“You want to be unemployed.”
-My dad
Dear Dad,
Contrary to your belief, I don’t want to be unemployed. In fact, I would love nothing more than to have a job to go to Monday through Friday, or hell, even Tuesday through Saturday. I’m really sick of living off of unemployment and being so poor that [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 23, 2009
Inappropriate Comment of the Day
November 17, 2009
Lucky Lou Dobbs
The anchor reportedly got an $8 million dollar severance package to leave his job at CNN a year and a half before his $12 million dollar contract was to run out. With that kind of severance package, I would never need to work again! I guess the network got tired of watching his stories [...]
November 15, 2009
Unemployed Save More With Kmart Smart Assist
It’s nice to see some companies trying to give back during these rough times. Kmart has been doing its share with its layaway program, and now it has something called Kmart Smart Assist, a program designed to help unemployed customers by giving them 20 percent off household basics. I try to pinch pennies wherever [...]
November 15, 2009
Own a Piece of Madoff
Items from the evil Mr. Madoff’s home were auctioned off yesterday:
Among the items at Saturday’s auction were 17 Rolexes, jewelry, Native American prints, and odd things like a milking stool, a creamer in the shape of a cow, and a worn white boogie board with the name Madoff written on it. The U.S. Marshals Service [...]
November 9, 2009
Overheard in a Coffee Shop
“I can’t even pay my rent.”
-The Barista
Can anybody pay their rent in New York these days? I keep on hearing stories left and right about people who can’t afford to pay their rent.
November 8, 2009
So How About a Plan B?
A few weeks ago I had a conversation with somebody who is in a similar situation as me, except that he has a job. He works in documentary filmmaking, which is a branch of journalism in a way. Like me, he feels stuck in an industry where there is a lot of competition and low [...]
November 8, 2009
10.2% and Rising
The latest unemployment figures scare the living daylights out of me. Technically, I’ve been unemployed for over a year now and with layoffs everywhere in the media, which is the industry I work in, I’m pretty freaked out. Journalism has always been competitive, and now, even armed with a graduate degree, connections, experience and a [...]
November 8, 2009
Health Care Reform Bill Passed in the House
219 Democrats and one Republican voted in favor of the trillion dollar health care reform package. Does this mean I won’t have to give a false name if I end up in the ER? I haven’t had health insurance since August 2008. It would be nice to be able to go to a doctor again [...]
November 3, 2009
Where Did My Money Go?
I have precisely $8.00 in my pocket and about $20.00 in the bank. My unemployment check doesn’t come in until Friday and I have a friend who owes me $120.00, but he can’t give that to me until tomorrow, or maybe even Thursday at the latest! I feel so pathetic, considering I didn’t have enough [...]
