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Generation lost and found

Are you there Internet? It’s me Rachel. I often have conversations with myself, and/or the Internet. Bring me kitties and lasers, or something entertaining. What can I say? I remember dialing up at a very young age. I’ve been having those almost-30-something on-again-off-again conversation about generations. Whose generation? Well my parents, my grandparents, mine, those [...]

Journey through the self-help book catalogue of life

It took four I-need-a-journey-to-find-myself books and a self-realization (I’m sensitive and I’d like to stay that way) to start accepting me for all that I am — full of neurotic tendencies and all. If you aren’t hip to the jive of what I-need-a-journey-to-find-myself books are then let me explain. There is some event, if you will [...]

Confessions of a former unemployed

I always tried to be honest on my blog. Like some greater blog god was going to judge me and strike me down with spam for not being brutally honest. I won’t lie there were times when I’m like this story would be so much better if I didn’t have to admit that I was [...]

Watching from the sidelines

Nothing like becoming an adult than watching those around you become victims of the economy while you’re still struggling to regain your own sense of working self. A year ago we all imagined that now we’d be in a place populated with jobs, money, and options. Ok.Slight fabrication. We knew that the world changed. The [...]

Self-actualization via the crazy

Congratulations are in order. And by that, I mean I’m going to congratulate myself. I’ve made the jump from all-out unemployment to the realm of part-time underemployment. Translation: I am wedged in between the lowest tiers of Maslow’s self-actualization pyramid! Huzzah! Still, it’s progress and I have my sights set on what I want. My [...]

Tardy for the party

Last week, I committed the ultimate interview faux pas. I was late to a follow-up. It was scheduled for noon. East coast time. Running around at the gym, I finished up around 10 PST to see several missed calls. With voicemails. “Apparently we had a time disconnect,” the voice on the message said. Yes, yes [...]

Jimmy Carter is NOT here to make white, racist friends

Larry King said it best – “Former President Jimmy Carter stirred up a hornet’s nest with his remarks about race yesterday.” Indeed he did, because (surprise!) that’s exactly what happens when you actually talk about race in this country. White people, black people, liberals, and conservatives freak out. Michael Steele, a republican who’s black, spoke [...]

Sally Jessy, my geek to chic Obi Wan

When I went to bed after eating three or four Krispy Kremes (always a mistake), I found myself tossing and turning throughout the night. At first, I got a little nervous. My roommate and her family invited some sort of psychic/witchdoctor into their circle in order to address various personal issues… Apparently, my roommate’s twin [...]

Days of Panic: September 11, 2009

I woke up this morning and avoided watching the news or reading the (online) paper. I knew what today was and, to be quite frank, didn’t want to deal with the media coverage of September 11, 2009 – eight years after the day we know we will never forget. The problem with unemployment and my [...]

Unemployment’s Night Out

Tonight is perpetually in Vogue Anna Wintour’s “Fashion’s Night Out” event. It’s an excuse for celebrities, designers, the high brow, and the low brow to come together throughout the five Boroughs of New York City, encouraging people to spend money that they might not have in the name of fashion and the economy. I wonder [...]