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Let me tell you all about my experience in Kansas. Let me tell you how I spent a good portion of my afternoon/night helping the hotel troubleshoot their internet problem. I figured out it was a router on my floor needing a reboot or reset. I know this because I was the one helping the AT&T guy troubleshoot it on the phone for like an hour. Why me? Because I was the most technical person in the building between both the staff and the guests. The average person here is anti-technology to say the least. I heard at least two conversations at breakfast yesterday about this dang technology. They might as well have said "we had rocks and we were happy!". The average guest age here is like 60. And while you can argue that I am closing in on it, it's a different mentality. They're thinking about their grandkids and the lake cabin. I am thinking about a new tattoo. It's different. They want to golf. I want to go see Marilyn Manson and NIN. They don't need no fancy food stuff. I want foie. Different. Anyway, I did get the issue resolved and now my internet is going great.

But let me tell you about my drive in to work each day. Through streets where the buildings are 80% closed and rundown. Where jobs are gone. Where commodity pricing is the big news because it's the only thing they have left.

Let me tell you about the assholes I almost got into an argument with who were saying how kids don't want to work for things these days, and how we should have just beat them when they were growing up.

I don't understand these people. They are living neanderthals. How they function is beyond me. How they have such closed off minds boggles me. But it also shows why the cheeto is in office. These are his people. People who think jobs and hard work are coming back! They're not. Take the simple fact that the majority of my students were 45+. Learn a new skill bitches. Rock and stick are not the only tools. You need to advance. In more ways than one.

I fucking hate this part of the country. With a passion.

Slept from 8-1. Off to the airport. Get home 11am pdt. Need to buy my aftershock tickets at noon. Wish me luck on that.