Sunday, March 8, 2009

man I hate being sick

So my children have been sick for the lat three weeks and my immune system has finally given in. I am now sick. I hate it. I have been thinking in order to make really nice furniture I need two more tools. I need a lathe to make legs for chairs and tables and I need a planner/ jointer. I also would like to buy a gun. but I guess that can wait till I have deployed and come back by then I should have lots of extra cash. But might not as we are trying to save up a lot of cash in order to try and go bum around the world.
I wonder how much it would cost to live in china for a few months.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

economic stimulus

So I do not really believe that the economic stimulus package will actually help America move forward. Maybe it is because I am skeptical that anything the government does with my money will do anything more then what I can do with my money. Also that is a whole lot of cash for the next 10 years. So if he does not get re-elected it will last for another 6 years and if he does then it will still last for another 2 years after he is gone. That is the kind of debt that my grandchildren will be paying off in the form of higher interest rates among other problems. One of the things that just baffles me is that they want to insure mortgages and help people get into homes. Now this is good but having the government back so many bad loans and having the companies give out loans to those who could not really afford them isn't that what got us into this in the first place? Do we really need more people out there to own their homes? What ever happened to saving up for them and then buying or what about renting for a few years so that we can save up for a down payment. There is nothing wrong with not owning a home. I do like the infrastructure repairs and the investment in clean energy the great depression brought about the highway system that we see now. And the renewable hydroelectric dams. So those are great. But I do not know.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1/show
It also seems interesting that most Americans I talk to have no faith in it and do not even really want it to pass.
I guess that only time will tell if it really will help

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

one day

So today is the first day this week that I have not worked a 12-13 hour day and that kinda sucks. i am very tired. One day I will be a civilian and get paid overtime for this crap.
I have a lot to do before britta comes back hope I get it all done in time.
I have started to study written chinese more. I now study it at least 30 min a day every day. I would really like to take the test so that I can prove to big brother that I can read and listen to chinese. If I do that I get more money every month.
I have a boring life that is why I do not post. However I am very busy in my boring life.
peace

Saturday, February 7, 2009

wow been a long time

It sure has been a long time since I wrote. I wonder what I should write about that is so important for me to tell everyone that reads this.
hmmmm not much not much has happened to me. I have a new job for the army. I am doing something that I know nothing about I am a staff puke for the us army 4th BCT. An infantry BCT i know jack about the infantry it is interesting and it kinda sucks.
Britta says we should go and live in China for a year off of our savings I think it sounds like a good idea but do notknow how it would work. gotta find a place to rent for a year. Also gotta find out how to go about getting a drivers licence and all that stuff. I wonder how much it would cost to live there. I wonder what the visa requirements are for china I have never had a tourist visa that lasted for more then a couple months. I heard that you had to have a job in order to get a visa in order to cut down on the number of bums in china.
Gotta do more research.