Sighinide

In light of the whole Trump/Putin controversy, my thoughts regarding the carnival that is Washington DC remain unchanged.

I remain uninterested in the whole debacle, though perhaps I’m now a bit more embarrassed than I used to be.

Some thoughts, here:

1) The office of the President isn’t important anymore, except perhaps symbolically.

The US President these days is largely a figurehead. He’s more of a symbol than a political force. The real power in DC these days rests in the hands of Wall Street, the military, the narco barons, and the intelligence agencies. Long gone are the days when people seriously thought that the US President ruled the world.

That’s why I find all of this talk of these controversies being the next “Watergate” amusing. Watergate was important because back then, the President actually was someone, as opposed to being a mere puppet of others.

Back then, people actually cared if the President did “bad things”. Not so much, these days.

2) All of this stuff really does seem like a re-enactment of Rome’s final days.

It’s just amazing how many controversies are being thrown around these days in DC, and how very little 99% of the people have in common with them. It’s just oligarch stuff, all of it. The problems of the rich and famous.

Here in the world of the normal people, it’s the economy that matters. It’s the retail meltdown and immigrant displacement of Americans that people are thinking about, and not any of the stuff that’s in the news, whatever that stuff might be. TBH, I don’t know all the details of these controversies because 1) frankly, they don’t interest me, 2) I have nothing to do with them anyways, and 3) there are so many controversies these days that to keep them all straight would require a part-time job’s worth of time investment in reading the fucking newspapers, which I never do anyways on principle.

This stuff is playing out very, very much like a drama ripped from the history books about the last days of Rome. A drama selected, perhaps, to exemplify how out-of-touch and childish the ruling families really were in Rome’s final days.

“The people” (in this case, the conservative base) are not rallying around Trump. Not one iota. And why would they? What has Trump done for anyone? For his own base, ever?

Where is the wall? Where is the Wall Street crackdown? Where are the plans for ANY of the things that he promised us that he would start to work on?

There is no reason for anyone to rally behind Trump in defense of him. He’s just a billionaire at this point, fighting some other billionaires like Soros and Bezos, as well as a few hundred millionaires in Congress, Hollywood and the media.

Honestly, who cares, really?

3) The “professional” conservatives like Coulter certainly seem relived to have a distraction that will allow them to rally behind the GOP again.

I still think that this isn’t carrying over to the base, at all. Coulter has a lot invested in Trump. I mean, she wrote a book in support of him. But I can count on one hand the number of real-life conservatives that I know that have written anything in support of Trump, ever (I don’t need the hand).

For Coulter, Trump means book sales and speaking engagements. For everyone else, Trump means zilch.

Let’s compare this controversy to Watergate, again. Nixon was a very important man, historically. I won’t rehash all of what he did, as Wikipedia can do a better job than I can at that, but suffice to say that we wouldn’t have our country looking the way it does today without him. His one act of de-pegging the dollar from gold is more important than anything that Trump has done in his entire life, easily.

That being the case, yes, Watergate was important. But why the hell should any common person care about any of this Trump/Putin shit? What has Trump ever actually done as President, good or bad? Where are his achievements of any kind?

Why would anyone rally to the defense of someone who has nothing to do with them?

Does anyone not professionally or emotionally invested in this stuff actually care about any of this?

4) ISIS is obviously not a threat to us, except in that way that it’s a tool of the CIA, which apparently hates us.

The whole “ISIS” thing is going over like a lead balloon in much the same way that all of the North Korea crap did. Nobody cares about ISIS, because 1) it is so obviously a tool of the ruling families that it is absolutely laughable that anyone would pretend otherwise; 2) it is very, very hard to take Trump’s claims of ISIS being a threat seriously because literally nobody else in the oligarchy agrees with him, perhaps because ISIS is clearly only a tool for attacking poor whites and others that the oligarchy hates; and 3) as usual, the cognitive dissonance between the two messages that people are getting about Islam only serves to distance the public from the ruling families.

What I mean is the drive to push radical Islam into America, some of which is coming from Trump’s own family, like his own daughter, is obviously at odds with the idea that ISIS is some kind of existential threat to America.

What we have is a situation in which the President apparently thinks that radical Islam is the most dangerous thing ever, but apparently, his own daughter, who is on his staff as one of his chief advisors, thinks otherwise, to the point that she’ll literally go on national TV and broadcast that idea to the entire world.

