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It is more brutal than you think:

The disturbing news nugget is the “underemployment” rate. This is the number of part-time workers who would like a full-time job and others who want jobs and have just given up the search. This rate held fast at 17%, which is an unacceptable number. What makes this a more unacceptable number than the 9.8% unemployment rate? These are people who want to work full time and can’t find full-time jobs. This means that these workers are making just enough money to get by, and would like to make more with a full-time job. Either that, or they have decided to give up on the job search altogether. This is not a good trend, because this number needs to fall significantly as well. In fact, I contend that this number is more important than the [unemployment] rate because these underemployed are not spending money either.

I hate the characterization that the underemployed have given up. I can’t even find a part-time job. In Florida, the unemployment rate is 11.9% and the underemployed is most likely just north of 20%. My plight gets worse, because the longer I am out of a job, the harder it is to get a job. And what really pisses me off, is that most (if not all) of the job listings out there pile on a bunch of qualifications on there it becomes almost impossible to submit a resume to them.

I have not given up searching for a job. I have given up hope of finding a job now, or in the near future. This fustrates me to no end, because I feel like a bum next to DragonGate. I want to show her I am not a bum, but how can I do that if I feel like one?

Well, see ya’ later!
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I got my first letter from DragonGate over the Thanksgiving week.

*sniff*

I can almost smell her on the letter. I know that sounds kind of weird, but I miss her dearly.

She re-enlisted and got sworn in by General Petraeus himself, which I am happy for her. She now has a secure job until 2014. Whatever happens between us, I know she will be taken care of for some time. The job market here sucks big time.

DragonGate is taking part in NaNoWriMo this year. It’s funny, since I turn her onto NaNoWriMo, I haven’t been able to do it myself. This year I was burn out blogging and campaigning, so I have been taking it easy this month. I will make it a point of order next year to do NaNoWriMo. I also promise to get back on Spoils Of War before then as well.

So, I am happy to hear from her. I will have to get a letter out to her by the end of this week.

Well, see ya’ later!
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This sucks. I miss DragonGate. It’s times like this (Thanksgiving and Christmas) that I want to be with the one I love, but she is on the other side of the world.

Although I am sad, I am more than willing to share her with the Army. I told her more than once that I be more than accepting if she makes the Army a career. I will highly recommend to her that she stay in the Army until they no longer wanted her. Then I can have her all to myself.

Well, see ya’ later!
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Everyone has their story. Where they were and what they did on September 11th, 2001. My story isn’t very exciting really. In fact, I would call it boring. However my life would be effected by those events of that day in ways I could never imagine.
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Well, I now think I know what made me so sick the other day: Corndogs

I ate corndogs then and got sick. I didn’t think much of it then, because I ate corndogs a lot of times before and never got sick. However I was eating corndogs just now and my stomach got upset. This time I luckily had some pepto bismol on hand and was able to advoid an evening of pain.

Also, DragonGate finished her Rise Of The Tiger story. God damn I love this woman. I fell in love with her wonderful intelligence and bravey in joining the Army right in the middle of Iraq and Afghanistan. Granted she is also very beautiful, but I am not a superficial man. I love how we share a lot of the same interests in writting and can bounce ideas off each other. I can see myself spending the rest of my live with her.

Well, see ya’ later!
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I know I am little late on this, but DragonGate is back in the US for her two weeks. She got in on the first of this month. I am so happy that she’s back home, safe and sound for now. I wish she was given leave later this year, but I’ll take what I can get.

She is currently with her family up in Indiana. We talked about her coming over here, but with only two weeks vacation, I can understand if she chooses her family over me. I do not want her to chose me over them in any case.

Well, see ya’ later!
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Well, the long hot summer continues with no end in sight. I will never bitch about winter again.

DragonGate said she was coming down to visit in the next couple of weeks. She’ll have to go back to Afghanistan, but I can’t wait to see her even if it’s only for a weekend.

I will also be disconnected completely from the internet for the next few days. If you need me, email me, but I won’t respond until Wednesday (the 4th). I may or may not write why, depends on how I feel afterward.

Well, see ya’ later!
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Nothing much to report.

You might have guessed that the America Choice RV gig didn’t work out. They told me they were busy, but there were not. That is all I am going to say on the matter. But if it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all.

I miss DragonGate, very much. Going to write her a letter and mail it by the end of this week. July 4th Weekend wasn’t the same without her.

Well, see ya’ later!
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