You cave. All your friends are doing it. It’s the conventional way they tell you. No one finds anything worth trying for without going online. Don’t be scared — it’s safe. Just don’t be too pick they warn. Angels sing as you see pages full of potential. Looking for a employment is a full time [...]
Posts under ‘Lessons’
Saying good-bye to Mr. Unemployment
A weekend to send him off in style.
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. [...]
Watching from the sidelines
When you see yourself in your friends.
Lessons from childhood: sunblock should never be taken for granted
I always wanted to be tan. I however was never blessed with the ability to get tan. You know those people who walk out on overcast cold days and turn in to golden gods? That’s not me. I turn into a nice shade of red and then I fade back to pale. It is something [...]
A morning without technology
When pretending you were born in the wrong era backfires.
Goal update: learning how to run again
My vision quest during unemployment.
The McNulty complex
Passion. Enthusiasm. The quest for knowledge. In normal circumstances, these are terms that are quite positive and can be highly beneficial to those currently in a job and those searching for one. But there is a dark side. What happens when someone is blinded by their own neurosis and obsession over finding the one perfect [...]
Yes, we do have Christmas in contract work land
I have a lot of time to think. Ask anyone who is unemployed for more than a week and they will agree that unemployment is like being married to yourself. I haven’t thought this much about my employment status, life, and the great meaning of things since I was an undergraduate in college and I [...]
Lessons from Zack Morris: how to always remain on top
I spent the greater part of my childhood watching TV. My parents were never very happy about this. It’s not to say that never left the house or my plastic bubble. I was involved in dance, theater and tried my hand at sports but on most Saturday mornings you would find me in my living [...]