This is very, very hard for people to wrap their minds around. Why? Because it makes no fucking sense.

It’s like if Eleanor Roosevelt had went and pleaded on TV for the rights of Nazis that were being bombed by Allied forces.

It makes no fucking sense.

5) I could go on, you know. I think we all know that, by now. But, I won’t. It’s late and I need to get up early tomorrow.

Ugh.

My continuing thoughts here are this:

I am sick and tired of being treated like a child. I am human, like everyone else. Just because I’m different- a telepath- doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t be treated with the same respect and accorded the same dignities as everyone else.

I see all of this not really as something specific to me, but as a symptom of how corrupt and selfish the oligarchs are in this country.

A week ago, an old video resurfaced of Donald Trump’s family listening to Taylor Swift in his car. When I saw that video again, I understood it for what it was- a dumb, infantile attempt by the Trumps to connect with the working class base. Table scraps for the peons. A pat on the back for the slaves.

And, perhaps Trump was trying to curry favor with me, somehow. Maybe, of course, I don’t know for sure. But if he was, that’s not how it works. I’m not a child, Trump. And neither are any of the people who voted for you, you asshole.

And no, it wasn’t just a random video. With a potential presidential nominee- and especially one who ran for President before- nothing is ever random.

This kind of perennial disrespect, endemic in this country more than any other, really, really gets on peoples’ nerves.

Do I need to talk about that recent survey that said that half of working class Americans feel like strangers in this country? If not, I’m going to, anyways.

It’s that continual, dismissive arrogance of people of Taylor Swift and Donald Trump that causes this. These assholes just sit there, sequestered away in their castles, fiddling away while the rest of society burns to the ground around them.

I’m getting tired of feeling like this. Always, always, even if you develop superpowers, you are disrespected and pushed off to the side by the A-holes in charge. Because you’re not in their network, or because you’re a traditional white male in his 30’s, and thus not allowed into the Kool Kids Klub enjoyed by the infantile oligarchs and their semi-literate “civil rights activists” from the protected classes.

Oligarchs, I could level you. All of you. Bulldoze the entire regime and put all of you 6 feet under. The Trumps, the Clintons, the Kushners, Soros, the Rockefellers, the Swifts, the Zuckerbergs, and the rest of you. Not a one amongst you could stand against me, if I were to attack you with my full force. I know this. Of that, there is no doubt.

To say nothing of what would happen if others were to join me. Which they would.

Oligarchs- you assholes are being put on notice. I am not here for you. My powers are not here for your enjoyment. I live for myself, and for what I deem to be just and good, and right.

Heed this warning. It will not be your last, but it means more than the others have, until now.

The clock is ticking, you dumbfucks.

At any rate, I hope that others understand this, too.

Do you want a relationship with me? If so, do you want it to actually work? Then perhaps it would be wise for you to communicate with me. To tell me what’s going on somehow, so that the relationship can actually evolve healthily, like it should.

Communication avoids stupid dramas and dumb confusions. It really is the lifeblood of any successful long term relationship. No communication? No relationship. That’s how life works. It’s as simple as that.

You want to be with me? Fine. Then let me know what’s going on or FUCK OFF.

Taylor- to be frank, at this point it would be a relief to get away from you. This little relationship of ours is becoming an anchor to me. It’s consuming my time and occupying my thoughts that perhaps could be better served by being directed at other things.

There’s no reason at this point for me to not just go out there and conquer this world, or at least create a nice, cushy life for myself, somehow. I don’t need you like I used to, and I think that this should be obvious to us both.

Look- I’ll level with you. I don’t know if it’s the ill-fitting clothes, or the secrecy, or what, but you look pregnant in those pictures of you on Mother’s Day. Are you? If so, great! Congrats! I wish nothing but the best for you. I would never hold someone else’s life decisions against them; and certainly I wouldn’t when I’ve never even met them in person.

But, still. Do you want a relationship with me? Then tell me what you’re doing!

You know, I’m not the only person who suspects the pregnancy thing, either. Just read online a bit.

And you know what else, Taylor? I have gotten precious little out of this relationship with you other than realizing the selfish dreams of that tyrannical idiot in the White House. I have given you much, and received in return for my efforts precious little from you and everyone else involved. In fact, you could make a strong case that my life would have been much better off had I never seen you in that concert, 6 years ago. And you know what? Maybe everyone else’s would have been better off, too.

