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By heather on Monday, January 5, 2004 - 07:48 pm:

    today is the first day that really feels like i don't have a job anymore

    what an annoyance

    what did i expect? i don't know. not this.


By patrick on Monday, January 5, 2004 - 07:50 pm:

    what will you do?


By heather on Monday, January 5, 2004 - 08:27 pm:

    i'm already procrastinating with the contacts i've been given

    i should visit people

    my ex-boss asked if i was going to travel. you know, "travel," used in that 'take a few months and just jaunt around europe' kind of way. i refrained from explaining that unlike he and his family i am not independently wealthy and i was working for more than just kicks.


By patrick on Monday, January 5, 2004 - 08:43 pm:

    maybe he could spot you a few bucks.


    jennicam.com is no longer.


    there is a void.


By agatha on Monday, January 5, 2004 - 11:33 pm:

    Come visit us!


By Dot org on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 03:28 am:

    originally, it was jennicam.org. jennicam.com was a porn site that Jennifer got control of somewhere along the way.

    justin hall revealed what an asshole he is and presumably always was with his comments on this innocuous story.

    reason # 12,381 to distrust PayPal (for randomly enforcing rules and hitting code orange when the only person benefitting from this enforcement is some PayPal intern.) Managers and hiring professionals, look for "PayPal TOS enforcement" on the next resumes handed to you, then think about who would lift their fat pinky to contain such a crisis as the jennicam.

    she was sick of it anyway. everyone was. it is 2004 and i still have to explain to friends and family that the internet is something more than naked chicks in their bedrooms.




By heather on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 04:39 am:

    do no longer fuck up my thread! thx


    how do i get there? car-less?
    i wanna

    do they rent out hybrids these days?

    austin too
    or somewhere with white beach and clear water


By sarah on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 10:57 am:


    come to austin right away. i'll find you a job. teach. you could teach at UT.




By patrick on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - 12:09 pm:

    take the choo choo heather.

    you could do the grey pooch too.


By heather on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 03:41 pm:

    spot me?


    funny

    my last check is less than half of normal and i can only guess that it's because of old sick days that they said were fine

    grr


By Spider on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 07:36 pm:

    I flew back from my Boston vacation today, and my dad nagged me about getting a job about 10 minutes into the ride home from the airport.

    Good. God. Almighty.

    My mom offered to let me stay with her for a month while I temped in Boston. That's tempting me. I loved it up there with her. We got along really well, too.

    I'd move to Boston for real in a heartbeat, if the cost of living weren't so high.


By TBone on Thursday, January 8, 2004 - 09:33 pm:

    We had layoffs. Found out yesterday. I made it, but it was scary. Two people in my department.


By heather on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 01:43 am:

    i got the rest of my check today, who knows what the hell that was about.

    i also have two interviews from the two things i sent out but didn't really want to, i felt too guilty to blow them off.

    strangely i don't want to go. i am nervous, i don't feel ready to interview, or work again. perhaps frightened of rejection, or at least want to avoid it. maybe i'm just lazy. maybe i just wanted a chance to visit agatha and sarah.

    not even sure how much money to ask for...what if i undercut what they would offer? crazy shit.


By J on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 02:17 am:

    Ask for as much as you possibly can,cause your worth it.


By agatha on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 10:53 pm:

    Ask for a LOT of money, then they will either tell you no and you can come visit, or they will tell you yes and you will have a lot of money. We're not going anywhere.


By spunky on Wednesday, January 14, 2004 - 11:26 pm:

    Tommorrow makes 30 days since I was laid off, officially.

    I have had several interviews, but that's about it.

    Yesterday, a company teased me. They sent me an interview on a word document, that would not let me spell check, so I wrote the answers in my own document so I could check the spelling and paste them in. About an hour later, there was another email. This time it had an "official application" and a criminal back ground check request, so I am hopefull that that might get somewhere.

    I got my first unemployment check Monday. They wait 3-4 weeks before sending any payments out and hold the first week back, so over the next 2 weeks, I will get $1,640. Not bad I guess, but barely even half of what I used to get.

    I am really having fun being with Mikayla durring the day, but life is so weird and turned around right now. I stand out with all the moms waiting for Hayley to get off the bus, and cook dinner so it can be ready by the time Eri gets home.


By Spider on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 12:23 am:

    I've been unemployed for about 3 weeks now, and I have no desire to get a job. It's awful. I want to take temp jobs so that I can travel cross-country in May, but I dread having to go back to working in an office, even for a few days at a time. If I never see the inside of another office building again, I can die happy.

