Why
Why am I in tears while living in one of the most beautiful places in the world?
Why did I so readily leave my sweet setup in the Bay Area?
Job-seeking sucks. Especially when seeking a job with tons of asterisks, such as "need lots of time off so I can go race AND go on vacation", "need part-time hours so I can go train", "need to not be on my feet so I can recover", "need to not work for an idiot/bunch of idiots so I don't do and say things we all regret", "need to make enough money to pay the bills", etc.
Also, why did I not opt for the 3-day in-store repair for my Mac, instead choosing the up-to-3-week mail-in repair that cost $40 less?
And why is that when you go online to investigate the "Laptops for $799!" offer, you get directed to this "Customize Your New Laptop!" page that is like "Do you want Your New Laptop to work? Add $150!" and "Do you want to be able to see the screen on Your New Laptop? Add $200!"?!?!?!
Anyway I am still without a computer.
It's severely affecting my blogging, my proofreading, my job-applicationing, my e-baying, my whole freaking life. The frustrating thing is I have hardly even been able to channel my free time into my artwork, partly because I feel uninspired but largely because I used my laptop for my art projects, even the paintings. So basically I am just playing solitaire and watching dog shows and open water swimming on T.V. and (gasp) looking up information in Real Live Books rather than the internet.
Why did I so readily leave my sweet setup in the Bay Area?
Job-seeking sucks. Especially when seeking a job with tons of asterisks, such as "need lots of time off so I can go race AND go on vacation", "need part-time hours so I can go train", "need to not be on my feet so I can recover", "need to not work for an idiot/bunch of idiots so I don't do and say things we all regret", "need to make enough money to pay the bills", etc.
Also, why did I not opt for the 3-day in-store repair for my Mac, instead choosing the up-to-3-week mail-in repair that cost $40 less?
And why is that when you go online to investigate the "Laptops for $799!" offer, you get directed to this "Customize Your New Laptop!" page that is like "Do you want Your New Laptop to work? Add $150!" and "Do you want to be able to see the screen on Your New Laptop? Add $200!"?!?!?!
Anyway I am still without a computer.
It's severely affecting my blogging, my proofreading, my job-applicationing, my e-baying, my whole freaking life. The frustrating thing is I have hardly even been able to channel my free time into my artwork, partly because I feel uninspired but largely because I used my laptop for my art projects, even the paintings. So basically I am just playing solitaire and watching dog shows and open water swimming on T.V. and (gasp) looking up information in Real Live Books rather than the internet.
Labels: enjoy the blog, freakout, random
posted by Courtenay at 11/24/2007
5 Comments:
sounds like you need a trip to the East Bay. I kind a remember something about crack pipes, cops, etc.
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Congrats again on the Silver Man!
breathe in, breathe out. it has come full circle. you will get out of this and you will be stronger.
thanks for the well wishes you guys!!
and sorry for whining.
the good news from all this unemployed downtime is i know a lot more about football!
thanks for the well wishes you guys!!
and sorry for whining.
the good news from all this unemployed downtime is i know a lot more about football!
I lived in So Lake Tahoe for 6 years, it took a while to find a pace. It was very "seasonal", but eventually I did make some close friends. Best wishes in your stay there.
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