So after reading the title you probably assumed this was yet another random idiot complaining about the economy while blaming good ol’ ‘W’ for all our problems. Well, I’m not denying that Bush is the root of many problems, nor am I hear to truly talk about the economy. We all know it sucks and it doesn’t matter how this whole situation came to pass or whose fault it is. All that matters is that inflation is going through the roof and our economy is collapsing.

But anyhow, I digress. This blog is more of a complaint about my job. You see, during my undergrad I “managed” a computer lab. I was around computers day in and day out. It was a great job and all, but computers were not my focus. My degree is in archaeology. So when I graduated and landed a job at the University’s archaeological research lab I was thrilled that I was going to get to use my degree and actually get paid to excavate cool archaeological sites.

Fast Forward three months… The economy is worse than ever and there are very few projects for us to work on. In fact, we haven’t had any project in over a month now. So where’s Donald you ask? I’ve become the lab “tech guy.” Every time a computer breaks I have to come fix it. I’ve spent the past few weeks scavenging old Pentium 3 machines that we have around the lab and trying to build something useful out of them while surplusing the rest. Five years and $25,000 dollars worth of specialized study and training and I’ve ended up doing the same thing I did before.

I just wish someone would step up and fix the mess our country is in so that I can get back to playing in the dirt and actually using my degree.