Like the old Children's Show, Or How G.A. folks arn't suppose to spend their money.

by Joe B.

Wednesday, Aug. 21, is my usual day off and like any working person I get miffed, upset, and downright pissed when my day is not completely over and work intrudes.

Like extra credit for school at first it’s a good deal for extra grades, a leg up on college but after awhile more and more x piles up until it turns into excess crap torture.

My work column finished Tuesday, I go to the tool for inputting work on the web and what happens – nothing everything is frozen and my written work is not posted because of a glitch either in or outside the network.

Its exasperating to go home and know it will nibble at you on your day off so her I am a half hour into 10 am trying once again.

I’m reading the Chronicle and got Headlines mixed like today’s "Research questions breast cancer risk "but another must have caught me half asleep "Scientists seek more control or bioengineer ed breasts.

Yes, its beasts it still got me thinking of bio-boobs.

If Bio-Boobs were possible by manipulating, on-off genes of fat-to-muscle of the female chest area.

Whether those genes are recessive or dominant - small breasts or large; hypothetically the recessive genes for small breasts can be turned off while dominant ones for large ones turned on.

If research scientist’s figure this out think where they’ll go next… lets say Viagra won’t be as popular as male size manipulation.

I’m probably wrong I still think cloning a penis, surgically cutting the original then placing the cloned piece in and reattaching the original helmet head which would make a slightly longer member without rejection problems.

Just think about the draining of blood and surgical procedures is gruesome enough to contemplate without worrying about reattaching veins to blood vessels.

Another item a week ago was about hundreds of people hoping to get a service sector job in Albertson’s and of the lucky few that got them.

I was thinking how Newsom’s Proposition N won’t help people find jobs because jobs are scarce in the City and taking money from G.A. workers because a few spend it on drugs and alcohol is a non solution and adds to being houseless.

Meanwhile people on General Assistance seeking work at whatever service jobs they can get.

Many will be lucky to get a $9 and hour job or jobs and yet the price of living index keeps rising and cost of living wages don’t keep up.

When I was on G.A. some of my check went to medicine, transportation, and rent but the bulk of mine went to books, paper, pens, erasers.

My dream was to be a columnist and published author also have a lap PC to save my writings on.

Most G.A. staff workers told me "Get real, get a job, you’ll never be a columnist – you don’t have the training or experience."

True but if I had listened these people I wouldn’t have leaned Photography, or become columnist at POOR Magazine.

I'd listen and did what I had to do anyway before, during, and after job searches, or on workfare.

I had to constantly split my money and personality to keep the G.A. money coming.

Now that I’m off GA I shutter at it taken away and the money is supposedly going to services to help except its not spelled out all that clear.

One more dream to go and then... more impossible ones to make true.

That’s enough for today. Bye.