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Prejudices? Most of us have some mild case of this beast if not a full blown epidemic of it. Some pick a certain race. Some think that women are second class citizens. Thankfully, I've never had issues with those two big tickets. Both of my parents were union workers who always emphasized equality of race. Most of the important people in my life have been extrordinary women, so I know from experience that women CERTAINLY are not second class citizens. But I do have one and it is very unhealthy and always seems to creep its ugly way into my decision making and even creative endeavors.

I instantly distrust and dislike people with rich folks. I do not want to see or hear from people with financial buffers. People with lots of options rub me the wrong way, instantly. Especially if they're fucking up in school or in life. I have no sympathy for their feelings or their situations. I know that this is an unhealthy prejudice. I know that it has little or no logical ground. Granted, I'm not out in a pickup truck looking for rich kids to plummell. Nor am I impolite to the few in my life that have now or have had a "wide range of options" based on older money. It's just a STRONG internal hatred and general dislike that I am acknowledging. If a pop culture reference would need to be used I would say GRIMEY from the Simpsons. You know...Homer's deceased coworker from the SIMPSONS. I see myself with characteristics of GRIMEY when I hear about "the heroin-addled daughters of industry and their inabilities to get useless fine art degrees". Should I feel something for their troubles? They are human, aren't they? Surely they had similar family dysfunctions of some kind that led them to drug addiction or laziness? Why can't I shake my jealousy and try to be sympathetic in some way? Or am I reciprocating the feelings that their fathers and mothers have for my side of the tracks? I can see them at their little Freemason Cigar & Bourbon parties just laughing at and mocking those who work in their factories. Or enjoying the price hike on doctor visits and prescription costs to those who can barely afford to stay alive HEALTHY let alone SICK. Should "daddy's little princess" pay for his sins with junk sickness and my hatred? Should any of us pay for our little lots in life? How does one go about shaking a prejudice? I would really like to do that. Misery's the river of the world. EVERYBODY ROWS!!!

On a lighter note...I hate how much it costs to get buried in this country. Is it possible to get a decent viking funeral? Is it okay that the one getting the viking funeral is of Irish/Native American/British/German decent? I've already got a cheap canoe in storage. This seems more appropriate than some thousand dollar wood box with a bunch of brass fixins. Especially for me.

SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Beans "Shock City Maverick"
David Ackles "Five & Dime...Plus"
Throbbing Gristle "DOA"
Death From Above 1979 "You're A Woman, I'm A Machine"
King Tubby-"In Fine Style"
MF Doom- "MM..Food"
Robert Wyatt- "Rock Bottom"
King Sunny Ade- "King Of JuJu"
Buffy Sainte Marie- "Illuminations"