Economic Depression

Every time I turn on the tv or log into Yahoo to check my email, I am bombarded with depressing news about the economy. Housing market in massive slump! Ecomomic bailout will cost taxpayers 7 bazillion dollars! Unemployment rate 6.1%! Dow Jones at 10-year low!

I feel for people whose houses are in foreclosure or whose investments have tanked and I know that times are hard. But I am sick of hearing about it. Can I get a fluff piece about children volunteering with kittens or something? I mean, when I go online or watch tv, I am trying to escape from the tedium of work and everyday life. It goes a little something like this: Get up. Wash face. Drink coffee. Drive to work. Work, work, work. Go to gym. Shower. Make dinner. Eat dinner in front of tv. Flip channels. Watch "Daily Show" in search of uplifting comic relief. Experience anxiety and upset stomach at thought of economic instability. Brush teeth. Go to bed. Repeat.

It's a big drag. On weekends, my schedule is quite a bit less boring and I try to spice things up with adventures in retail and a few drinkies with Aaron and our friends. BUT, I do actually feel super guilty for shopping and going out. I mean, Beauty Addict has all but stopped posting! Budget Fashionista is posting about recession proofing your spending! I feel like I should be at home darning socks by candlelight, canning peaches and tanning deer hides for boots to prepare for the lean winter months. It's madness! Madness!

So, I have decided to stick my head in the sand (but not in the oven). I am going to start watching only Metal Mania on VH1. No news. No news satire. No ticker tapes. Just men and women with voluminous hair and sprayed on jeans from the 80s. I will be running to the hills and rockin' like a hurricane. If you could see me, you would see that I am making the devil sign with my hand/fingers. Here's to denial. Rock on.