My apologizes to my friends on the east coast. I know you have #snOMG and #snowscrewed and all so don’t judge me when I complain about the rain. It really is nothing personal. I know you have the day after tomorrow outside your door tonight and all, and have been enjoying the miracles of empty [...]
It can happen anywhere – your desk, the movies, dinner, while you’re lying in bed – suddenly the fear creeps in. Your palms sweat and your pores ooze. The lights begin to flicker. Not again. The horror, the horror. Oh, Post-tramatic Layoff disorder (PTLD), how you taunt with your visions of unemployment dancing in our [...]
When rent was paid at the first of the month, it became clear that the occasional freelancing checks that once breathed life into (or at least gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to) my bank account were suddenly not enough. In addition to pinching my weight in pennies, seeking out freelancing work, and trying to get a [...]
I’m totally ashamed to admit this, but one of my favorite movies to watch over and over and over again is Something New, starring Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker.
You see, I’m the kind of guy who typically likes horror movies. Intense ones. I love films with severe decapitations of Dario Argento proportions. Lucio Fulci’s Zombie [...]
My Mom wears a particular pendant. It’s more of a medal and badge of honor, really. It reads, “Miss Popularity, 1959.”
A) How ridiculous is that to begin with?
B) There’s so much more to the story…
I always assumed that Mom was Miss Popularity in 1959 because she was the owner of the aforementioned necklace. And, I [...]
All of the sudden, I have found myself with a sun kissed body full of Dairy Queen and (let’s just say) three glasses of red wine. I am watching Bob Ross’ kind of creepy, yet kind of soothing voice on PBS… A lot. You know, the dude with the ‘fro who paints the same [...]
You hit that wall. The one where you wake up one morning and notice the empty plates of food on the floor, crumbs on the bed, not to mention the flies hoovering in the sink. It’s gross. No wait, strike that. You are gross. How’d you let yourself slip like that? One minute you have [...]
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 [...]
Hello all,
My name is Scott Pierce and I am unemployed. I’m afraid that if something doesn’t pan out by the end of next month, I will be struggling to pay the rent and feed myself. Or worse — I will have to move home. It’s really not just a fear; it’s reality.
I am just one [...]
After an unfortunate night with a friend’s Wii game, and by unfortunate I mean it told me I was out of shape — a sad fact I knew but did not want to admit, nor did I want a computerized video game to remind me of — I woke up this morning to run. It [...]
This blog started as a way for Rachel to continue writing and keep her sanity. It's been a year of change and growth. She recently began working again and will blog here about how life changes when you've been forced to examine your own weaknesses and learn rely on yourself to get by.
She expanded Tales From the Recently Laid Off to include her fellow under-employed friend, Scott Pierce. Please welcome him and be sure to save his place in line for EDD -- we can all use all the help we can get.
Both Rachel and Scott reside in San Francisco and welcome any dried beans, peanut butter or cake mixes people choose to send them.
