been a bit overly depressed lately. i e-mailed my agent at the "temp" agency i signed up with a couple of months back, and they basically told me there's NOTHING in the way of proofing/editing jobs in the foreseeable future. which, you know, i had already kinda figured out on my own. but to here it from someone that's supposed to find me work, well, it actually made it feel real to me.
yeah. that barista job at clementine my friend carrie mentioned is starting to seem real sweet. too bad i can't stand most baristas or coffee places. or, you know, customer service in general.
yesterday on consumerist, they had a list of signs of a debt addict. number 3 is overworking and underearning, which includes taking jobs below your skill and education level. i find fault with this reason because sometimes it's necessary to take a job that's below your skill and education level. or maybe i just find fault in this because it's a situation i find myself in right now. the only debt i really have is my student loan. i'm pretty close to canceling my cable to save money. other than that, my only bills are rent, electricity, phone, car insurance, and internet, all of which are pretty necessary1.
in reality, the one thing keeping me from several jobs is a degree. i've dropped out numerous times because i needed to work to support myself. the sad thing is, when i last dropped out back in '04, i only needed 14 more hours to graduate. at this point, i would gladly go back to college to finish my degree, but i can't afford to take a year off to go back to college2. another sad thing is there are lots of design jobs i would've been qualified for several years ago when i still remembered how to color-correct for pre-press. i have to face that there's nothing out there for a multiple college dropout with only a high school diploma with over five years of professional experience in my field (not counting my student newspaper time).
on a non-depressing note, i have a new iTunes crush at work. i've been listening to his music a lot lately. he has the donnas3, the dandy warhols, the breeders, beck, belle & sebastian, björk, cocteau twins, new order, the cure, jeff buckley, the postal service, primus, prince, radiohead, sleater-kinney, tori amos, and tortoise. (and he has rufus wainwright and junior senior, to give me a little hope.) with my luck, he's probably over 35, since it seems that's the age where you can start finding me attractive if you're a gayman. i'd probably be more excited about my iTunes crush if my financial situation wasn't so frakking depressing.
and that's all. ta-fucking-da.
1you can debate the necessity of internet, but in this day and age, if you're looking for a job, most people prefer an e-mail. so yeah.
2two of the classes i need are third and fourth year spanish, which you can't take in the same semester, natch. also, i probably wouldn't get financial aid because most seniors i knew at SWT that were on financial aid got screwed over their senior year and had only their loans. and i really don't want to take out another loan. nor do i have the money to drive back and forth to san marcos several times a week.
3little known mando fact: i made out with three-fourths of the donnas back in '98 when they played the white rabbit in san antonio.
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