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JacquesCousteau
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Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart.
#5402883 - 03/15/06 10:57 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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So I managed to abstain from mary jane for 10 days now. I started out on this abstinence in hope of getting a job I applied for 10 days ago. The outlook seemed good... the guy seemed to like me, and we seemed to click on a more subtle level.
Then, over the last few days, waiting until the day he said I should call back for a final answer, I managed to let myself build up a belief that I would get the position. I started to piece together some theory that I had successfully read into some of the signs pointing me in the right direction, towards this job.
Infact, these subtleties are one of the only things that kept me clean.
Finally got the call today...
"We're fully staffed, but I'll hold onto your resume and let you know if something opens up."
It seems like every time I think I see things unfolding in front of me, my very quasi-realization manages to be what smashes my chances.
This sucks. I've been unemployed since September. I really needed this job. I'm going to end up back at 7-11 again. FUCK.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402900 - 03/15/06 11:03 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I always get the jobs where I think the interviewer will never call back. Four times in a row, infact (four jobs).
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402901 - 03/15/06 11:03 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402907 - 03/15/06 11:04 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Oh, and don't start smoking either! Get your ass back out there and find something else while you have a head start on sobriety.
Good luck.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402911 - 03/15/06 11:04 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sorry to hear about that man...
I'm just curious, are you back smoking now? If so, and you're using this as an excuse to be smoking when you actually want to be taking a break..you need to step back and take a look at things. Don't let the outcome of this situation affect yourself-confidence in another area of your lfie.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402919 - 03/15/06 11:07 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Sorry to hear about that man...
I'm just curious, are you back smoking now? If so, and you're using this as an excuse to be smoking when you actually want to be taking a break..you need to step back and take a look at things. Don't let the outcome of this situation affect yourself-confidence in another area of your lfie.
No, I'm not smoking. You can bet I considered it.
This just SUUUUUCKS though. I'm so down now, and I'm abstaining from the one thing that manages to pull me out of this kind of funk.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402920 - 03/15/06 11:07 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well shit.
I'm really sorry, I was crossing my finegrs AND toes for you 
Keep looking, and I'm sure something will come up. I'll keep my eyes out for you too. Check craigslist, there's a ton of jobs on there. Let me know if you're looking at any specific fields and I'll help you look
-------------------- Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402923 - 03/15/06 11:08 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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dont feel bad. Im 18 and youd think people would want a fresh youngen that they could train to do it "their way" and all that. ive applied over and over agian. nodda. no ones hiring. im bout to gfet booted out if I cant gets a job, but no one will hire me. good luck man.
-------------------- one branch of man turns away what has made us who we are, the other,excepts it for how its made man. which path do you choose? ------------------------------------- Man takes advantage of who he is,nature is his home, where he evolved from. So why does he turn it down, defy, and mutalate his birth ground? why does he spread disease, murder his native animals,rape and torture his land, and still feel descent of who he is? live a life that is not true? excepts an artificial home?
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402924 - 03/15/06 11:08 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said:
I'm abstaining from the one thing that manages to pull me out of this kind of funk.
Come on, you and I both know you just lied to yourself. BEcause you're approaching the idea of "the funk" improperly. You're assigning the term "the funk" to your mental mood. The real funk is the situation you're in, and needing a job. And picking your pot habit back up again is NOT going to help that. And believe it or not, the job funk is more important than the mood funk right now simply because there are quick fixes for your mood, but the base of your mood is the fact that you need a job.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: Liz]
#5402928 - 03/15/06 11:09 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks Liz... I don't really know what I'm looking for... I'm pretty much looking for anything at this point I guess... locale is more important to me, looking for something in northern Mass or Southern NH so we can possibly move closer to where Sam's working.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402929 - 03/15/06 11:10 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, I know. Thanks Robot... and I thought you didn't like me... :P
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402934 - 03/15/06 11:10 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Really? I get snippy in the mod forum a lot...
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402935 - 03/15/06 11:10 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'll look. And Robot's right, don't let this force you back down...you need to keep a positive attitude as hard as it is.
I'm sure Sam will help cheer you up when she's home
-------------------- Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402943 - 03/15/06 11:12 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Really? I get snippy in the mod forum a lot...
I don't know, man... I just get a vibe from a lot of people like they want nothing to do with me... there's a lot of people who never respond directly to me, even if I respond directly to them first... etc... I don't know, it's probably all in my head. Sorry.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402949 - 03/15/06 11:13 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Paranoid stoner. 
