Michael Kindt's Blog, page 473
September 16, 2011
Here he is with Wilma and Betty :)
Here he is with Wilma and Betty :)
I raised a whole entire kid and didn't kill him or nothing.
Note: I wrote this on my son's birthday a little while ago. I didn't post it then because I felt it was too personal. I was right.
A long time ago, I knocked up a girl. I don't even remember where we met, probably at a party. She was gorgeous, I thought, a true cinnamon girl with dark skin, brown hair, brown eyes, very pretty feet and beautiful legs. She was taller than me, which gave me pause at first. Not because I didn't want her, but because I didn't think she'd want me. Girls like guys to be taller than them usually, which is why girls should avoid calling guys shallow because we're all shallow at first. We all go by looks.
So I went after her and got her. She was a brainiac and up until that time the smartest person I had ever met. She was also hilarious. A brave girl, she was. Many females are afraid to be funny or silly, but not this one. She had me rolling and I knew right then she was beautiful.
We hooked up and had a whirlwind romance. Our first "date" was me moving in with her. No lie. We started living together on our first date. Clearly, it was going to last forever, haha. It was a sizzling, sexual thing and we became inseparable. Also, during that first month, pregnant.
Now that was the first and last girl I got pregnant, and it affected me profoundly. So profoundly, that I changed my life. Up until then, I had been a fuck-up, doing nothing much but partying. I drank, I smoked weed, I worked in restaurants for beer and weed money. One time, I even became homeless, but it was summer so I was ok with it.
Now that I was going to be a father, I figured I should do something, so I went down and got my GED, which I very literally aced. I got into college and our little family moved away.
Our relationship disintegrated quickly after moving. She wasn't ready to give up the party lifestyle quite yet and she missed her friends and family. We were in a strange town far away and our relationship was over. We had a little boy who was about one and a half, and she took him with her back home.
I remember the day they left. I remember falling on the floor bawling. Seriously, I literally fell like a tree that had been cut down. BAM! I'll never forget that. I'm not sure, but I may have actually fainted, kinda.
So I was in college and completely devastated. I couldn't cope, and dropped all the classes I was in. I had about 200 bucks and had to move from the trailer we had lived in to a place that was called The Big House, because it was a little tiny one-room shack no bigger than a cake box. Just kidding. It was an enormous house. It had once been an old folks home, but now it was a young folks home, full of college kids.
I moved in there and met some great people, people I am friends with to this day. I started to get my old self back, I started to heal. I registered for the upcoming semester and decided to soldier on.
Then one day my X showed up with the baby. It had been almost two months since she had left. "I need a break. Can you take him?"
"Absolutely."
Long story short, he's been with me ever since and today turned 18.
It was by no means easy being a welfare dad. We had some very hard times, but also some very good ones.
He was the best mistake I ever made and worth everything.
instrumentality replied to your post: ohmigod i want to FUCK! there is nothing you can do here,...
I want some Baskin Robins. That's kinda the same thing, right?
It's better, in my opinion. Plus, you don't need condoms ;)
Wasn't this originally yours? loving-by-laughter (@tumblr) post/10274390451/books-stap-it
Yep, that's mine. It was widely stolen. It's a joke, though, and jokes get passed around. Initially, when it was starting to get stolen a lot, it bugged me. Who knows where this guy got it, but I think I'll follow him just to freak him out :)
Specifically in regard to your article about the war on poverty, and generally for the writing and cynicism thing: you da man, Michael Kindt. You da man.
Aw, shucks. Getting the love this morning. Thanks.
ohmigod i want to FUCK! there is nothing you can do here, ultimately, but it is true. i'm horny. i want my hair pulled, ass slapped, i want to be held down, ravaged...
I'm sure there's a bar nearby. Get some condoms.
just saying, but i'd rather read your book for a semester than anything my english professor has chosen.
Thank you :) That's nice of you to say. You would spend the whole time trying to figure out what genre it is, I expect.
September 15, 2011
Apparently,
you can rent my book for a semester. Weird. I always knew I was in a class by myself, but am I an actual class now? Haha. I HIGHLY doubt it. Early Onset of Night 101.
I actually think I'm a 300 level, but anyway. I envision college student quotes….
"Shit! I'm flunking Early Onset of Night."
"I can't go clubbing. I have to read 20 pages of that creepy book, Early Onset of Night. There may be a pop quiz."
"Fuck this. I am SO dropping this class."
"Seriously?"
christiankeyes:
christiankeyes:
Are 'Anarcho'-Capitalists Really Anarchists?
In a word, no. While...
Are 'Anarcho'-Capitalists Really Anarchists?
In a word, no. While "anarcho"-capitalists obviously try to associate themselves with the anarchist tradition by using the word "anarcho" or by calling themselves "anarchists" their ideas are distinctly at odds with those associated with anarchism. As a result, any claims that their ideas are anarchist or that they are part of the anarchist tradition or movement are false.
"Anarcho"-capitalists claim to be anarchists because they say that they oppose government. As noted in the last section, they use a dictionary definition of anarchism. However, this fails to appreciate that anarchism is a political theory. As dictionaries are rarely politically sophisticated things, this means that they fail to recognise that anarchism is more than just opposition to government, it is also marked a opposition to capitalism (i.e. exploitation and private property). Thus, opposition to government is a necessary but not sufficient condition for being an anarchist — you also need to be opposed to exploitation and capitalist private property. As "anarcho"-capitalists do not consider interest, rent and profits (i.e. capitalism) to be exploitative nor oppose capitalist property rights, they are not anarchists… .(click link to read more)
Reblogging because I posted this really early this morning. Relevant to last night's argument/disagreement.
I agree strongly. Capitalism must be overcome for true anarchy to come to fruition. So called "anarcho-capitalism" is simply replacing one tyrant with another. If anything, the system whereby corporate and business interests overcome the state is actually being born right now all around us.
Anarcho-capitalism isn't a real thing. The correct term is Corporate Feudalism or Plutarchy.