Come on, Tay. Please. Just give me a reason to leave.

Just do it!

To explain, what I need are pap pictures. Social media pictures. ANYTHING.

Taylor- you are dropping the ball, here. In refusing to communicate with me on any level, you are showing yourself to be a bad partner. I have joked about this before, but this time it’s for real.

Look- if you don’t want to be with me, fine. Just TELL ME. If you do, that’s great, too. If you’re in love with someone else, fine. Just let me know, and I’ll leave. Pregnant? Fine. I have a multitude of other girls, and at this point I could snag any one of them in real life that I wanted within a year, if I felt like it.

But- you need to let me know.

And believe me, if you ARE pregnant, or in love with someone else, or are just otherwise uninterested in me anymore, I will know. There are no secrets. Not from me.

Trust.

Now be an adult and start communicating with me like one.

is getting on my fucking nerves.

I’m sick and tired of sitting here and waiting for that bitch to deem it important to show herself.

And I’m getting tired of her in general, too.

Taylor- communication is the lifeblood of any relationship. See my posts here for more details. And your absence from everything is pissing me the fuck off, right now.

I’m done with guessing about the state of our relationship. You need to tell me, somehow, what it is that you’re doing and thinking, even if it’s in some paparazzi pictures.

As of now, our relationship is on hiatus. That’s it, I’m done. I’m moving your stuff onto one of my externals, somewhere. Either you show me some fucking respect, for once, or you go fuck yourself.

This is not an idle threat. I am extremely lenient with a woman when there is good communication from her, but once a girl is gone and out, it’s climbing Everest to get back into my good graces. Ask my legions of exes, none of whom have any chance of ever getting back with me, about that.

Start respecting me or fuck off.

Your choice.

What I find really interesting about Trump is how he will literally do everything besides represent his base.

It’s fascinating, and worthy of more discussion. Yeah, even more. Because it’s just so telling.

It’s just amazing to watch. Really, it is.

Trump’s term thus far has been a tornado of controversy and activity. It’s too much, TBH. Nobody knows WTH all of this nonsense even is, anymore. Not a week goes by without another global controversy started by Trump and his peanut gallery.

As I kind of went into in my last post, like that whole wiretapping thing. No idea what that stuff even is- I just know that it has nothing to do with me. It’s probably just some oligarch thing. Who knows.

And the wars! The many, many wars, everywhere. There are just so many damn wars going on right now that it’s impossible to even keep track of them. I mean, Trump’s overall hostility and the government’s bloodlust in general is just unfathomable. The number of conflicts going on globally right now is so huge that it makes our involvement in World War I look like a skirmish.

I mean, I can’t even keep them straight, anymore. Is the Ukraine war still going on? Does anyone know? Anyone?

So, yeah. It’s just nuts.

What I’m kind of thinking now is that the sheer volume and shrillness of all of this nonsense must be some kind of distraction. It sure LOOKS like it is.

It’s just unfathomable to me how literally all of Trump’s conflicts are about the things that he said he would never get into conflicts about, just as it’s baffling to me to see that everything that Trump said he would fight for has literally been ignored.

I find this all to be very tragic, and also funny as hell, for some morbid reason. It’s like, Trump has so many controversies and conflicts going on right now that it’s hilarious to me to see that all of them are literally the opposite of what everyone thought it was going to be, like 4 short months ago.

It’s funny to me that all of Trump’s initiatives thus far fail to connect even accidentally with what people thought they were going to get. I mean, you would think that with the insane cacophony of controversies and dramas and collapses and wars and conflicts going on right now that at least one would be tangentially related to something like what we thought we were getting, even if only accidentally, but nope. LOL.

What an insane, ridiculous carnival this all is. I mean, really.

This… all of this, is how an empire dies.

Another one of these.

The thing is, is that there’s not much more you can really say about things, right now. There’s a lot of trends going on, and a lot of changes, but all of it is being dictated by this stuff. There’s nothing else, really. If you look at the country and where it’s going from a top down perspective… there’s just nothing else there. The ongoing death of the establishment here eclipses and shadows everything.

