Recession...the silver lining edition

Whilst perusing ye old Los Angeles Times (whose parent company isn't doing so hot, how appropo) I found this article...and I got to thinking about all the little silver linings of this recession.

1. Cheaper gas. Above and beyond everything else, this rules. It hasn't been this cheap since I was like 16. It makes me want to take a road trip, go on tour, and drive around in circles cause I fucking can.

2. Cheaper flights. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover14-008dec14,0,2508596.story

Airlines have flights underfilled, so there's more cheap flights and more bargains even fairly last minute. Sweeet.

3. Schadenfreude. There's so many d-bags having a tough time right now, and I'm secretly enjoying that. 4 years in school while business majors stuck their nose up in the air, studying somethine whose only fathomable redeeming quality is the unabashed pursuit of money. Some study things cause their easy, cause they're interested in prestige, whatever. But there is no major more full of people so shamelessly pursuing wealth and so full of total douchebags. Seeing the people frantically switching majors, suddenly having no justification for having a chip on their shoulder is lovely. So is watching the d-bag grown ups shaking their hands in their heads, doing a little shuck and jive for Congress to beg for money, driving from Detroit to DC in hybrids. Muahahaha.

4. Free time. I'm not one to take advice from Arianna Huffington, but she mentioned on the daily show last week how so many people have recently lost their jobs and now they have time to write blogs. Sure, with all this unemployment we have free time. I'm having a much tougher time finding a job than I would have a year or two ago... but now I have time to make year end music lists and to make watching Maury a part of my daily schedule. 

Thanks recession, I guess you're not all bad after all.