■Commentary
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Clackamas Print
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007
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to survive a job you hate
Andrea Simpson
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“Thank you for calling the
icture People at the Clackamas
own Center. This is Andy. When
iay I schedule your appoint-
ifflt?” .
This is the greeting I have
j give every time I answer the
bones at work. On a good day,
¡at could be 30 times or more,
[rust me, it gets old quick.
Know what also gets old real
¡st? Blowing animal balloons
ir a family of seven kids, who
runediately pop them and then
lemand another. The other day,
had a kid call me “the balloon
¡dy,” and my soul withered more
an a little bit.
I hate my job - and I’m sure
I’m not the only one who loathes
going to work. These are my top
three ways to survive a job you
hate.
The first step is to remind your
self why you’re there. Everyone
has a reason for staying at a
job they hate; maybe you need
money, or maybe you are just too
la2y to quit. I stay at my job to
pay tuition and for the experience
I’ll be able to put on my resume.
Remind yourself, daily if need
be, why you put yourself through
such torture day in and day out.
Another way to endure a hor
rendous job is to find one good
thing about it - just one - and
then focus on that as much as
you can.
Mine is that I love working
with kids. Occasionally, I get that
kid who loves to laugh and is a
joy to take pictures of.
Key word: occasionally.
/ Most of the time, I have to
Temind myself of these kids while
I have another screaming in my
face or blowing snot bubbles. But
I focus on the fact that I do love
working with kids and that the
pictures I take will be cherished
for years. It gets me through the
day.
Time seems to slow down, if
not completely stop, when work
ing at a job you hate. So, develop
a way to make the time pass
faster.
Growing up, I always heard,
“Put in an honest day’s work for
an honest day’s pay; anything less
and you’re stealing.” Working
hard makes time fly by.
There is always something to
do, even though it may be an
unpleasant task, like cleaning the
bathroom or wiping counters. In
the rare case that there is noth
ing to do,
make an
effort to at
least look
busy,
or
ask around
for things
you
can
do. If you
just stand
there idly,
time
is
going to
drag
on
forever.
Day-
to-day
survival is
key when
working
at a job you hate. Employ these
three techniques and you should
come out alive.
Illustration by Andrea Simpson Clackamas Print
raq’s rocketing budget
pells DOOM!!! for USA
ICP fans = utter disgrace
billion will be going to the Title One
Program, and $500 million will be
going to schools that need improve
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ment--and I kind of doubt that teachers
will see any of it
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President Bush clams that cutting
rt for 2008, where he plans on more Medicare will insure a surplus by 2012,
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Naturally, that would
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economy and, therefore,
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lextra $141.7 bil-
ineffective.
h (which would take war spending
Given the intelligence of this presi
¡a total of $737 billion) just for the dent, we will probably see Medicare
iars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
abolished and all funds diverted to the
The president plans to cut Medicare Pentagon, for as we all know, Iraq is
y $65 billion over the next five years just a filling station surrounded by an
»1 cut Medicare payouts by $100 Army base - a very expensive filling
lion.
station, but a filling station nonethe
The new budget will also give $13
less.
ion to homeland security, to improve
Overall spending for2008 is $929.8
¡current, useless border system
billion, nearly $75 billion more than last
The only real good thing com- year, as though spending more money
! out of this is that the maximum is going to lessen the national debt
:I1 Grant will be raised from $4,050
I don’t get it, but then again, I have
i $5,400 over the next five years, the ability of logical thought, which is
d$1.7 billion will be going to low- something that toe current administra
®me schools. Out of which, $12 tion is obviously lacking.
Ben Caldwell
If there is any group of peo
ple worthy of being dubbed
pinheads, it’s the Insane Clown
Posse fan-boys known as
Juggalos.
A little background info: The
Insane Clown Posse (ICP) is a
“rap” group from the Detroit
area in Michigan. They formed
in the late 80s, and have since
gained a massive following of
middle-class white kids (call
ing themselves Juggalos) who
emulate what ICP calls “the
juggalo lifestyle.” Juggalos
tend to wear bad clown make
up, hideous, baggy, short pants,
use juvenile slang terms and
practice bad grammar.
To delve deeper into the
mind of a Juggalo, I trolled
some Juggalo online forums.