    Why is individual health insurance so fecking expensive?? To keep my old health insurance on an individual rate, I'd have to pay $480 a month! Insanity.


By Nate on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 01:03 am:

    i pay $41/mo


By moonit on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 03:30 am:

    I pay $20.00 a month. If I wasn't working I'd pay $40.

    Subsidy rocks.


By Nate on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 03:31 am:

    i bet that's freaky kiwi dollars, too.


By Lapis on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 03:58 am:

    That would be pretty cute.

    Money with pictures of kiwi birds instead of expresidents.

    On the health care note, I'm getting new glasses in a couple of days.


By moonit on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 04:31 am:

    We have coloured money.

    Sir Edmund Hillary (or Hills to his mates) is on our five dollar orange bill.

    There's a bird on a tenner (blue)

    Somone is on a $20 - its a minty greeny colour.


By heather on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 04:35 am:

    interview in 9.5 hours! whoo!

    should i be sleeping? prolly

    HA!

    so how much value would a shorter commute add to a job for you all?


By sarah on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 10:44 am:


    less gas
    less wear and tear on vehicle
    less time

    1. salary
    2. scope of work/projects
    3. company
    4. boss' personality
    5. benefits
    6. corp environment
    7. commute time




By spunky on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 11:09 am:

    Good Luck (?) heather.

    Cobra would be $1,000 a month for our family, so yes, we did sign the girls up for medicade.
    I felt that their health was too important to be stubborn about. It would be irresponsible not to have them covered.

    My Zoloft costs me $80, and the two blood pressure meds I take cost $18 each, so I am paying $120.00 a month for that.
    I was paying $240 a month plus co-pays of $10 each, so in reality, at least in my case, I am actually saving money. Except that I do not have the additional $1,600 income now......


By TBone on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 11:48 am:

    The short commute adds quite a bit for me. I live just under a quarter mile from where I work as the crow flies. Just a tad over a quarter mile by foot.
    .
    I can walk home and make myself lunch. I can get up mere minutes before I arrive at work, if I so desire.
    .
    I get to look at the mountains while I walk.
    But they don't pay me very much.


By TBone on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 11:49 am:

    Good luck with the jobs everybody.


By patrick on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 01:09 pm:

    nate did you get a break in your severance package or something?


    everyone is out of work, barely able to afford healthcare. nice.



    im getting new glasses in a couple days too.

    my switch to bluecross is rockin. im savin about $400 bones per year vs. kaiser. and im paying about $30 for upwards of $300 dollars for really damn nice designer glasses.


By Nate on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 02:24 pm:

    no, that's just blue cross of california. it's the basic Fuck You unless You're Really Fucked insurance, which is why it is so cheap.

    I've never used it.

    paying $30 for $300 designer glasses. that's what affordable healthcare is all about.


By wisper on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 07:02 pm:

    Spider, you should do all you can to watch the BBC comedy "the Office".
    It's so amazing. It's like 'Office Space' but in the UK and it's mostly about the insane boss of a paper company.
    You may find it for rent or sale at your local video store.

    I will never miss working in an office.
    I get a third of what i used to, money wise, but i never miss it. Not for a second. It's a twisted environment.
    And fuck "office casual" dress, while i'm at it.
    Humans aren't meant to wear dress shoes.

    Don't feel bad about not wanting a new job. The month and a half i was unemployed was the greatest month of my life.



    Check it out:
    Day 1- room mate tells us he's failed out of school. Owes us money or a new housemate.

    Day 2- He gets offered a full-time job the second place he tries, right across the street from our house.

    Day 3- First day working in the kitchen of chicken resturant. He casually mentions how he needs to find a replacement to take his room, turns out a waiter needs a room for february.

    Day 4- Second day at resturant, someone from the head office is visiting.
    "Hey kid, you're really good, how long have you worked here?" "This is my second day, sir!" "You're getting a raise!"
    He goes from $7/hour to $8 in 2 days.

    Day 5- He's working near the cutting table when he gets his hand too close to where they're chopping up frozen chickens... with those huge knives that can slice a whole chicken in half with one swipe. It slices the top of his left hand instead, luckily he only needed 4 stitches and there was no nerve or tendon damage. He could have easily lost all his fingers.........
    But now he gets workman's comp! until it's better! He gets paid to sleep after 3 days.

    that bastard.
    what a week.


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