Tila Tequila gets branded asa reality show trainwreck. Most of us go through the daily grind from 8-5pm, week after week. A girl has to make a living, and she probably pulls in more than us working less hours than most of us do. Even if it's something ridiculous and as long as she likes it, who are we to judge? Maybe she has it right, and we're the trainwrecks!
Well, speaking of trainwrecks, this stock market is all over the map. Not that this recent bear market has been "the worst of times," but it's certainly not "the best of times," either. It's a mind-numbing market malaise that feels more like we're running in place. Maybe that's what a slow-growth economy is all about. We go from day to day in our 8-5pm daily grind, contribute faithfully to our portfolios, and have the sensation that not much has changed. That we've been here before. Or, that we've always been here.
The markets like to trick us. Or maybe we're the ones easily fooled by the markets. We get fooled into thinking that whatever has been happening most recently will continue to happen in the future. We're now battered with statistics on how the market hasn't done much the past ten years and how our wages are stagnant. The Republicans give us a candidate in John McCain who gets called "McSame" by the opposition party faithful.
What's my point? I'm feeling the same thing everyone else is feeling. It's hard to not get caught in the emotion of the crowd. I just wanted to write about it. And maybe that's why we all seek refuge in reality shows starring Tila Tequila.