I feel like anxiety attacks are all the rage these days. Maybe it’s because there’s so much stress going around. I don’t know why people stress out. It’s not worth it and unproductive. Even if you stress out you’ll still have the same problem except you might also end up breathing into a paper bag [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 28, 2009
Trader Joe’s Fools Me Again
I’m sitting here on the couch, exhausted, realizing that I just took a 3 hour trip to Trader Joes, what the hell is wrong with me? Trying to stay on budget I took the bus there and back fighting off mobs of people in the store and waiting on a line that wrapped through every [...]
March 26, 2009
Has Anyone Heard of Facebook?
About a week ago I got the piece of mail that every unemployed person dreads – I got selected for a meeting with the Unemployment Office (so I figure I’m busted). I go there this morning expecting, given the state of NYC’s economy, to see a lot of people like myself (young, good-looking, well-dressed) but [...]
March 25, 2009
Not So Fast, Recession
All this talk about the recession coming to an end is really starting to freak me out. Now they’re saying it could be over by next year, I mean, what is the rush (stop trying to prove yourself Obama). The worse the state of the economy is, the more people feel sorry for me for [...]
March 22, 2009
You Sir, Are Missing a Lot of Teeth
So while follow-through was not something we were known for at work (due to our 5 second attention span), when it comes to things not work-related we’re doing much better. One example, our renting a car and driving 6 hours to Vermont to audition for the Amazing Race. We feel that the best way to [...]
March 22, 2009
Amazing Race
You kind of feel like a tool for trying out. But then you get there and see so many bigger tools that you think “at least I’m not a 40 year-old tool who lives in Burlington, Vermont”. Every thing in life is pretty relative. So if you feel like a loser at any point, just [...]
March 14, 2009
Reality TV
So I think a really good activity for the unemployed could be trying to get on reality shows. One of my first thoughts was True Life on MTV because they follow people around for no reason. Maybe not no reason, but pretty dumbass reasons. Like you’re from Staten Island or have a pet. If you [...]
March 12, 2009
Unpaid Waiting Week, What the F$^(K
For those of you who still have jobs let me tell you what you have to look forward to — an unpaid waiting week. This is what the government calls your first week of unemployment and decides that you don’t need to be paid for. Apparently this is my punishment for getting laid off, as [...]
March 10, 2009
The Stress of Not Getting Laid Off
Will the people with jobs ever stop complaining? Interesting article came out today about how people who still have jobs experience more stress than those who get laid off due to the constant threat of getting the ax. I noticed this the minute we got laid off. We headed straight to the bar, laughing and [...]
March 7, 2009
Part of Something
You know what feels good? Being part of something. So when February unemployment numbers came out I felt like I had 651,000 new friends. If we all got together we could probably have a really good party. Except I probably wouldn’t get along with a lot of them. I wish they gave exact numbers though. [...]
