November, 2008 | Jobless and Less

Monthly Archives: November 2008

Unemployment, what you’re not missing

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Office Space reminds me what I’m not missing being unemployed.

Filed in Movies, Unemployment | Tagged Movies, Office Space, Unemployment | Comments (1)

Even in unemployment I can’t get away from the Empire State Building

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Story about how the Empire State Building seems to follow me

Filed in Jackson Heights, New York, Subways, Unemployment | Tagged Communitea, Empire State Building, ESB, Herald Square, Jackson Heights, Long Island City, New York, Queens, Subways, tourists, Unemployment | Comments (2)

More Music (11/20)

Friday, November 21, 2008

Today’s soundtrack for unemployment

Filed in Music | Tagged Bookends, Distortion, From Here We Go Sublime, Hooverphonic, Luna, Mogwai, Mr. Beast, Music, My Morning Jacket, New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, OMD, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark, Play Deep, Rendevous, Simon & Garfunkel, The Field, The High Violets, The Magnetic Fields, The Outfield, To Where You Are | Comments Off

School networking events

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Alma maters try to help me find a job

Filed in Layoffs, School | Tagged Fordham, Franklin & Marshall, Layoffs, record label | Comments Off

Networking for the Slightly Shy, the Reserved and the Downright Introverted

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Story about a networking event about networking… so very meta

Filed in Job Search, School | Tagged Fordham, job search, Mary Anne Walsh, Networking, networking event, seminars | Comments Off

Music today… and by today I mean yesterday

Thursday, November 20, 2008

The score to my joblessness

Filed in Music | Tagged Achtung Baby, Behind The Sun, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, BMRC, Boards Of Canada, Chicane, Directions To See A Ghost, Doves, eMusic, Here Comes The Future, In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country, Lush, Music, NFL Network, Oceans Will Rise, Pale Saints, Pluramon, shoegazer, The Black Angels, The Books, The Honeydrips, The Last Broadcast, The Lemon Of Pink, The Monstrous Surplus, The Revolt Against Tired Noises, The Stills, The Stratford 4, U2, WFMU, WFMU record fair | Comments Off

The 2nd thing to do after losing your job

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

You just got laid off – what to do next…

Filed in New York, Unemployment | Tagged government assistance, New York, Richie Rich, Unemployment, unemployment insurance | Comments Off

How long can they possibly work on my building?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The construction on my roof is driving me crazy.

Filed in Jackson Heights, Job Search, Pets, Unemployment | Tagged Jackson Heights, job search, Queens, Unemployment | Comments Off

Music yesterday (11/18, that is)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Unemployment – at least I control the stereo

Filed in Music | Tagged A-Ha, April, Dissolver, Down By The Old Mainstream, Finally We Are No One, Golden Smog, Hunting High And Low, LIRR, Mum, Music, Pernice Brothers, Pet Shop Boys, Songs In A&E, Soul Asylum, Spiritualized, Sun Kil Moon, Take On Me, The Jayhawks, Very, Voyager One, WFMU, WFMU record fair, When I Was A Young King, Yours Mine & Ours, [The] Caseworker | Comments Off

What it’s like to be laid off

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

That moment when you realize you’re unemployed

Filed in Layoffs, Unemployment | Tagged 401K, 401K rollover, COBRA, Layoffs, Unemployment | Comments (2)