Here’s a conversation that I
found:
Deathcharge: Where to
[sic] babies come from?
J-Nox: your [sic] momma’s
vagina-hole [sic]
Deathcharge: ALL [sic] of
them?
J-Nox: yes [sic], ALL [sic]
OF [sic] THEM [sic] your [sic]
mom’s a machine, dawg [sic]
Here’s an example of some
Juggalo freestyle rap found on
a Juggalo message board, "this
lovely piece of verse is by
somebody who uses the handle
“neuroticl:”
spitting twice as hard as i
[sic] do to my friends
slapping hard like i [sic] was
slapping rear ends slapping
knees just to make a beat in
the bar maken [sic] par
Besides having sophomoric
conversations and writing bad
rap lyrics, Juggalos are also
assholes.
On June 19, 2006, at Fort
Steilacoom Park in Tacoma,
Wash., a group of Juggalos
wielding machetes robbed,
attacked and threatened to
decapitate people. The day
before, there were even more
violent incidents involving
Juggalos.
Every year, Psychopathic
Records (ICP’s record label)
holds the “Gathering of the
Juggalos” at different plac
es around the United States.
Thousands of pinheads, err
... Juggalos, show up to these
events and partake in illicit
drug use, lewd behavior and
random acts of violence.
The
irony:
They’re
Christians.
What?
Juggalos
are
Christians! Yep, at least they
claim to be. Apparently, ever
since ICP explained that they
were doing everything for God
and Jesus in one of their lat
est albums, all the Juggalos
decided to find Jesus, but still
be pinheads in the process.
An example of Christianity
infiltrating the Juggalo life
style is www.juggalofaith.com,
an online Juggalo “church.”
According
to
Juggalo
Faith’s mission statement,
“JuggaloFaith.com was created
for the sole purpose of teaching
the message of the carnival.
We believe this message is the
message of the gospels of Jesus
Christ.”
The “carnival” is a refer
ence to the Dark Carnival, cre
ated by ICP. Now, I’ve read the
Bible, and I don’t remember
the gospels preaching about
having sex with fat women,
Faygo Root Beer and hacking
people up with hatchets.
Juggalos are pinheads, and
should be avoided at all costs.
If anyone is approached by
one, just ignore them. If they
won’t go away, just mention
Eminem; his name is their
kryptonite.
Juggalos’ pinhead rating:
3/5
Letter to the Editor: A difference in opinion
Today, I opened up The Print for another weekly
addition. I was immediately caught by surprise at the
letter someone wrote in regards to Tayo Stalnaker’s
article.
It is obvious that the “anonymous” person knows
nothing about newspapers. I am proud that my college
has such an outstanding journalism staff that will print
their opinions, despite toe others who may disagree.
That’s what journalism is about. That is why we have
the freedom of speech and toe freedom of press.
As for the “anonymous” writer, first and foremost,
Clackamas Print
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The Clackamas Print is a weekly
student publication and is
distributed every Wednesday except
finals week.
they need to realize that Tayo wasn’t attacking ASG; he
was only questioning toe morality of supporting a radio
station that plays toe filth called The Playhouse.
As for this person, they must also realize that “most”
of CCC’s students do not listen to 95.5. There may be
a number or a large percentage, but I personally come
into contact with hundreds of kids who listen to other
stations (including country western, jazz, rock, alterna
tive, r & b, plus countless others who don’t listen to toe
radio at all).
Majority or minority of toe campus, what kind of
C o -E ditors - in -C hief : Sam Krause,
Katie Wilson
C opy E ditor : Colleen Watkins
N ews E ditor : Megan Koler
C o -C ommentary E ditors : Matt Olson,
David Stark
F eature E ditor : Laura Cameron
S ports E ditor : Mike Guidice
A&E E ditor : Tayo Stalnaker
P hoto E ditor : Adam J. Manley
A d M anager : Elizabeth Hitz
S taff W riters : Nicholas
Associated Student Body are we if we ignore toe facts?
- Lydia E. Bashaw, Student
PS: Apparently this “anonymous” person wasn’t
upset enough or brave enough to stand by their opinions,
as Tayo did.
To send a letter to the editor, e-mail it
to
chiefed@clackamas.edu, or drop it off at The Print
office, Roger Rook 135. Please include your name.
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