Re: Unemployed People
This is horrible, and I’m going to go to hell for it. But: unemployed people suck, and they ruin my good time. Ok, maybe that wasn’t so bad.
I got turned down for a job today because I wanted “too much”. “Other candidates” (read: unemployed assholes) were willing to work there for far cheaper. I realize that I should probably not care too much, be happy for the person who can now pay their rent, or feed their family, or whateverthefuck the case may be. But I’m not. Fuck that person. I’ve got bills to pay, too, and I can almost guarantee that I know more than them, and am a harder/better worker than them. So fuck you, jobless cunt, for undercutting me in an already competitive industry. It’s people like you who won’t stand up for yourselves to get paid what you’re worth, that lower the median wages for the rest of us. Grow a backbone/some fucking balls.
In unrelated news, one of my best friends who lives in Vegas just called me to wish me a happy St. Patty’s day. I thought you should know.
I am burned-out as hell. I’m studying for certification exams, working 40+ hours a week, always (happily) busy on the weekends… it’s weird, but I feel like I really don’t have time for myself anymore. I attribute this to getting older, and I recognize that it just happens… nobody ever said I had to like it, though. I find that I don’t get the same enjoyment out of things that I used to. Even PC games. I built a top-of-the-line rig less than a year ago, and I barely use it. In fact, its primary function is to stream media to my TV through my Xbox. And to download said media. When a new game comes out, I get it. I play it for an hour or two, get bored, forget I have it. I think it’s because everything is becoming so multiplayer-centric, and I just don’t care about online play like I used to. I want to get into Star Trek Online, but I’ve got zero time for it. All of my friends here, locally, play World of Warcraft and want me to play, but it’s the same story.
I think I found something I really love, though… I love technology, and I love writing, and I love having an audience… so, what I’m saying is that I’d really like to get into tech-related journalism. Immediately, I can think of several problems with this. First, it doesn’t pay worth a shit. Second, it’s highly competitive. Third, I have no formal journalism training whatever. Fourth, I haven’t the slightest clue where to begin with it. I exchanged emails with Brian Lam from Gizmodo earlier today… he told me to go for internships, and that Gizmodo might be posting some openings soon. I think those are largely unpaid, though, and the ones I’ve seen them post have been in SF/NYC… places I don’t live. But, places I would probably have to live to have any kind of IT-journalistic career. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t mind living in either of those places, it just costs money. So, there’s that.
I think my dog is getting sick. He’s not eating, he sneezes/coughs constantly, and he’s generally mopey. I need to take him into the vet, soon. He’s old, which is pretty much what they told me last time I brought him in… “Well, he’s old, this stuff just kinda happens”. Thanks, Doc. Very reassuring.
I’m tired now, and my girlfriend told me some time ago that I should be sleeping… she was right.
Nighters.
