A Dollar A Day Will Keep The Homeless Away

Hello again, reader.

Today's post will be rather short, as I need all the time I can get to study for tomorrow's Accounting II exam.  The short of things:

I missed class because I turned my clock off in my sleep.  Momma C. got my couch back from the drycleaners.  I got upset over Modern Warfare 2.  My cat was insane all morning.

Interesting parts:  my boss comes to me today to talk about an idea he's come up with.  He wants to open up a teen hang out spot as a personal business, and he asked my opinion on the matter.  I think it's a great concept, but difficult to do how he has envisioned.  Plenty of teens would love a place to go play pool, some video games, snag a cheap sandwich, or even just watch some movies on a sofa.  It's a great idea too.  There's plenty of money to be made off of a situation like this, with him suggesting 8 flat screens with ps3/xboxes and computers for games or internet.  There are plenty of other great ideas he's had with this, but I don't want to put them on the internet just on the off chance someone see's this and trys to steal his idea.

The bad side I see is how he's looking at this.  Now, targeting a teen demographic near a local high school is great, but he wants to restrict it to only teens in middle/high school.  Now, after taking a business class or two, and using some common sense, I've come to the conclusion that, in general, teens don't have all that much money.  Think about it this way..."Mom, can I have $10 to go out?"
Mom: "No, you've got homework to do."
Child: "Please?"
Mom: "No."
Child: "Pretty please?"
Mom: "Hell no.  I paid for you to have video games here, why would I pay for you to go play them at some heathen ass club? I swear to God, sometimes I don't understand you children. I buy you games, pizza, internet, and what do I get? 'Video games are better when I play them for money.'  I've got half a mind to bust your ass just for pissing me off..."
Dad: "Shut the fuck up! God damn, I'm trying to play Madden in here, and all this black dude I'm playing against online hears is some whiney ass bastard and a woman who can't even cook a decent fucking meal!"
Mom: "You know what you son of a bitch, FUCK YOU. Here, child, take this $10 from your dad's wallet and spend it on whatever the hell you like.  Maybe go to the TITTY BAR like your dad does when he claims he's working 'late'.

As you can see, not only with the parents be displeased, but the divorce rates all across the city will soar.  At least, that's how I imagine it playing out in my household when I was younger.

One last note before closing, even though no one will probably read this far down...have you ever heard a song that moves your soul?  One that brings forth emotions and memories that are in no way related to the song in the first place?  There is a song, titled The Island Pt. I (Dawn), by Pendulum off of their newest album "Immersion" that does that very thing to me.  I let my coworker hear the song, as well as the album, and he's had it on repeat since that day over a month ago.  Which, I find, is amazing considering he won't listen to anything other than metal in general, and this is more or less techno-ish.  I would encourage anyone with a few moments of spare time to head over to YouTube and check the song out, just for a moment.  The link above takes you strait there and it's the official music video, though, unfortunatly, the music video version is about one minute shorter than the origional, but it still gets the point across.

Have a nice night.

Edit: The actual words YouTube above are the link to the video...I didn't notice that the text would still show up white with the template I use, and I lack the time to fix the html at the moment.