Remember your first puppy love? Whether you were a freshman in high school, college, or you were an even later bloomer, that first insanely intense crush has the ability to make you feel like you’re flying, falling, and floating all at the same time. Typically, the next step in puppy love involves your heart being [...]
Posts under ‘Conversations’
Some people stand in the darkness, afraid to step into the light
After flying from San Francisco to NYC to Raleigh, and driving for several hours, I am finally at my destination: Emerald Isle. Also known as the Crystal Coast, this is a fairly small island, but it’s also supposed to hold around 50,000 people each summer. This year, that is not the case. I guess people [...]
My employment break-up
I was dumped, twice, all in the span of six months. That’s what I’d call a winner, but really that kind of stigma sticks with a girl. I mean what does it say about me that can’t keep it together with Mr. Employment? From the ups to the downs, these past six months have been [...]
How to Talk So Unemployed People Will Listen and Listen so Unemployed People Will Talk
I remember when I first began to understand the way my parents raised my brother, sister and I. It was a moment of triumph, glory and glee. See, I did AmeriCorp right after college. Part of the program I was involved in required us to read a book on working with children. It was brilliant, [...]
Double true: unemployment is an airborne disease
The waves of
Remembering the Rock
It’s the start of week two and I’m back to the future and working again. This morning my Ferris Bueller charm was off because the Golden Gate transit buses kept passing me by. When I finally got on my trusty and lovable 10, I had a nice window seat to look at Alcatraz below me. [...]