds into Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich. It's really a great book. Ehrenreich, a reporter, "quits" her life and experimentally joins working-class America. In her book, she reveals the struggles millions of American earning minimum wage. It's disturbing, and it's very humbling. Not only do these people need to work two jobs to survive, but the work is mentally and physically exhausting in every case. After her experiences waitressing and scrubbing floors, Ehrenreich says there are, in fact, no "unskilled" jobs after all. While my only problem is how to properly allot my freetime, millions of people are scrubbing toilets for ten hours a day, only to come home to fast-food and a growing stack of bills. --- music: I Always Knew - Tilly and the Wall |