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When EDD doesn’t answer my calls

My epic fail relationship with EDD continues.

To blog or not to blog

Welcome to Friday. It’s been a long week. I’ve been a day ahead since Monday. So today should really be Saturday but it’s not. I would shed a tear but I’m not that attached to specific days of the week considering everyday can be a Saturday when I’m not in contract work land. Earlier today [...]

When nothing isn’t good enough

Dealing my own cool hand

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 [...]

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 [...]

Working in contract work land

I am home. It was a long day that ended with me falling off the money wagon. To my defense it was about meeting up with a friend and talking about life goals and work empowerment. Ok so it was really an excuse to grab a drink with a friend after a long day, but [...]

Back to the land of breathing through my nose

I am finally feeling human again. I am kinda excited about this. Today marks day two of no DayQuil, and as much as I liked chugging the horribly tasting orange gunk it feels good to wake up in the morning and not be in a head cloud of medicine. It helped that I also slept [...]

Let’s do it, let’s return from Mars

I know I took liberty on the quote, hopefully Arnold forgives me , but I just got back from LaidOff Camp which I like to call my version of Space Camp. Even with the rain, the bottle of DayQuil I was chugging and the lack of actual space travel,  it was well worth the $10 [...]

Honesty: keeping it real with yourself

Stop hiding from insecurity and face it head on.

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. [...]