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Playing hard to get

Your eyes meet and you coyly look away. You read once that no one likes someone that is too forward when they first meet.  One must be careful to not be overzealous now, right?  Your eyes meet again. Perfection is met with everything you’ve ever wanted — benefits that include vision and dental, PTO and [...]

Lessons from Buffy: accepting the unexpected

I realized this weekend that during my foray back into the land of unemployment that I had overlooked, neglected mind you, a very important hero. She was a staple for my slumber parties, provided me a new wave of female empowerment and offered me endless one-liners — some of which I still use to this [...]

Laid Off Camp: NYC style

Space Camp goes to the Big Apple

When nothing isn’t good enough

Dealing my own cool hand

Pseudo-unemployment: the fashion tote collectors’ item

Exciting things are afoot. It’s almost like I have a full-time job but I don’t, and that’s actually perfect for me. What I do have is my own makeshift, full-time, part-time contract work to fill up my next month. In other words, for the next few weeks I will be able to get out of [...]

CYJ: customizing your job in a down market

I’ve been spending the better part of my morning deciding on whether or not my next pair of walk-around-the-city shoes will be Converse or Keds. It’s a big decision. Do I want high top Converse or slip-on Keds? Each have their own style and personality. I’ve always been more of a Converse kind of girl. [...]

One month unemployment anniversary

Looking back on my first month of unemployment and the lessons I’ve learned.

Waiting for employment: the Burma Superstar job search

Heat lamps, window watching and waiting to get called for a job.

Like an undergrad for the very first time

The anxiety of being unemployed is like being back in college as an undergraduate.

My own private roller coaster

The thrilling and fear-inducing experience of being unemployed.