/points to the door
OUT OF THE PUB!
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: Liz]
#5402950 - 03/15/06 11:13 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Liz said: I'm sure Sam will help cheer you up when she's home
Yeah... she won't be back til like 8 tonight, going to her dad's after work.
I'd like to get myself cheered up before that seven hour stretch of alone time is done with.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402953 - 03/15/06 11:13 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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uhe yah, all in your head.. 
j/k
-------------------- one branch of man turns away what has made us who we are, the other,excepts it for how its made man. which path do you choose? ------------------------------------- Man takes advantage of who he is,nature is his home, where he evolved from. So why does he turn it down, defy, and mutalate his birth ground? why does he spread disease, murder his native animals,rape and torture his land, and still feel descent of who he is? live a life that is not true? excepts an artificial home?
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402954 - 03/15/06 11:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hardest part of extensive unemployment is definitely how much time I spend alone... it really starts to eat away at you. I don't have many friends in real life... and the ones I do have are potheads. Blah.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402955 - 03/15/06 11:14 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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You could call our house, and tell suffer you're coming over. He's good at cheering people up, and he's home being a bum 
Plus Lucy is cute. You can't be in a bad mood for long around her.
-------------------- Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402959 - 03/15/06 11:15 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Hardest part of extensive unemployment is definitely how much time I spend alone... it really starts to eat away at you. I don't have many friends in real life... and the ones I do have are potheads. Blah.
Jacques...you remind of me back this summer before I was working. You remind of me because I know that like me, you are bursting with the desire to create. Yet that alone time can be such a muck, and can wind up feeling so wasted and unproductive..
Set yourself some goals...schedules for different days, things you want to get done..
Will yourself to Action
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402960 - 03/15/06 11:15 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's always a burn, man 
I've been unemployed since last August and I keep doing the same thing. I think I've aced an interview, think I've got the position in the bag....and then I get passed over.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: Liz]
#5402963 - 03/15/06 11:16 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, maybe... I dunno. I get pretty indecisive when I'm like this.
I should probably go buy some newspapers and start sifting through the classifieds.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402972 - 03/15/06 11:17 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Yeah, maybe... I dunno. I get pretty indecisive when I'm like this.
I should probably go buy some newspapers and start sifting through the classifieds.
Four words i live by, Jacques: Should is the mindkiller.
Should is the worst word in your language.
In the words of Yoda...there is no try, only do or do not.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402978 - 03/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Jacques...you remind of me back this summer before I was working. You remind of me because I know that like me, you are bursting with the desire to create. Yet that alone time can be such a muck, and can wind up feeling so wasted and unproductive..
Ain't that the truth... the worst part is that I don't even spend the time I waste on music or anything... it's like my creativity gets blocked by depression even though depression is great food for creativity. What the fuck? Damn.
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Set yourself some goals...schedules for different days, things you want to get done..
Will yourself to Action
I'm trying... I've really felt "Back on top" lately since cleaning up my habit... but yesterday my digital camera broke (going to Niagara Falls in about a week and a half; only thing I was looking forward to about it was the opportunity for some good photography...), and I've been fighting strep throat, and now this... it all just smashed me back down.
Thanks for trying to help, all of you. It warms my heart a little to have people who I barely know (Robot especially) trying to look out for me.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402980 - 03/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I love that quote!
Jacque, I hope you feel better soon. Seriously, just get up and go do something, whether it be go out and get cheered up, or go get a paper.
"Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving"
Go!!
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402981 - 03/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yep, or they tell you their not hiring and thell keep you app. on file, when you ask and they say yes they are hiring in the first place....the economy just sucks.
-------------------- one branch of man turns away what has made us who we are, the other,excepts it for how its made man. which path do you choose? ------------------------------------- Man takes advantage of who he is,nature is his home, where he evolved from. So why does he turn it down, defy, and mutalate his birth ground? why does he spread disease, murder his native animals,rape and torture his land, and still feel descent of who he is? live a life that is not true? excepts an artificial home?
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402985 - 03/15/06 11:22 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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We've got like, 5 digis or some shit....you can borrow one of ours.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402986 - 03/15/06 11:22 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said:
Ain't that the truth... the worst part is that I don't even spend the time I waste on music or anything... it's like my creativity gets blocked by depression even though depression is great food for creativity. What the fuck? Damn.
I bet "should" rears its ugly head here too. You start thinking about what you "should" be creating. That creates such anxiety and distrust abotu the creative process, that you end up wasting your time smoking pot, and the ideas are all there, swimming in your head, a beautiful psychedelic whirl of images and sounds and ideas...and you let it sit there.
