Tom Petty sang it much better than I ever could begin to.
Waiting. It’s hard. It’s terribly hard. For many, many people these days, myself included, waiting is the new national pasttime. Send the resume, wait. Resend the resume. Wait. Get an interview! Hurray. Go to interview. Go to second, and third interviews. Wait. Wait some more. Send “hey, Hi there…um…remember me?” letter. Only worded much better than that. Wait. Go mow the yard, paint the walls, scrub the floors. Wait.
Phone rings. Try not to pee pants, realize it’s your mother. Gibber and jabber with her for a while, promise all is well, everything is fine. Hang up. Wait.
Check phone to make sure it’s charged and on. It is.
Wait.
Send resumes, call people who might be able to help. ”Sure, send my your resume and I’ll pass it on. Swear to god”. Send resume.
Wait.
It really has become the national pastime with so many people out of work. In March, according to government statistics 9.7% of the population was out of work. 6.5 MILLION people were unemployed for more than 27 weeksw. That’s a Houston sized city of people sitting around watching Spongebob. While I”m sure that we all enjoy Spongebob, I think that I can speak for many of us when I say we’d rather watch it on TIVO after we get home from work.
What’s funny/irritating?/bothersome/etc. is the amount of people who offer advice that they all swear is the best. Go network, go to job fairs, always be working to get that new job, always be on your best behaviour, dress like your going to an interview, wear clean underwear, brush your teeth, cut your hair, network, network and network. While this is all pretty good advice, I think that people are getting a little tired of being networked. Also when I’m mowing the yard I don’t generally wear coat and tie. I mean…sure sometimes it’s nice for a change to dress all fancy to cut the grass, but when it’s hot, it’s pretty uncomfortable.
I wish us all luck. Everyone of us who is looking for work. If you’re not looking for work because you’re one of the cool kids who actually have jobs, then more power to you.
In the mean time think I’ll wait around and do some networking. With the cats.
Parents and some teachers at a high school in Missouri are up in arms over a t shirt the band kids were wearing to promote their new show. Seems that the shirt said Brass Evolutions 2009 and something like the evolution picture we’ve all seen.
Parents and some teachers at Smith-Cotton High School were upset. One parent, who is also a teacher at the school said…”I was disappointed with the image on the shirt. I don’t think evolution should be associated with our school.”
And people wonder why our students don’t do as well as those from other countries.
I’m from Houston, but you can’t hold that against me. Especially now. When I was a kid, we always wanted a hurricane to come, just so we could experience it. Wow, how cool it would be…wind, rain, toads, etc…etc…etc. Never happened. Sure we had a few good old fashioned storms, but never the hurricane that we wanted. Now that one is bearing down on the Houston/Galveston area, I’m not so pleased. And I don’t even live there anymore.
A hurricane is the car wreck that you can’t turn your head from, writ large. Normally, one watches the hurricanes on tv, digs the crazy rain, wind, waves crashing on the shore, and people running about yelling “Aunty Em, Aunty Em” like the guy from Airplane. (yeah, you hardly ever see that but still it would be funny if you did…) Not so this time. I have or had a personal connection to Houston so I know the places that are getting destroyed or flooded or twistered. It’s scary and I’m sitting 750 miles away in a house with a damn drippy roof.
So last week, I said be well Houston friends when the other hurricane was nearing. This time I mean it. You guys all be well, take care, take cover and let me know that you’re okay as soon as you can.
A whole bunch of stuff for you to waste your valuable, precious time on. Not that I ever do that…
Jon Stewart interviews Douglas Feith – Feith was a key member of the Bush administration and is a first class toady. Watch Jon shred him like a bunch of cheese for a taco. Link
Want some popcorn w/your movie? Prepare to sell your child into slavery. Link
The creator of Davey and Goliath has died. You know you watched it as a kid. Admit it. And you had a thing for his sister. It’s okay, I kind of wanted to see the mom in…well…never mind…
Here’s a fine video. It’s not from the actual show but complain to your grandma. Maybe she’ll fix you a sandwich.
Apparently Capt. Kirk wasn’t quite the ladies man that we all think he was. Here’s a full list by someone with lots of time on their hands showing us the episodes where Kirk got some.
Parents and some teachers at a high school in Missouri are up in arms over a t shirt the band kids were wearing to promote their new show. Seems that the shirt said Brass Evolutions 2009 and something like the evolution picture we’ve all seen.
