If there’s anything I’ve learned by having been dislocated as many times as I have, it’s to be adaptable. Yet, try as I might, things seem to remain far too interesting for my wallet to catch up with.
Sure, I may not live in a third world country and have the worst income, but when ramen noodles start to look expensive, maybe I’m getting too close for comfort. My stuff also seems to be working against me, breaking close enough together to tease what sanity I have left. I’m past the squeezing blood out of stone stage; I’m at the digging for a heart in the middle of Mt. Everest phase.
I realize that as our dollar becomes more worthless it will only drive the prices of goods up, but I would not be opposed if that trend could take a hike long enough for me to buy a decent batch of groceries. I can plead and beg for my salary to take a leap as well, but even my delusions have limitations.
Perhaps I was spoiled by the silly idea of a salvage grocery store in Mississippi where eating is actually feasible, but somehow I got this idea that you don’t have to screw those struggling to make ends meet out of a meal. Who am I kidding though, it really is a crazy idea to take leftover goods from a town and resell them so everyone dirt poor doesn’t have to turn to the food bank. Begging never makes someone feel ashamed anyways.
I also have a knack for having necessary items break when there is no way to pay for them. Computers, parts on vehicles, you name it and I’ve either had to replace it recently or it is inevitably waiting to self destruct until inconvenience is at its highest level.
If you think having to buy food when you are broke is tough, electronic items or car parts take it to a whole new nauseating level. Yet, fret not, most places can hook you up with more pricing items for a flat screen television or Blue Ray DVD player, so at least you’ll be able to entertain yourself while you starve and walk to the job you may or may not have. Maybe Food Network can start selling seasons of their cooking shows so we can at least pretend we are looking at something appetizing.
I am thankful for a roof over my head, perhaps the fashion world is ready for me to start wearing parts of my house around town when the last of my decent clothes fades away to threads. Shingles doesn’t have to be just an embarrassing disease, it can be a bra for the ladies or a loin cloth made out of recycled fiberglass.
I haven’t exactly got a beach friendly tan so if I get the right consistency of mud I can simulate pants until it rains and community meetings get real interesting. Despite all the hard times, if I lose my sense of humor then I really will have nothing more to hang on to. I wonder if doctors prescribe laughter in pill or shot form.
Arts & History
Who needs affordable living anyway
Confessions of a Dislocated Texan
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‘Anonymous’ decent fiction, though pretentious
The art of the lie is one thing humanity has never let fall into disuse and it has many uses from trying to hide something to creating a good old fashioned conspiracy theory when we don’t want to accept the facts.
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Maysville history comes to life one act at a time
Ever since the dawn of classroom based learning, teachers and administrators have struggled to find ways to engage their pupils in each semester’s curriculum.
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‘The Iron Lady’ an emotional ride through adversity
As someone who has easily dedicated a lifetime’s worth of television hours nerding out to stuff like the History Channel, it is no wonder why I always eventually cave to biographical movies on some of the most famous/infamous people to make something of their humanity.
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‘J. Edgar’ a win for DiCaprio, flat elsewhere
History can often favor the victorious and ignore a lot of wrongs, but sometimes the most vile cannot completely wash away the grime.
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Team recycles for fashion
Art in some ways can always involve taking an otherwise cast aside object and giving it new use, but for three Pauls Valley business owners, it’s also a chance encourage environmental responsibility in others.
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‘Hugo’ a beautiful exposition of art in film
Though I tend to feel slightly squeamish when it comes to movies which go overboard in the artsy department, there is a way to incorporate a refined feeling without boring the heck out of everyone.
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‘The Conspirator’ perfect commentary on blind justice
In this episode of Oklahoma Ezra and the Temple of Film we dig up yet another movie lost to the box office ages, one with a fascinating premise, but lousy attendance.
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Missoula prepares for audition rush Feb. 20
Every community has traditions which carry with them a guaranteed level of excitement and one synonymous with Pauls Valley for the past 15 years has been Missoula Children’s Theater.
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‘Moneyball’ cash in the bank for best actor
Maybe it’s because math was always a special kind of hell for me throughout the education process, but any sort of award attached to a movie where it is the major dynamic seems like a cruel joke.
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‘The Grey’ follows typical blah early year trend
As a relatively balanced movie fan, I tend to be open to the possibility of any time of the year having the chance to win over audiences, though there remains reasons why most of the awesome of the box office begins around summer.
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