Matthew Dean Shaffer #7

How many cups does it take to get some service around here! ...oh wait. [sips coffee, thinks to self, gets up, refills coffee in kitchen, sits back down]. Why is it whenever I try to think of lyrics (my own or someone else's), the first thing in my head is: "Two jumps in a week, perhaps you think that's pretty clever, don't you boy?" Those are lyrics from Radiohead's album The Bends. It's the song High and Dry. I don't really like that song that much, and I haven't even heard it in maybe ten years, or possibly longer. And I usually don't remember lyrics to songs. I wonder what they did to make the lyrics stick..... Maybe that's why they are inextricably famous in a common world of strict formulas. Hmm...... Maybe it's some weird frequency that the government can use to -Wait! I don't want that! ...Come to think of it, someone is listening. It might be coincidence, but I've been noticing this a lot lately; I've been getting junk mail related to things I've talked about to people in person, not online, not on the phone, but in person. I haven't even done searches for these things. I have had no activity online for a bot or whatever they use to get information to find this stuff out about me. The most recent example is I needed new tires for the borrowed (from my mom) car that I'm driving. My dad told me, again in person, that he would get me some tires this weekend. The next day I get emails for tires, used cars, new cars. I have never received a single email about cars or tires until now. Okay. Again, it could just be coincidence, but here's another example. I was talking to a few people (in person) about the need for residual income. The next day I receive an email that states, "Your friend residual income has sent you a message". Obviously that's one of those emails that you get when someone is phishing info from your searches. The creepy thing about this one is I have never searched for anything even remotely related to residual income, not even for anything related to the individual words "residual" or "income". This one makes me feel a bit paranoid. I could say that if someone really wanted to sell me something they could be eaves dropping on my conversations when I'm outside. But, and this is the kicker, I only talked about residual income twice, and both times I was in the car driving.

Seven and A Half Months and Finally An Update

...but it's not a big one. I was finally able to get through and leave a voice message on Anthony "Scoe"'s phone. I hope he has good news. I absolutely don't want to find out that my getting on MTV Europe was a lie.

That's it. But that won't be it. I'm staying positive, and for me even a worse case scenario is better than where I am now. I am going to make it! You'll see.