Rich Get More - Middle/Working Class Gets LESS

The proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2012 has been released by the Obama Administration. Here is an interesting blurb from The Huffington Post:

Less than two months after signing tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans into law, President Barack Obama proposed a spending plan to Congress that cuts funding to programs that assist the working poor, help the needy heat their homes, and expand access to graduate-level education, undermining the kind of community-based organizations that helped Obama launch his political career in Chicago.

The richest Americans got tax cuts (including an estimated $2.7 tax break for Rush Limbaugh and $1.5 million for Glenn Beck) - which they absolutely did not need and which won't stimulate the economy. Meanwhile - poor people who are having trouble KEEPING WARM during winter are just gonna have to suck it up. That doesn't sound like "shared sacrifices" to me.

I wish the leadership of the Democratic Party would stand up and start screaming about how WRONG this is, instead of protecting the rich people who help get them elected. I expect this kind of evil from Republicans, but Democrats were/are supposed to be different.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch Changes

First off, I'm just going to say that I HATE change.  I've lived on the same block for 15 years (in a city where people move constantly) and have held the same job for 10 of the last 12 years.  Change freaks me out - and I try to avoid it at all costs.

But I found out last night that I must move, and therefore I'm in a panic.  And, depending upon the NYC Housing Court System, this could happen in a matter of two weeks or so.

Without going into details (which I really cannot do), I did think this might happen eventually - albeit not so soon.  And I will also say that I'm not a victim of some lowdown slumlord.  So, again, this isn't a total shock.  But it's CHANGE, and thus I am freaked.

Furthermore, those of you who've seen my Hoarders-worthy "bedroom" know how much crap I must go through, organize, and pack.  For those of you who have not witnessed my mess, consider yourselves lucky.

So, I gotta get busy.  I need to figure out what in the hell I'm doing with myself, all my stuff, and my two cats.  And I gotta figure out how to pay for whatever I decide to do. So during this period of time I won't be blogging as much - or commenting on your blogs.  Or Twittering.  Or sleeping.  But I WILL be constantly worrying and in need of carbs.  So there's that...

I just KNEW that happy-ass Weigh-In post YESTERDAY would jinx my life.  Remind me NEVER to be so friggin' upbeat and optimistic.

Buh-Bye Hair!

This "change" thing is getting ridiculous. This morning I told my Barber to "just shave it off" - my hair, that is. It is getting too thin in the front, and I'm getting tired of it. So now I have what we would have called in grade school a "buzz cut".

How am I supposed to explain this to my blow dryer and all my hair-care products??...