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Entries from December 2009
December 23, 2009
The Fashion World Mourns Phi
Yesterday Phi announced it was shutting down due to the Great Recession’s economic climate. Most of you probably don’t know of Phi, the high-end luxury label founded by Susan Dell, wife of Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell.
I remember admiring Phi’s architecturally sleek, sexy and tough designs when we used a dress and those booties on the [...]
December 23, 2009
Do I Attract What I Put Out?
I was thinking about this just now. The last four guys I’ve dated have been underemployed or unemployed—unstable, basically—just like me. One guy was unemployed and bounced through traveling, friends’ apartments and his parents’ home; another lost his job and couldn’t pay rent; another was underemployed, doing odd jobs and had just moved back in [...]
December 19, 2009
So Close
I ended up not getting the job. It’s so frustrating to have made it to the final round and not get hired. I wonder why they decided not to hire me for the position. Was I overqualified? Did I say the wrong thing? Wear the wrong outfit? But, the editor in chief called me personally [...]
December 19, 2009
Congress Approves Unemployment Benefits Extension
Whew. I can breathe a sigh of relief for two more months because my unemployment was about to run out. I had no idea what I was going to do. I just tried not to think about it.
December 12, 2009
The Waiting Game
So I’ve been going through the interview process for a job I really want, and I’ve made it to the final round after taking an edit test, interviewing with the hiring editors—and then the final with the editor-in-chief. I’m so close and this job would combine so much of my skill set and interests. I [...]
