Who Are You Calling Lazy?
So maybe we haven’t been chained to our beds and force fed drugs like the guy from Se7en but we haven’t been too busy here lately. My apologies for that. I blame Charlie.
In an attempt to keep this site current I am going to chronicle my job search. I know you will all find this amazingly entertaining. Today I used Monster.com to apply for 4 jobs and am anxiously awaiting the multi-million dollar offers that are sure to roll in. I mean, I am employable, right? I have had a steady job since I was 16! That is 17 years of straight work history! I am a 7-time employee of the month and a former employee of the year! I have plaques and trophies! That has to count for something.
I have to say that this is a position I never imagined I would find myself in. It might stem from a case of insecurity but I have always been able to have a job and do it very well. Now I am at a point where I am questioning my value in the workplace. I can understand why people might just give up and suckle at the tea of unemployment.
Not to mention that the Curse of 2010 continues to follow me everywhere. Like that dust cloud that followed Pig Pen around the Peanuts strip I am haunted by the specter of ‘10. First the job, then the laptop, then the car and now the dog. Gibbs is fine but he has cost me a pretty penny in vet trips this year already. I would be mad at him but he is too freaking cute.
As this 38th day of unemployment closes out I am pondering my options. For me radio is a cruel mistress who fulfilled my deepest fantasies and then left me a broken husk of a man. I am hoping to parlay my radio experience into some sort of Social Media gig but who knows how that will go. I could always fall back on my restaurant experience but with the way I can put on weight now I would probably gain 100lbs in a matter of months just by snacking on cheese fries.
Thanks to all of you for the kind words of support and for listening to our podcasts even though they have been infrequent as of late. The good news is that Charlie and I will get together tomorrow to record a new one and I plan on filling in the gaps with rambling blogs like this one and random videos. “What kind of videos” you ask? Let’s just say that I will be watching Charlie’s kids one night soon and you might just get a tour of his house…
Bah Weep!
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