(F)Unemployed
I should start by saying that I stole the above phrase from my friend Ted, who is creating a webcast thing by that name, so if it ever comes out on YouTube or whatever, watch it.
I am mostly unemployed at the moment, and have been for several weeks. I have days of work here and there, but I am completely out of the habit of going to work on a daily basis. I haven't even managed to get the discipline together to be full-time unemployed, like sending out resumes or creating my website, or doing art. No. I just sleep in and watch TV and sit on my couch in my apartment. I feel like a total slob, but on the other hand, I don't necessarily dislike it, either. I just need to find a way to pay the bills every month, and I'm good. I haven't gone out, really, which is unfortunate, but other than that I don't need all that much money to live. I have made enough to cover rent for the past couple months, and a bit more, but for the most part I'm still living off of Christmas Carol. The only thing I can do is hope that something comes along once the ACC money runs out. I would really like to not be boring as well, but again, need some employment for that.
I'm mostly irritated because I keep hearing about people in my field (theatre electrics overhire/freelance) who keep saying they're so busy, but I'm not busy at all, and this aggravates me. I should be hired too. I'm a pretty good electrician. Not the best, I know, but not bad, either. Better than some of the idiots out there. And usually it's a seniority thing, and at least one guy who has been in town a lot less time than me is working all over, and it's making me bitter. It makes me want to take an office job for the regular income and the ability to have a consistent schedule. But the combo of the economy and the premonition that it would make me tear my hair out preclude that move. I'd like to take some classes, and make friends, and right now it's impossible, and I'm getting frustrated.
I am also looking at my car, which just hit 150,000 miles, and am getting nervous. If the car goes, I'm SCREWED.
And SCENE.
I am mostly unemployed at the moment, and have been for several weeks. I have days of work here and there, but I am completely out of the habit of going to work on a daily basis. I haven't even managed to get the discipline together to be full-time unemployed, like sending out resumes or creating my website, or doing art. No. I just sleep in and watch TV and sit on my couch in my apartment. I feel like a total slob, but on the other hand, I don't necessarily dislike it, either. I just need to find a way to pay the bills every month, and I'm good. I haven't gone out, really, which is unfortunate, but other than that I don't need all that much money to live. I have made enough to cover rent for the past couple months, and a bit more, but for the most part I'm still living off of Christmas Carol. The only thing I can do is hope that something comes along once the ACC money runs out. I would really like to not be boring as well, but again, need some employment for that.
I'm mostly irritated because I keep hearing about people in my field (theatre electrics overhire/freelance) who keep saying they're so busy, but I'm not busy at all, and this aggravates me. I should be hired too. I'm a pretty good electrician. Not the best, I know, but not bad, either. Better than some of the idiots out there. And usually it's a seniority thing, and at least one guy who has been in town a lot less time than me is working all over, and it's making me bitter. It makes me want to take an office job for the regular income and the ability to have a consistent schedule. But the combo of the economy and the premonition that it would make me tear my hair out preclude that move. I'd like to take some classes, and make friends, and right now it's impossible, and I'm getting frustrated.
I am also looking at my car, which just hit 150,000 miles, and am getting nervous. If the car goes, I'm SCREWED.
And SCENE.