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i'm paranoid. you hear stories of how the economy is this and how many are unemployed, but it doesn't really hit home until you know people who've gotten the pink slip... not the car pink slip... but the peace out pink slip. so 2 of my friends up here got theirs... and now they're in the unemployed bracket. check this. the morning after they get theirs, i get an email from my boss saying we're having a mandatory meeting in the afternoon on friday january 30th. something ain't right.

he doesn't schedule meetings more than a week in advance.
this is 2 weeks in advance.

he usually talks shit and complains and will drop hints about what the meeting will entail...
he hasn't said a word.

he talked to me at 8am this morning.
we usually go until about 12 or 1 until he has something to complain to me about.

he's unusually cheerful these past few days.
usually he's the grinch who stole happiness.

what's more, he got a 'confidential' letter from our corporate office yesterday. maybe we're all getting laid off? and just closing the office? it's hard to tell. i dunno how happy i'd be about losing a job... but i would be happy if i got rid of an employee i didn't like...*in this case that's me. we'll see what happens. anyway, it's just peculiar that he schedules a mandatory meeting in the afternoon of the last day of the month. like that'll stop people from going postal.

i should start bringing in 'guns & ammo' magazines. and start wearing t shirts with guns printed all over them. maybe even get a bumper sticker that says 'packin heat in the backseat'. maybe they'll think twice about lay offs. or maybe i'm just paranoid.