I've been busy today organizing more portfolio stuff and working on presentational websites. My eyes are starting to cross a bit from staring at a computer screen all day. I have a few projects to work on though - mostly things for friends but it'll keep me busy for a bit ( Read more... )

I had a strange nostalgia dream last night. In the dream I was working at Friendly's again (for those who aren't aware, I worked at the Friendly's outside the Deptford Mall through high school and part of college). It was the usual dream scenario: the setting was a busy dinner rush and nothing was going right. I couldn't understand the checks as ( Read more... )

According to Labor Department unemployment rate up to 9.8%.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/02/unemployment-rate-rises-t_n_307438.html

More of the same...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/03/the-anguish-of-unemployme_n_276545.html

I found an article that pretty much sums it up...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/27/unemployment-an-awful-was_n_270273.html

I spent the day conducting more seemingly fruitless job searching.

Note: I had a long commentary written about how I feel on the subject, but then I reread it and it sounded far too much like a some emo kid's blog update. And I'm sorta sensitive these days, but I don't think I can get away with dying my hair black, so I'll let good ol' Charlie ( Read more... )

Today I went to a local Supercuts to get my lovely locks trimmed up a bit. Let me tell you, best experience of a hair cut ever. Why I hear you ask? Well, this area has a large eastern European community. And as such the nice lady trimming my hair A) kept the conversation to the bare facts, and B) was brutally effecient. Both aspects of the ( Read more... )

I haven't posted much mostly because I haven't had much to say. Been in limbo for so long I don't remember what the real world feels like anymore. I am hunting a job opportunity - but I haven't heard back yet. Here's hoping. In the meantime, I suspect I am just going to have to get whatever job I can take - maybe another restaurant-serving gig? One ( Read more... )

Punisher Andrew War Journal, Entry 5:

I’ve talked to some folks about this situation already. But for anyone who hasn’t heard - I am going to be moving north soon. The facts are that I was just scraping by even before I was laid off. I still had debts to patient pay to people. But I ended up spending money to repair my car for inspection as well as ( Read more... )

jPunisher Andrew War Journal

I got my unemployment information in the mail the other day. However, my time at Atomica is not listed on the claim. Instead, they have my pay rate based on my time as a waiter only. Which comes out to next to nothing per week from unemployment - I can't live on only that. So now I have to spend my day contacting someone ( Read more... )