Joe, a loyal disciple

This is a 4 part series on dreaming. The first two parts are of dreams I’ve recently had, parts 3 and 4 are reflections and examinations.

My sister and I are in the middle of the woods, more than likely in New Hampshire, and there’s a large brown house standing in front of us. It’s a family friend’s house, this is the feeling I have and the situation given, I do not know this guy and I’ve never seen him, but he’s a family friend. As he starts to show us around, my sister and him are going up the stairs, but I can’t keep up. I try as hard as I can to follow my way up the stairs, I do the jaguar crawl on the stairs, pull on the railings, everything I can, but I just can’t keep up with them.

Soon I reach the top of the stairs and there’s a bunch of men doing work around the area, there’s a light being worked on and open walls that look like the half finished skeleton of a house. I squeeze by them up the next set of stairs, however, I can’t fit through the hole between the stairs and the ceiling without getting stuck. I squeeze my way back out and down the stairs back to where the men are doing work. I look down the hallway and see a different set of stairs heading upstairs. I take that set of stairs up and when I reach the next floor I see my sister and the guy coming down from the next floor up about to head back down the stairs I couldn’t make it up. I yell over to them, they see me and make their way over to me.

They tell me they’ve been looking for me and we walk back across the hallway and up the stairs they just came down where we are on a balcony. On this balcony we can see the ground right next to us, we jump off onto the ground and look back to the house to see that this man’s house is a giant house that’s sunk into a pool just big enough for the house to fit in with about a foot of clearance all the way around. The pool is not a standard pool with the white lining, fancy bricks and all the accessories, but rather a giant dug out section of earth filled with water in the middle of the woods.

He tells us the entire house is water proof and no water can get in. I decide that because the roof is so close to the ground I’ll just jump on it and walk across to the other side to see what’s there. I run and jump onto the roof and I hear crinkling, like a soda can being crushed. I make it halfway over before I hear my sister yelling at me and I jump off immediately off to the side, and I hear the sound of water rushing in.

At this point I picture everything in the house being destroyed by this flood of water, as well as drowning and killing the guy’s wife ans kids trapped inside. I even imagine myself being stuck in the basement of this house and trying to figure an escape route out, but within this illusion inside of a dream, I realize I’m trapped and there’s no way to get out of the sinking house. I will drown and die.

Just after the illusion of me about to die from drowning, I see I’m back outside where I was and I realize that this guy’s house is a giant aluminum sunken trailer in a pool in the middle of the woods, and I just broke it and it’s flooding with water. Everyone is looking at me with a horrid, “DEAR GOD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!” look on their face. I’m scared to death and before anyone starts to approach me I punch my own sister in the face and try to run. Everyone, all random people I’ve never met before, walk slowly towards me as I try to run. I’m running as hard as I can, but no matter how fast I try to run, I can’t run faster than these people can walk. Since I tried running from them their faces have changed from the look of horror, to a blank emotionless expression, but even with the change of expression, all I want to do is run from them. I’m extremely scared and I try throwing punches at these people to get them away from me. I turn around to run some more, clawing at the ground, doing anything in my power to run but I still can’t run faster than they can walk and I can’t escape from this horror. Immediately after this realization I can’t escape, I scare myself awake.

Dream. Part 2: Tomorrow.

Toyota has been thrown under the bus for the recent accelerator issue. Testers for Toyota have testified stating that in all the vehicles they’ve tested they have failed to recreate ANY issue reported by victims of the “Accelerator” problem. This is obviously a conspiracy, wait, can conspiracies be obvious? Either way here’s the common trends of recent:

Toyota has hid safety issues in the past and has had several recalls!
So has the Big 3. Click for: FORD CHEVY DODGE

19 people have died because of this!
Out of nearly 4.25 million vehicles.. that’s still only a 1:210526 chance, Also known as a “Freak Accident” …More people die everyDAY from drunk driving than 8 years of Toyota “problems.” see: Drunk Driving Statistics

Basically what I’m getting at here is that the government is stepping in to bitch out Toyota, fine them and potentially throw them in probation. Now to be fair, Ford Chevy and Dodge have been bitched at for safety over the years, but it’s never been this public, never been this big of a deal or problem in the past for any auto company, so why is this one so big?

Here’s why, it’s because it’s Toyota. Toyota, the foreign car company and top rated car company in satisfaction AND safety in America is taking over. Ford, Chevy and Dodge can’t compete with them and it was extremely obvious, Toyota never needed a bailout. The government is stepping in because the Big 3 still owe them money and the government wants it back. So along comes the perfect opportunity to throw Toyota under the bus, their first major recall since the auto bailouts. Ford recently had a switch issue that caused fires which forced them to recall 4.5million vehicles. Did you even hear about that, much less the 2 days it was a considered an “issue”? Didn’t think so.

