I realize I haven’t written here for a long time, but I can explain. I’ve been struggling... alot. I haven’t been employed all year thus far, I haven’t been able to get on social assistance either. Hell, I even went out begging for change for 8 hours one day, and came home empty handed, hungry, and cold.

Which brings me to my next point: Having no money means I can’t pay rent, bills or buy food. I have a meagre amount of soups and rice I bought with the slim remainder of my credit card (which is now maxed out) and currently have no way of paying off my debt whatsoever.

Asking welfare for assistance was the last thing I ever wanted to do in my life. I remember being a “welfare kid” when I was young and how hard life was for everyone. I was also on welfare when I first moved to Ontario. I remember being able to pay rent with enough money left over for 1 box of rice, 2 packages of hot-dogs, 2 loafs of bread, 1 small bottle of ketchup, 1 bottle of soy sauce, and 1 bottle of tobacco sauce. That was it. I did live off of that for 6 months while going back to school to gain my grade 12, and let me tell you it was pure hell.

UPDATE: It turns out that I don’t qualify for welfare, so I’m stuck with no money, no job, no food, and a general in-ability to get around the city.

Anyway, that’s the general reason why I haven’t updated my blog as of late. I will try to keep it going, even if I’m not adding to it from a nice comfy warm home.