Show Me the Money!!!!!!

So today I realized how just much money has to be spent in order to live the American dream on a daily basis.

I went with my family to my sisters new condo out in Mission Bay. I won't tell you the price, but lets just say that its not for the middle class. Even after paying such a hefty amount, all you get is a one bedroom condo. Looks nice, but think about if you lived in the Southeast. For the typical Bay Area home, you could get like 2 nice houses out in the midwest and southeast. I'm not saying that those places are bad, just doesn't make sense that we have to pay so much more for less.

Anyways, about an hour ago I went to my mom's friend's coffee shop. Its really nice and you should go check it out. Prices are decent and the environment for the hip crowd. Its on the corner of Geary and Palm. They have really comfy chairs too. They just started the coffee shop and invested a lot of money into it, and they're really nice people. Just trying to live the American dream.

I guess I still haven't reached the point where I figure out that money decides where I'll end up living. Then again, this isn't what I am planning for; rather I plan for what will happen after I die and where money means nothing. Its a great thing to aspire for, but with the American dream drilled in my head, its hard not to try and work harder for more money.

On a semi-related note, I take you to another nostalgic view on life. Today's lesson deals with NERF. If you lived during the 90s, you should know NERF, Nickelodeon Slime, and the mad cool 1.4MB Floppy Disks. Anyways, I had a few of Nerf guns when I was little. I remember I had one gun called Eagle Eye. It was a medium sized gun with a red light, not laser, on the bottom to help guide you to your target. I remember aiming at windows and seeing how well I could hit where I wanted. If I ever lost any darts, I would cry because you knew your parents would never buy you more, and then you would be even more frugal with the darts you have left.

So today, I was hanging out for a bit and I saw some kids playing outside with NERF guns. First off, what happened to the NERF guns that you can hold with two hands? The first kid had a like a sniper rifle that could split into two handgun style guns. That was cool, but then the other one... Seriously, he other kid was running around with a freakin NERF bazooka!!! What?!? No!!! This 10 year old kid had a weapon bigger than him and it was blasting the darts all over the place. There are three problems that I see with NERF today.
1 - The darts I used to play with had suction cups, so you knew where you hit the windows. The new versions have no suction cup. It's just the foam thing. Massive lameness
2 - Bazooka?!? Thats totally not fair. NERF is designed as airsoft guns for kids. Gun does not equal bazooka. Bazookas launch explosives, not bullets or slugs.
3 - These kids had reload boxes with hecka ammo. The kid with the rifle had three clips laying next to his bunker ready to go once he ran out. Bazooka boy was just throwing his ammo and blasting it at the other kid. My NERF days had max 4 darts. These kids each had 50 darts easy. NOT FAIR!!! Kids are so spoiled these days.

Anyways, thats my rant for today. I guess I'm doing it because I'm getting older, and I didn't have super rifles or bazookas with unlimited ammo. I feel like going to Target and buying a bunch of NERF guns just for the fun of it. I have the money now. I'll buy all the ammo I can and beat those kids. Yea I'm 22 years old, so what? NERF guns were for my generation, not these punk kids with rich parents...........bitterness....

Later