People Skills

I was a really shy kid. I mean really shy. I never really thought about why that was, I just kind of sat back in the background and watched people. It wasn't until I moved to England my Freshman year of High School that I began to break out of my shell at all. Don't get me wrong, I had friends. But for some reason, it always took me awhile before I could really open up to them. But once I did, they were very important to me.

Working in Disney for minimum wage really makes you wonder how and why people ended up where they did. I am smart, and graduated with high honors. But here I am, barely able to support myself. Yet every day I see people who display intelligence levels only slightly higher than mentally retarded, and they somehow have the money to bring their family on a 2-week Disney vacation, and also buy their six-year-old an iPhone.

It's all about the people skills. It's who you know that gets you everything you want. It's what you know that seals the deal. Life was designed so that anyone who can shmooze the right way and have the confidence they need can get what they want. I was screwed with a genetic predisposition of insecurity and the inability of being able to bond with people the way I want to. I believe it's genetic because it's exactly how my Dad is. I see him in myself, and as much as I hate it and disagree with it, I can't change it.

And it's a vicious life circle. Politicians get where they are because of all these traits that I am working desperately to develop, although I do have more of a conscience then most. And then politicians keep fucking the poor, which, I am right now. Unemployment checks are for more than what I make, how does this make sense? People can't find jobs, yes they can. They have to do what I'm doing and put aside their dignity. Because they have to. Does it really make sense that they're looking to take away even more money from taxpayers in Florida who can't even support themselves, let alone a family?

This is why you have to fully embrace and hold on to the little joys in life, otherwise it will drive you crazy.