the suburbs.

that's the name of the latest album from the arcade fire. i really like it. i haven't listened to it much this month.

i don't know that i have much to write about right now, but i feel like i should write anyway because i can't do it at home later.

i washed windows today with dean. it was this ridiculously huge house on the top of this really big hill. i WILL say this for it - it had a beautiful (possibly the best i have seen) view. but this house... first of all, was RIDICULOUSLY huge. like a grand royal estate, basically. it has been in construction for 3 years. and some IDIOTS left the plastic coating on the windows 3 years ago when they installed them. so... these poor windows have been baking in the sun, and the plastic is just cooked to them. dean and i were tasked with getting the plastic off. it was quite the job.

i started to think. looking around up there, seeing all these HUGE houses. there was one just down the hill that had a yard so big... it was more like the size of a soccer field. just open grass (no trees or anything, unfortunately). all these houses are massive alone, and most of them are accompanied by either detached massive garages or guest homes... or both. why does anyone need to live like that? how is it OKAY that people live like that, while just a 5 minute drive down the hill the rest of us live in moderately sized home, which we may or may not be able to afford? the house we were washing... the people who own it live in europe and stay there 6 weeks out of the year. 6 WEEKS! i can't even hope to afford a much smaller much less nice home to live in year round. i don't think that people should be allowed to live in such excessiveness. i think once you have made enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life, you should have to donate the rest to organizations or charities. can you imagine how much better the world would be if this was how the world worked? if people shared, instead of being so greedy.

i feel like the rich just keep getting richer, and the cost of housing just keeps getting higher and higher. how am i EVER supposed to afford a home? a home is such a simple thing. a place to inhabit. a place to grow your family and your life. such a simple necessity. and at such a high, ridiculous cost.

it's frustrating.

and i guess... i did have something to say.