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i think i'm dumb, or maybe just happy
by mg at 10:49 AM on August 22, 2001
I know none of you can really relate, as you are a talented and successful lot, but unemployment sucks.
Harry Potter has gone a long way in keeping my mind occupied, and little projects around the house have kept my hands from becoming idle (though my pants are still the devil’s playground), yet, I’m still beginning to get terribly and irreversibly bored.
At this point, the thought of waking up every morning, going into a crappy where I’d spend the entire day in front of a computer doing mind-numbing working, for a soulless corporation doesn’t sound so bad. It certainly sounds better than the waking up at noon, and spending the entire day in front of a computer, mindlessly looking for work and soul-numbingly never finding anything. The only thing redeeming unemployment is that I’m able to spend the entire day in my pajamas, but as the threat looms that I’ll soon have to sell all my belongings (besides my pajamas) just to have enough cash to pay the rent.
But, I spent about 5 hours thinking about things this morning (rather than using the time to actually look for gainful employment), and I have to say that things are looking up on the old job front.
Look at these numbers and tell me if the future isn’t getting brighter for me: I spent the first six weeks of 2001 employed. I was then laid off and spent the next seven weeks unemployed. I found another job, and spent another eight weeks as a productive member of society. That is, until I couldn’t take it any more and quit. I’ve now spent the last nine weeks unemployed.
See what I’m getting at? If the pattern continues (6, 7, 8, 9…), I’ll find a job by the end of the week, and spend the next ten weeks (at the very least) selling my soul for a paycheck. I don’t care what Alan Greenspan say about the interest rates or what the analysts are prognosticating about projected Third Quarter earnings, my figures are the only ones that matter. Numerology has definitively ordained that I will find a job this week, and numerology doesn’t lie.
I’m bound to find a job by weeks end, and that makes me very happy.
So, for the rest of the week, I’m not going to worry, even though things look bleak. And just to give you a clue as to how the job hunt is going, check out this email I got from a company I’d applied to just a few days ago:
Thank you for your recent resume submission, however with much sadness, ********** will be closing its doors this week. Unfortunately, 2001 has been a tough year for us, and despite our greatest efforts, we just don't see enough opportunity for new business through the end of the year. We wish you the best of luck on your job search and only regret we couldn't be more helpful.
Sucks for them, but it’s been nine weeks so I am destined to find something.
comments (6)
Have you thought about jobs that don't require you to sit behind a computer? Retail would stink, but there are other things. I've thought about ditching this print design thing and start working for MoDOT or the highway department. At least I'd be outside and away from my all crashing /locking/freezing G4. Maybe I could become a park ranger. That would be fun.
I've decided that unless you have a job that you love, the time between 8-5 isn't going to be fun no matter what you do, might as well get paid the most you can for that time so you can afford to have fun away from work. Just try not to sell you soul in the process.
I hate being a grown-up.
by Josh at August 22, 2001 12:15 PM
WOW MG! A five hour walk in your PJ's?
hehe well at least you thought about it all and decided the world is not going to end! "Things happen for a reason." Well so "I" say anyway...You are destined to find something. No doubt! And if your not happy, you then find something that sparks your eye sooner than later, PROMISE! :0)
by Pristine at August 22, 2001 2:35 PM
Although I love my job, my work environment leaves much to be desired. My office is basically a large-ish supply closet I share with my boss, who is in lecherous love with me and annoys me in every possible way. However I cannot quit because I do not have the possibility of making it nine *minutes* let alone weeks without a paycheck coming in. Also, I know that jobs in my field for someone with my limited experience are probably nonexistent, so I'm stuck until I get a few more years under my belt. So, if it helps to know that someone who gainfully employed in their chosen field envies you...
by kd at August 22, 2001 3:10 PM
There's always a place for you at the DQ.
KD - what you need to do is document all this creepy shit. Build up a nice, fat sexual harrasment file. Then one day, explain how things are going to change unless they want a nasty lawsuit. Then spend several years doing whatever you want as the paychecks roll in. Heh.
Side note: We took a poll at the DFW blogger meet tonight. Out of 25 people or so, about 19 were either unemployed or freelancing/consulting.
by Charles at August 22, 2001 11:07 PM
You go, girlfriend!
I would've hired you for that sex slave job, but it has been filled recently by someone whom I didn't need to relocate. Sorry. :-)
by Lilly at August 23, 2001 6:10 AM
5 omments
by Justin Awok at May 28, 2005 2:17 AM