Reality V Reality

So it's been 2 weeks since I posted. Must have been busy right? No. Just wearing down. God knows - I am thrilled Bush is gone but Obamania is not for me. I need a job before we have to sell our Coop and move. Came close to two jobs in the last two weeks but I am frankly too damn old to get hired. Don't look it... Don't act it... but there is no way to hide your age on a resume - too many little clues scattered about. Don't let anyone kid you. Age discrimination is a real thing.

Argh,

Watched Bush tonight. What the fuck world does he live in? Afghanistan is free and a democracy and the Taliban are defeated... Wow, I need some of what he is taking.

Did not get another job today. My daughter had her phone and coat stolen from school. Another day, another red green and blue dollar gone away.

It is interesting listening to people talk about our current economic situation. Either it is a blip and all will be well in a few months or ITS THE WORST THING EVER TO HAPPEN IN THE WORLD! Just a guess that neither of these views is actually correct. What is true is that many people are going to be badly hurt and i is not going to be fixed quickly. Already it seems Obama is bending in the wind and so we will get the usual political spam. Neither fish nor fowl but some insufficient hi-bred. Consensus is a wonderful thing but having a POV and at least trying to enact it is better. If we implement something that 80 Senators and 340 Congresspeople can agree to, it is going to be mush and basically unhelpful. Stick your neck into the arena, believe in something and give it a try. If it doesn't work try something else but don't try every idea at once. That way lies Hooverville.

I ate lunch with a friend - also unemployed - today. He has given up looking. I now know 13 people who have become unemployed in the last 5 months (these are friends not acquaintances). I wish that I believed the savior Barack was going to fix this shit but I don't. This is way to big for one Chicago pol to fix.

Well, as an unemployed person you would think blogging daily would be easy but it isn't. You have the time but it feels like you are cheating if you stop "looking" for work to type in a post.

Back again.

Had big plans for today - meet a friend, enjoy life, cook a hotshot dinner, but the kid got sick and I had to bring her home from school. When I had a job I loved interruptions like that (well not like that, I don't like my daughter being sick but I think you know what I mean). A chance to throw work off and get into my real life, the important stuff. Now that I am only in my life I resent interruptions of my plans - probably because I have so few.

ENOUGH. I have 2 interviews coming up, both for jobs that I would find very interesting, and both paying 65% to 75% of my previous salary. I hate being a stereotype

What Am I doing here?

I've been unemployed now for a year with one 2 month break for a temp contract. My partner calls me a first adapter. I know there are a lot of people like me out there, over 40, unemployed, discovering that there isn't a lot of demand for our skills at our price (or any price). I am not yet sure where this is going to go but we shall see. I am a newbie. Time will tell. All I do know is that I am going to try (emphasis on the try) to write at least 5 days a week. Maybe we can start a conversation...