WideAwake arrives in her limousine from Shocker's Palace stumbling and exhausted. Her pockets full from today's bets.

"Gambling? It's only a gamble if there is a chance you can lose!" she thinks to herself. She looks out into the streets and sees a crowd of people stopping and staring as in her insomniac state.

I must say that I decided to take a hiatus from the coffee shops and from the streets for the most part to work on myself. You see, that's how this works. If we want to be of service to others... we must build ourselves up. Get stable, arrange income, start business and form a way of life that is suitable for us, our crews, our districts and our cities. 

I cannot believe people are still tearing up over this war and damning the powers that be for every single decision made. This makes no sense. If you put 10% of your energy into establishing yourself then you would be a Goomba with 10 units of narcotics on you babbling about what those that put the work in are doing. No matter what.. whoever has the power is going to be in the scope of those coveting it. 

That is why I just got myself comfortable and spent the last few weeks in the background putting myself into a situation where I can be a help to those that need it. Honor your mothers and fathers as well as your family and just keep on trucking and keep the focus on yourself and your family. We can all scream and shout and shake our fists but at the end of the day it boils down to this.

Give respect. Earn respect. Know how to twirl a pistol.


Those who yell the loudest are quickest to back down. 

WideAwake returns to her car for a quick nap before she breaks another casino WideOpen. She doesn't believe her rant will have much impact but it will at least give her peace of mind to drop 2 cents without a wager on it...

True words WideAwake. 

To much focus on others is never profitable or beneficial. A shaking fist is only as powerful as the one who is shaking it. A lower prestiged mafioso is not going to have their words as clearly heard as a crewleader, this much is common knowledge. 

And grudges too, can condemn us to be caught up in our small issues and problems and personal thoughts when there is a business out there to run, and it does not run on its own.

As Jack_Carter encouragingly stated, before long around here things should become more stable and quieten down, but until then we need more people to understand what you have said here:

we must build ourselves up. Get stable, arrange income, start business and form a way of life that is suitable for us, our crews, our districts and our cities.