The government wants it’s auto companies to succeed, they want ours to be the most perfect bestest ever oh mai gawd joo need to buy a Ford rye nau!!! No, Toyota’s that are shipped in overseas are taxed and the government makes bank on those tariffs, then again on the sales tax. As for the Toyota’s made in America, THEY’RE KEEPING US EMPLOYED.

So why the big fuss, why throw Toyota under the bus? They make the government money, they keep Americans employed, (the Big 3 obviously can’t, [insert taxpayer bailout here] ), and again, Toyota’s are the tops in customer satisfaction and safety. In other words, I can’t see a reasonable excuse to throw Toyota under the bus, beside the fact the US government wants to prove they have larger cocks than Toyota. They’re Japanese, we already win that by default.

The government needs to shut the fuck up about this and all Americans need to calm the fuck down. Toyota’s are still safe, all “accidents” were freak accidents and were more than likely user error, (Kids and their cellphones I tell you what!). One issue was about “sudden acceleration in a 2007 Lexus ES 350,” It has 272 horses under the hood, the guy probably is used to driving a Ford with half the power, it’s called accommodate your power and learn to drive dipshit.

Every goddamn American rides the fucking bandwagon on everything and for once we need to stop and think about shit for once. Not everything is as black and white as the news makes it, they’re as biased as you, now shut the fuck up and calm the hell down.

Thank you.
-Joe

I’ve seen a few common hot trends in the past year, all of which involving budget cuts, how to save, etc. The one that piqued my interest the most was this, “Mandatory Drug Tests to get Welfare.” When I first heard it, I’m not gonna lie, I thought it sounded like a pretty brilliant idea. If the welfare system is supporting drug addiction, then cut the addicts from their cash flow and it’ll force them to clean up.

The main problem with that idealism is this: If you’re addicted to something, you’ll go to great lengths to get your “fix,” or whatever it is that feeds your addiction, whether it be alcohol, heroin, or even pot. If you take the money from the addicts, not only can’t they get their drugs, but also, they can’t get money. This means 1) Crime will sharply increase, addicts will steal or become violent in order to get money and/or drugs. 2) Addicts would have to work to get their money, whether it be cashiering, driving as a cabbie, or any other types of easy jobs. I’m not sure about you, but I wouldn’t trust a heroin addict to drive me home, much less pay him. 3) This plan features no solution to drug addiction. Without a system of recovery or rehabilitation, the issue still exists and addicts will continue to be addicts.

This is best summarized by a friend of mine that shares the same ideal I do:

” The point of welfare is to provide someone the financial resources to get them back on their feet. Drug tests don’t show if someone wont do drugs, it shows if they haven’t in the past (some length of time). That means if a person was trying to sober up, they’d be on their own for that amount of time and although the lack of money would make it easier to assure they wont buy drugs, the lack of hope and the utter useless feeling, I feel, would keep them in the cycle. I think it’d be better to have it mandatory to take a drug test and if they fail throw them in rehab, then once they’ve completed, put them on welfare. However, I fear what the group means is if you fail you just don’t get welfare, without the framework to assist someone to clean themselves up… they’ll stay where they are. “

The best solution to this system would be to enact a plan that allowed recovery and rehab to be included in the welfare system. The system could be as simple as: Pass your drug test this month, get your checks; Fail the drug test, you must report to a rehab facility before you can receive your checks.

It makes sense in order to receive Welfare that you should be sober, however, it makes no sense to simply kick someone to the curb if they have a problem.

I fucking do.

Work pissed me the fuck off when we understaffed a guaranteed do well cruise in order to make more money with less expanses, seriously, FUCK THAT. Pissed me off to no belief. I had to do my end of the deal either way but seriously, that was fucking loads of bullshit and I want to kick their fucking ass. All i want is enough people to do my job PROPERLY, i can still do my job without the proper help, BUT DOING IT PROPERLY IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GET SHIT DONE. FUCKING FUCK IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR!?

Enough of this, I’m out.

