I was walking home from work one day. I had packed up all my camera equipment. You know camera, case, and tripod, important for taking pictures when I came across a sign. It was not an obvious sign, like a street sign, or someone giving me the F–k you hand sign. But a spiritual sign. Yes, it was raining. God had once again decided to make it rain. This was the third day of this particular weather. You would think, as a photographer, and a writer who makes jokes, at my expense and sometimes god’s, I would be prepared for such a destructive wrath as a little bit of rain. But alas I was caught without an umbrella and I was swearing up and down the streets trying to get home before I was totally wet and so was my equipment. I know you religious people will think this was God’s way of getting back at me and you probably would be right. I have never forgiven god for ruining my life by giving me a mental illness and I let him know it all the time! Which is why even thought I was swearing about the weather and I had also come to realize It was just another in a series of private jokes between me and God.

          So there I am walking through such big drops of rain that I could have filled a good size swimming pool in 6 minutes, and thinking about my present situation. Here I am a photographer, an artist with no fan base, making peanuts and publishing on Triond and getting no money. I have started publishing at Triond since Dec 2007 So far I have made 35 dollars and 50 cents. Does this seem fair to you?

          I don’t believe Triond is marketing my writing affectively. In fact it wasn’t until I started listing my works on Stumbleupon.com that I started to get some money. That’s right two years ago I was at something like $5 dollars and since then my profits have soared $30.00. But I still feel like I am being under paid. Also Triond has a feature where if you published somewhere else first you can’t publish it with them.

          Look my beef is not with Triond. My beef is with the fact that I feel I have been severely underpaid. And it can’t just be me. You other writers on Triond what about you? Doesn’t this piss you off?

          Anyway as I was walking home in the rain I thought I could be home writing an article for Triond and being paid the same amount as a worker in China for a year. Actually it is a lot less…

          And my realization was: maybe we should all unionize? LOL.