Oh life,
my life,
how do I hate thee?
Let me count the ways.
Nine.
Another nine resumes mailed out today.
And as history shows,
I may receive one reply
Telling me thank you for my interest,
But no thanks.
Ah, but chin up!
They will keep my resume on file
For three months!
San Diego?
Complications have arisen that make that far less viable an option.
Who wants to live next to the ocean anyway?
Oklahoma?
They don't pay well enough,
That I would ever be able to afford to leave again.
Who wants to live so far from the ocean anyway?
Life makes me want to curse and cry.
Alot.
Where's the que for that job?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
this sucks
Another long day spent writing cover letters to firms who will never bother replying... searching for jobs that aren't advertised... and futiley looking for a way to improve my situation in the slightest. Adult life is a crock of shit. No wonder all of my friends were in such a hurry to have kids. At least it gave them something to do. Not me, thanks. Work for the sake of working... the only part worse than that is that I can't even find work for the sake of working. I can't find a way into the trades because you have to have a vehicle to get 90% of the construction jobs I've come across and I can't get a reply out of the other 10%. I've applied for jobs via email, via written letter, via hand delivery... nothing works. I'm about to the point of standing by the road during morning rush hour wearing a sandwich board that says "Starving architect looking for sustainable work". Yeah, I chuckle a little typing that... but the reality is that I'm pretty close to that level of desperation.
Bah.
Bah.
Are you kidding me?
Are you kidding me?
Just a quick note because I am so perplexed as to what is happening in the States right now. For eight years, it has almost been criminal to criticize the White House. Journalists have been run out of town on a rail for daring to report on questionable activities in our government. We've been hearing that it's not okay to second guess your government in a time of war, if ever at all.
But now somehow things are different? Now the conservatives are openly calling for the failure of the US government? Journalists are adopting fiery Southern Baptist evangelical tones in their venomous, often unintelligible rants against a man who's making changes they don't like to a system they helped break for no less than eight years. For crying out loud, Fox News is blatantly seeding the idea of a civil war against the government! To say I am stunned would be unspeakably understated. This is no longer politics. This isn't about morals, principles or values. This is tribalism at its purist. This is a case of 'your team vs. mine' and it's accepted in a nation of people addicted to the concept of one team vs. the other. Oooh! The intrigue! The suspense! The drama! The hostility of it all! What a shameful face America's media outlets have taken on in the first two months of a new presidency. Two months!!! I've heard all the excuses ranging from, "Well, for eight years you've wanted us to be harder on government and I think you're right," to, "This man is a card-carrying communist who's going to turn America into a Socialist nation and America was founded to fight Socialism!" Is anyone falling for this line of filth? I have to believe so, as reports have it that Fox News' ratings are up 29% along with the new administration. How shameful. Just uterly and inexplicabley shameful. There are a great many Americans who did not like the electing of Barrack Obama, for whatever reason. But why bully the Americans via our airwaves into opposing him now? He's president! He has a job to do! There is no bipartisanship coming from the other side of the table... every attempt at bipartisanship by Obama's team has met with stonewalled failure. And now, two months into a new leadership style, a new vision, and a new plan, those who disagree are turning the game dirty again, just like they did when Clinton won the presidency. I'm... aw screw it.
It's good to question and to investigate and to hold our government accountable. But this has already gone too far. Shouldn't we let them get started first? We've picked this guy, Obama, to run a leg of this marathon for us. And yet we're heckling him off the line. Hell, we're doing more than heckling... we're pushing and shoving and tying his shoelaces together. The ultra-conservatives have destroyed the Republican name and are now stifling a Democratic president because he wants to balance the books, take proportionally from all Americans, ensure good health for all Americans, and heal a system that has been maimed and disfigured for too long.
I thought things were going to get better with new leadership, but instead, those who have been on the defensive for eight years have just switched to a blistering offense. This is insane. It's childish. It's irresponsible. It's dangerous. And anyone playing along with it deserves a karmic dropkick to the head.