OH GOD WHAT HAS BECOME OF US

What would you do if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me
Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song
I will try not to sing out of key

Ohh baby I get by
(By with a little help from my friends)
All I need is my buddies
(Try with a little help from my friends)
I said I want to get high I will
(High with a little help from my friends)
Who-Ho-Hoo-yeah

What do I do when my love is away
(Does it worry for you to be alone?)
No no
How do I feel by the End of the day
(Are you said because you’re on your own)
I hope you Don’t say it no more

(By with a little help of my friends)
Gonna get by with my friends
(Try With a little help from my friends)
Heel-heel-heel I’ll will try
(High with a little help from my friends)
Keeping it high I will

(Do you need anybody)
I need someone to love
(Could it be anybody)
All I need is someone, who knows just where I’m going yeah
Somebody who knows quiet sure, baby

(By with a little help from my friends)
Said I’m gonna make it with my friends, I will
(Try with a little help from my friends)
Who-hoo-I wonna keep on trying
(High with a little help from my friends)
I’m gonna keep on trying

(Would you believe in a love at first sight?)
I’m certain it happens all the time yeah
(What do you see when you turn off the lights?)
I can’t tell ya, but it sure feel like mine

(By with a little help of my friends)
Don’t you know I’m gonna make it with my friends
(Try with a little help of my friends)
I promised my self I get by
(High with a little help of my friends)
Said I’m gonna try it a little to hard

(Do you need anybody)
Ohaaa- yeah yeah yeah
(Could it be anybody)
Oh there’s gonna be somebody
Ohh yeah yeah

(By with a little help from my friends)
Said I’m gonna get by with my friend, I tell ya
(Try with a little help from my friends)
Ooh yes I’m gonna keep trying
(High with a little help from my friends)
Keeping it trying with my friends
(By with a little help from my friends)
Ooh you never gonna stop me anymore
(Try with a little help from my friends)
I’ll keep on trying
(High with a little help from my friends)
Get on high, I’m wanna make time oh lord
Gonna get by with my friends

It’s been kinda a very long time since I’ve written in this blog and I don’t think I’m about to write anything important. Too much work and school of recent for me to waste my time in this blog, so therefor, have this photo to confuse yourself for hours.

There was a town where everything was forbidden
Now, since the only thing that wasn’t forbidden was the game tip-cat, the town’s subjects used to assemble on meadows behind the town and spend the day there playing tip-cat.
And as the laws forbidding things had been introduced one at a time and always with good reason, no one found any cause for complaint or had any trouble getting used to them.
Years passed. One day the constables saw that there was no longer any reason why everything should be forbidden and they sent messengers to inform their subjects that they could do whatever they wanted.
The messengers went to those places where the subjects were wont to assemble.
‘Hear ye, hear ye,’ they announced, ‘nothing is forbidden anymore.’
The people went on playing tip-cat.
‘Understand?’ the messengers insisted. ‘You are free to do what you want.’
‘Good,’ replied the subjects. ‘We’re playing tip-cat.’
The messengers busily reminded them of the many wonderful and useful occupations they had once engaged in and could now engage in once again. But the subjects wouldn’t listen and just went on playing, stroke after stroke, without even stopping for a breather.
Seeing that their efforts were in vain, the messengers went to tell the constables.
‘Easy,’ the constables said. ‘Let’s forbid the game of tip-cat.’
That was when the people rebelled and killed the lot of them.
Then without wasting time, they got back to playing tip-cat.

For those of you that read yesterday’s post, (the one just below this), I apologize for the time warp back to 1982 and for the rude language. Again, I apologize and hope today’s post will make amends for yesterday’s.

So as you all may know, Fred’s being a stuck up pile of fuck about his super badass new computer. He’s more talkative and annoying then a 12 year old school girl that just learned about cocks in science class.

OH MAI GAWD GUIZE!!! MAI COMPUTER IS TEH SEXXORZ
I CAN HAS PROCESSOR POWERZ MAX AND PLAY VEEDIOO GEEMES.
MY COMPUTERZ IZ TUFF AND DOESN’T AFRAID OF ANYTHING.

Shut the fuck up.

You’re computer is about as tough as the Hoover Dam and can only do everything that I wish it to do to please me erotically. Your processor can only compute pi in .005 nano seconds and you have less RAM then the entire CIA.

I really wish I could see you right now and punch your teeth in and give your girlfriend a Daisy Doo Snow-Cone.

Seriously.

Fuck off.

Joe Renken Publications
Copyright 2009

I’m currently extremely bored and being bored helps me get a ton of things done I wouldn’t normally get done. These tasks include:

• Applying for a loan
• Fixing my Facebook profile
• Applying for a second job
• Shopping around for a new car
• Blogging here
• Going back to hate on new videos posted on Newgrounds
• Applying for college
• Get better from being sick
• Learn something on guitar
• Buy a new jacket

Being bored is extremely helpful. You should try it out sometime, just take a day off from everything and do nothing what so ever.