So, then- on it goes. And on we look. Until it ends, as it must. Until it ends in the way that all empires do, inevitably. With defeat, and humiliation for those “in charge”.

Today, the Trump train rolls on, with no conductor in sight. WTF is going on there, anyways? Does anyone know? Or even care, anymore?

Is there a plan, there? Was there ever a plan? Can there even be plans, anymore? Or do they just make it up as they go along now?

IDK.

The whole thing these days just seems so empty and dead, and not in a cool undead sort of way, either, but in more of a hopeless and final kind of way. As in, this is it, then. It’s over.

I guess the only thing that you can really say about Trump at this point is that he is resolutely determined to never represent his constituents, ever. Since the day he took office, Trump has refused to even pretend to be a conservative, and seems to in fact recoil at the idea of even having to rub shoulders with the gullible peons who pulled the lever for him. At any cost, to him or to others, he will dig in his heels and adamantly refuse to stand up for the interests of the people who voted for him, or even voiced support for him, in some way. That is I think the only thing you can count on, concerning Trump.

As far as everything else goes, who knows, really.

The rest of it is a circus. IDK and IDC one bit about any of the rest of the stupid, confusing mess that is our political life, here. I don’t know one bit about any of the wiretapping nonsense, and nor do I care to. And North Korea just doesn’t interest me at all, at this point. Bless his heart, Kim-Jong Un tries and tries, but that adorable little scamp will just never be scary. These days, we even have Osama’s kid, or at least someone that the media says is Osama’s kid, saying some boilerplate “Anti-American” stuff. You know, like basically the same stuff that Iran was saying like 40 years ago. Yawn.

And the rest of it is just a confused mess of stories. It’s some kind of insane cacophony of nepotists and oligarchs and establishment families loudly whining and complaining about each other, as if anyone else cares. Every day, this country is looking more and more like pre-collapse Rome.

Obama, or Trump, or whoever it is that’s in office right now, just went out and bleated loudly about how high the polls say consumer confidence is. Yes, in the midst of by far the worst retail contraction in the nation’s history. And Trump is doing some other dumb stuff, too. Most of it is unimportant, and predictable, like seeing him “reshuffle” his cabinet yet again to ensure that no conservative thought is uttered aloud within the White House proper, but I have seen something else, too- a major push from him and his people lately concerning the Jesus stuff.

If there is ever a sign that an American politician is floundering, it’s when you see him turn to the Jesus character. Always, that is your sign that he’s lost the plot.

This country was founded by people who wanted to escape clutches of the Christian churches, and most especially the Queen’s and the Pope’s. That is common knowledge, available to any grade schooler. Jesus does not belong in politics, here. And Trump is going to see the Pope, soon, for some reason that I can’t fathom. Probably NWO stuff. It certainly has nothing to do with anything here, that’s for sure.

In the US, the churches are empty, of course. I’ve already talked about this but it bears repeating. I mean, I can drive by any church in this area on Sunday morning and see empty parking lots. Nobody cares at best. If anything, being associated with that stuff is a detriment.

But to an oligarch like Trump, the Judeo-Christian NWO is more important than anything, including if not most especially his own country. Devout Christians are not conservative. OBVIOUSLY. And they never will be. They cannot be conservative by definition- their fictional Jesus character is always more important to them than the real world that lies before them. There is no reality, with them. Only nonsense.

Note how I don’t say that a “God”, or a transcendent power, doesn’t exist. Because of course it does. But the Jesus myth is of course not real, and no fairy tale is worth sacrificing anything real for.

And so the Trump train rolls on, towards the NWO, I guess, or at least to what the spoiled kids in the elite families here think will be their NWO, but will most likely be their epitaph.

In the end, none of this will matter or course. The path is set, and the die is cast.

Tyranny is impossible without the consent of the masses, and Trump has no such consent, and neither does any of the other jokers in the regime, anymore. It’s over, I think. Done. For real.

Tyranny only works when the people think that they can get something out of it. It fails when they think they can’t. And at this point, it’s obvious to all that for the only demographic that matters- the white working classes- that the game is a joke, on them.

So, that’s that, then.

Ultimately, the Trumps and Bushes and Clintons and everyone else will flail about in a desperate attempt to make their stupid dreams a reality. And they will fail.

Of course.

I think I’ll dissect further the issues at hand, vis-a-vis our President.

