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Happy 2019, Wintreath!

Eugh, just had a job interview. Hate those.

Eugh, just had a job interview. Hate those.

Well? What are your weaknesses?

I HATE HUMAN CONNECTION.

And how does that make you feel?

Like I won't get the job.

I've gotten pretty good at putting on the face of a normal person when I have to, but dear god do I loathe it. Wonder if this is how sociopaths feel -- or wait, do sociopaths feel nothing? I forget.

Nevermind, it's psychopaths who wear people's faces.

And how does that make you feel?

Interestingly, I really hate most interactions with people on a day-to-day basis, unless they interest me. For some reason I'm really good with job interviews, though. I think my narcissism works wonders there, though. It's difficult for people not to find me charming when I goddamned know I'm the hottest shit they'll see all day.



(For realsies, I'm not actually a narcissist, I do behave like one in job interviews, though).

Anyway, my mother has decided she's recovered enough from her stroke to attempt horse riding, an old passion of hers, and has decided to buy a horse. The horse she settled on, though, was one that was rescued from someone who did not feed it, and it shows. On the one hand, I approve of her decision, because it just feels like the decent thing to do for an animal that was abused, and give it a good home, but on the other, I can't help but feel that it's just rationally a very bad decision, because it could pose a risk to her if she goes riding on a weakened animal. I don't have the heart to tell her this, though.

This is, for better or worse, always the type of shit I will associate with communist countries.

Holy shit....

The State Capture investigation and court case is way bigger than anyone could have anticipated. Fuck watergate.

https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2019-01-17-web-of-corruption-blown-wide-open/

A billion Rand sounds impressive, but it's only 70m US$, which is pretty small potatoes for government money.

For your government, maybe. For us, it's a fuck load. Many of our citizens live in poverty, and the government routinely taxes us into oblivion to fund their beach parties. One single party can sometimes burn through R2.5 million in a single night.

A billion Rand sounds impressive, but it's only 70m US$, which is pretty small potatoes for government money.

Edit

I mispoke.

Wew, 16 hours work day.

If you're wondering why I'm not around anymore, that's pretty much why.