Un po' d'Italiano, O'Connor, the State of Arizona

Sono veramente grato che oggi e' venerdi' perche', addiritura, non ne posso piu' durante la settimana. Da gennaio fin'ora, non ho potuto trovare lavoro, e sono arrabiato. In fatti, non ho piu' desiderio di raccontare i miei sentimenti in inglese. Che lingua brutta...

In other news today -- and surely it's not new by now -- Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring. At one point in life, I had committed myself to pursuing a legal profession, and SDO'C was definitely an inspiration of mine to do so. Although she was born in Texas, I consider her an Arizonan (which is very uncommon of this carpet-bagger disliking native). But now my worry is shifted once again to the current occupant of the White House and who he's going to nominate to fill her vacancy. Yeah, my head hurts too much to delve into that discussion...all I had to do was think about Scalia and the headache came.

I am outraged by my home state. I think some of the policies here are ridiculous, and again, this is attributed to me being unemployed. For once, I'm assailing immigrants, which I typically defend, but when I have lived in Arizona all my life, attended public universities here, payed taxes, and yet I can't qualify for assistance?! No, unemployment, no welfare, no nothing...and I'm majorly stressing about how my wife and I are going to cope. Yet people who have crossed over here illegally, have never paid taxes, and never held a job here can qualify for this stuff and I can't. Damn, who ever thought I would contemplate changing parties, but it seems as if every day I go unemployed, the more Republican I become.

What is it about me that can't get me hired? I have a great work history, solid education, and good references. I'm a good worker, and dammit I'M SMART! And, on the whole, I'm usually not this negative -- but when six months of job searching yields you nothing but a sinking depression, where do you go from here? I have my faith, but even that is waning...

I'm going to go to Taco Bell...it's all I can afford, and hell...maybe they're hiring...