ok no news on the job front. i haven't started looking yet. however, i did get all my unemployment shit taken care of i'll have $204.00 a week coming so that buys me some time. i have to call and have the first check sent on monday. at 8 in the morning which sucks because i ussually am not even up till aroung 9 or 10. i'll probably wake up make the phone call (it's to a computer named marvin) and then go right back to sleep.

i haven't learned any more plumbing tricks yet. my uncle is owrk 10hrs a day up in flint (about 30 mins form lansing) so he is ussually beat when he gets home. he's doing me a fvaor and giving me a great gift by doing this in his spare time so i can get into in apprenticeship.

good news, today i got in the mail 15 shares of stock in MetLife insurance. it is a gift from my mother's mother (you know my Grandmother ). it is worth around $700. the stock has been going down lately (down almost 4 points today), but i think it is good to have soem sort of investments beside savings so i will keep it.

by the way my subject is the title of the white stripes new cd. i think it is a funny name for a cd. but then again the stripes are kind of wierd.

stay tuned,

Mark