Just a quick note because I am so perplexed as to what is happening in the States right now. For eight years, it has almost been criminal to criticize the White House. Journalists have been run out of town on a rail for daring to report on questionable activities in our government. We've been hearing that it's not okay to second guess your government in a time of war, if ever at all.
But now somehow things are different? Now the conservatives are openly calling for the failure of the US government? Journalists are adopting fiery Southern Baptist evangelical tones in their venomous, often unintelligible rants against a man who's making changes they don't like to a system they helped break for no less than eight years. For crying out loud, Fox News is blatantly seeding the idea of a civil war against the government! To say I am stunned would be unspeakably understated. This is no longer politics. This isn't about morals, principles or values. This is tribalism at its purist. This is a case of 'your team vs. mine' and it's accepted in a nation of people addicted to the concept of one team vs. the other. Oooh! The intrigue! The suspense! The drama! The hostility of it all! What a shameful face America's media outlets have taken on in the first two months of a new presidency. Two months!!! I've heard all the excuses ranging from, "Well, for eight years you've wanted us to be harder on government and I think you're right," to, "This man is a card-carrying communist who's going to turn America into a Socialist nation and America was founded to fight Socialism!" Is anyone falling for this line of filth? I have to believe so, as reports have it that Fox News' ratings are up 29% along with the new administration. How shameful. Just uterly and inexplicabley shameful. There are a great many Americans who did not like the electing of Barrack Obama, for whatever reason. But why bully the Americans via our airwaves into opposing him now? He's president! He has a job to do! There is no bipartisanship coming from the other side of the table... every attempt at bipartisanship by Obama's team has met with stonewalled failure. And now, two months into a new leadership style, a new vision, and a new plan, those who disagree are turning the game dirty again, just like they did when Clinton won the presidency. I'm... aw screw it.
It's good to question and to investigate and to hold our government accountable. But this has already gone too far. Shouldn't we let them get started first? We've picked this guy, Obama, to run a leg of this marathon for us. And yet we're heckling him off the line. Hell, we're doing more than heckling... we're pushing and shoving and tying his shoelaces together. The ultra-conservatives have destroyed the Republican name and are now stifling a Democratic president because he wants to balance the books, take proportionally from all Americans, ensure good health for all Americans, and heal a system that has been maimed and disfigured for too long.
I thought things were going to get better with new leadership, but instead, those who have been on the defensive for eight years have just switched to a blistering offense. This is insane. It's childish. It's irresponsible. It's dangerous. And anyone playing along with it deserves a karmic dropkick to the head.
8.1%
Things are getting a bit shaky on the job front up here again and Katy and I have been considering sending me back to the States to find work. That is, until this morning when I found out the US jobless rate has now hit 8.1%, the highest it's been since 1983. Wow. 651,000 new jobs were lost recently to bring this number so high. Looks like going back to the States is no way to escape joblessness. When will this end?
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Sorry, no refunds...
I find it hard to write on my blog lately because I'm never quite in the mood. Today I just feel very resigned. I'm really at a loss for what to do. Inevitably things will work out, but they haven't yet and it's getting frustrating. I'm working a shitty job for a shady guy in a shabby market. This just ain't no fun. I'm still sending out resumes, though. I found a sustainable design center today and will start sending resumes out to some names I got from there. It'd be great if I could get in on the green market. Here's to hoping...
Anyway, I haven't posted a harmonica video in awhile so I figure I'd throw one up. It's five minutes of your life you'll never get back, but it gets good for about 30 seconds somewhere around the 3:20 mark. Oh yeah, turn your volume down first. It might be kinda loud.
When all else is dark, I'll always have my Katy and my harmonica. What else do I really need?
Anyway, I haven't posted a harmonica video in awhile so I figure I'd throw one up. It's five minutes of your life you'll never get back, but it gets good for about 30 seconds somewhere around the 3:20 mark. Oh yeah, turn your volume down first. It might be kinda loud.
When all else is dark, I'll always have my Katy and my harmonica. What else do I really need?
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