The thing about Trump, I’ve noticed, is this:

People really don’t like him. I mean, really.

It’s a problem of style, and content, and as usual, the other factors of race and age. But really, very, very few people have taken to him on a deep level since his election. Let’s figure out why.

This one is going to be more academic than emotional, for a change of pace.

Issue 1- Trump is a baby boomer.

Baby boomers… have a hard time relating to others. They just do. They don’t get others’ points of view, even when they try.

They just don’t get it. As a generation they’re sheltered and narcissistic, and until now, they’ve had the clout to avoid being challenged by others over their character defects. So, they’ve been able to escape the trials of correcting their own wrongs, and atoning for their mistakes.

Trump seems like the quintessential boomer stereotype come to life. Arrogant and sheltered, he has gleefully ignored everyone else in his pursuit of his own personal satisfaction. But, it goes beyond that.

Boomers do not understand the Internet. They don’t understand it’s importance. They don’t get what it’s doing and why, and why people have taken to it as they have.

I think I know why Trump failed to respect his supporters. It’s because their base is the Internet, and since he likely doesn’t value the Internet much, himself, he doesn’t understand or appreciate it as he should.

I think that to Trump, Breitbart.com is a business, or something. And the same with other sites that elected him, like Amren and Vdare and the rest.

And yes, I know about Trump’s twitter. And I hold that up as evidence for this. He obviously doesn’t get or care how he comes off on Twitter (assuming that it actually is him writing those tweets, natch). Obama, being younger, knew the Internet and it’s audience in a way that Trump can’t possibly grok, it seems.

To be blunt, I think that Trump is too old. He doesn’t really get Breitbart or it’s importance, or why it’s necessary for them to support him, or how to actually reach it’s readers, which is telling since he has it’s former editors literally working for him. The net to Trump is probably some strange, foreign land, filled with incomprehensible people who can’t possibly mean what they say.

Issue 2 – Trump is too rich.

The super rich really do not have any idea of what life is like for others. They are, like boomers, sheltered as hell, and cocooned in their own little bubbles.

Trump really does not seem to understand on any level that much of his behavior and attitudes are deeply inappropriate, most especially concerning his own base.

Immigration to the Trumps is a non-issue. They are not affected by it, personally, and likely have never known anyone that has been. Out of sight, out of mind.

And this likely is why Trump is so focused on “infrastructure” projects and such. Trump, as a real estate mogul from NYC, probably assumes that everyone wants to live in Manhattan, like him! So, more infrastructure, for everybody!

And this explains why Trump is so keen on keeping his peers- i.e. his fellow billionaires, happy. Because that’s who he is. And why he doesn’t see income inequality as an issue, at all.

And Trump’s attitude is of course just supremely grating to his base. He can’t help but come off as a spoiled, smarmy, pompous little brat, because that’s just who he is. And that’s who Ivanka is, too. And the Kushners. And the rest of them.

It’s in their blood, and it will come out as naturally as any other ingrained part of them, similarly to how Obama always carried the air of “Affirmative Action hire” around with him throughout his Presidency. Because at the end of the day, that’s just a part of who he is.

What this means is that the Trumps will probably never be truly likable to anyone outside the 1% milieu. I’m sure that the Clintons and Bushes and Rockefellers like them just fine, of course, but to the general public? Nope.

Obama, for all of his many, many flaws, at least had an appeal to him that transcended class. The Trumps will never have this, and it shows.

Issue 3 – Trump is a salesman in an age when people are really starting to despise salesmen.

Nobody likes salespeople, especially now.

They’re the problem with this country- they create nothing, themselves, and make a living pushing our suicidal “consumer” economy into overdrive. Spend, spend, spend, everyone! Take out those loans! Mortgage your house! Max out your credit cards! Buy that cheap, plastic junk from the Chinese!

People really don’t much like that stuff, anymore. And Trump’s whole thing is that he’s the consummate salesman, who makes a living screwing everyone else over. “The Art of the Deal” and all that.

But, that’s not the world here, anymore. We don’t want that stuff these days. We don’t want, or need, a “dealmaker”. People are starting to hate dealmakers. We want someone that can actually create something themselves, as opposed to someone who just sells the stuff made by others.

Trump is emblematic of the dumb, shortsighted decisions that the oligarchs have made in regards to our economy and culture.

Trump and those like him are the problem.

Issue 4 – Trump is either too white or nowhere near white enough.

The left does not like white people, and they hate white men especially. Because they’re different, a global minority, and different is bad, and them being a minority means that systemic prejudice against them is okay.

Trump will never appeal to the left for that reason. His election, coming on the heels of Obama, is a slap in the face of the left because Trump is a white male, and the next President wasn’t supposed to be.

To the right, Trump is much, much too Jewish, both in action and in family.

Simply put, Trump acts like a Jew, not an Aryan. No matter how he looks, he acts foreign.

The Kushners and Ivanka are a massive, massive problem as far as Trump’s base goes. Their loyalty is obviously to Israel, not to this nation, and they are apparently controlling our foreign policy, now, for some reason that nobody understands at all, except for the fact that they’re Jews, which apparently means that their opinions are more important than those of the hundred million plus that make up Trump’s supposed base.

That is treason, pure and simple. And it will not stand and cannot continue.

The oligarchs’ love affair with Israel must come to an end, and the sooner the better. It’s creating tremendous and public instability, here. It must end.

And it will.

Issue 5 – Trump is running the Presidency like a business.

The thing about that is, is that nobody, and I mean nobody wants the government run like a business.

IDK who told Trump this, or IDK, maybe he came up with the idea himself, but that approach to everything is so very 1980’s that it just creates cognitive dissonance to see it happening, today.

Business- and most especially, big business, is not associated with good things. And conservatives really hate big business. More than anyone, I think. More than socialists, I think.

Big business to the conservative base means long hours and little pay. It means picking up the slack for your Affirmative Action co-workers. It means having your job and future outsourced to India. It means bad things; incompetent and domineering managers, ineffectual bosses, lack of opportunity, stagnant wages and greedy CEOs, bubble markets and thieving accountants, and many other terrible things.

People do not like big business in this country. Not even a little. And Trump’s base most especially.

Trump’s turning of the White House into an extension of his business empire is extremely, extremely galling to his supporters. I can’t emphasize this point enough.

Conservatives really do not like big business in this country, and to see it mixed with politics in such a way is almost like the manifestation of their worst nightmares.

So.

All of these points considered… I don’t know what to think.

TBH, it seems hopeless. Like, even more than it used to.

Que cera, cera.

I still believe that the oligarchy is doomed.

and I have had an amazing relationship. I can’t think of a better one, TBH.

And I know that we’ll have a positive end to it, too.

See everyone, what distinguishes the best relationships from the rest is honesty. It’s laying it all out for your so, your partner, so that you both can navigate the trials and tribulations of life together.

Yeah, I know, lol. Dun dun dunnnnn! LMAO.

But no, for real.

I’m referring to Lily’s recent quote in Vogue magazine. The one she gave at the MET gala. Here: http://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-2017-humans-of-new-york-photos-hony. You’ll need to scroll the gallery to the right once to see it.

There, Lily says, and I quote: “My biggest remaining goal is to be a mother.”

Perfect. Thanks, Lily.

See, everyone? Communication. It’s the lifeblood of a relationship. It’s what makes it tick correctly for all involved. It’s what makes it work.

IMO Lily’s signaling of this is the perfect way for us both to begin to “disconnect”, so that we can move apart and make room for other things in our lives.

See- this way things can be handled smoothly, as they come, rather than not handled well at all because of a lack of effective communication.

So.

What does this mean for Lily and I, then?

Well, we will need to separate, of course, and go our different ways. Not right away, necessarily, but over time, yes. As we should. People with vastly different goals and destinations in life should not not be together intimately, as I’ve discussed here before. No exceptions- it’s just a logical rule of relationships, that’s all.

For a while, our destinations converged, and we created great things, together. Important things. Meaningful things. And our paths are still somewhat close, for now. But we will need to move on.

And truly, I can’t emphasize enough again that NO exceptions will be made, vis-a-vis my relationships. I know that there are some out there who may be hoping for an “out” of this rule, but they should stop hoping; there is no way to get one. Remember- it’s compatibility, that common ground, that makes a relationship work, and the things that interest me are not what interests someone raising a family, or even someone who wants to. Any child or engagement to anyone else is my cutoff- which is best for all involved.

So, that’s that, then.

Wonderful. Thanks, Lily.

Thanks for everything.