And rot.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402996 - 03/15/06 11:25 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, that sounds about right.
Well I AM going to go down to 7-11 and grab a couple newspapers...
FUCK, i just feel like crying. But I don't let myself, for some reason. I feel like I'm waiting for release before I do something... but release never comes.
I might as well go buy the paper in the mean time...
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403000 - 03/15/06 11:27 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Really, it's amazing what conscious shifts in our language can do to us.
I'm the type of guy that always says "Yeah I'll try to get that done.." "Maybe I'll..." "Tomorrow, perhaps.." I'm trying to change all of my maybes into definites. It's hard work, but I can tell it makes a difference in how I approach whatever task.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403013 - 03/15/06 11:29 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah.. me too, obviously... I should do this, I might do that... I could do this, or I could do that... This might be what's wrong, or maybe this is what it is...
I try to rationalize everything instead of acting.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403029 - 03/15/06 11:34 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Stop thinking so much.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403128 - 03/15/06 12:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Stop thinking so much.
Yeah... easier said than done, as I'm sure you know.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403155 - 03/15/06 12:09 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Of course.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403209 - 03/15/06 12:23 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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that sucks, but don't let it get you down it's no reason to smoking again either. maybe you weren't the best man for the job in their opinion. so what...that's one job of many. refocus and you'll find something else soon enough and pass any drug test required.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403233 - 03/15/06 12:30 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Hardest part of extensive unemployment is definitely how much time I spend alone... it really starts to eat away at you. I don't have many friends in real life... and the ones I do have are potheads. Blah.
If you think thats bad you should try supporting an entire family, house, etc and have the entire job market fall out and blow up under your feet. 
FYI, the market is good right now if you try hard enough you can get a job.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: mndfreeze]
#5403253 - 03/15/06 12:38 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yes, I should try that. Then this wouldn't seem so bad.
Thanks for making me feel retarded for complaining about a situation that is relatively difficult for me. That helps, really.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: trendal]
#5403259 - 03/15/06 12:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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trendal said: That's always a burn, man 
I've been unemployed since last August and I keep doing the same thing. I think I've aced an interview, think I've got the position in the bag....and then I get passed over.
Neil, I'm sorry to hear that man... try to keep your head up and I'll do the same.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403273 - 03/15/06 12:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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dont feel bad, I hate people. But.. As long as i think about muchies or animals(might be diffrent for you) and getting money to grow/get more, it makes me happy. also, smoke if you want to, a bowl wont hurt. 3 days of downin water and its out of your system. somtimes a bowl is all you need to bring someone back up...anyway, happy shroomin.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403321 - 03/15/06 12:54 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Yes, I should try that. Then this wouldn't seem so bad.
Thanks for making me feel retarded for complaining about a situation that is relatively difficult for me. That helps, really.
The point is more along the lines that its not nearly as bad as you make it out to be, and if you want a job bad enough you will get one.
Instead of sitting around mulling you should be out there looking and applying, even while waiting on one or two to callback, you keep applying for others so that ideally you have 3 or 4 all asking you onboard and you pick the best of the bunch.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: mndfreeze]
#5403346 - 03/15/06 12:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yup. I know.
Sometimes there's this rift that forms between what one knows and how one acts. Sometimes it's hard to close that rift in the heat of the moment.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403377 - 03/15/06 01:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Hardest part of extensive unemployment is definitely how much time I spend alone... it really starts to eat away at you. I don't have many friends in real life... and the ones I do have are potheads. Blah.
Jacques, we are going through the exact same thing, only I've finally resolved my problem by getting a 70hr/wk job very very far away from where I currently live. As much as I'd rather just be hanging out day-to-day, having a job makes everything seem so much more worthwhile. It took me a long time to find a job - I was getting turned down left and right too. But finally a great opportunity came my way. Perseverance. That's all I can say.
I've been spending lots of time by myself lately, even when I am working (my uncle is letting me do some construction stuff from him from time to time when he's gone..). You're right, it eats away at you like nothing else. I find myself sad for no reason, and my creativity rots, as OMR said. I did write a song last night, but I had to force myself to do it for quite some time.
We have a lot in common brother, I see so many similarities in us by the way you post. You take care, and know that you're not alone. It's a rough situation you're in. It's going to take a lot of will to pull yourself out. Stand up for the cause and be empowered. There's a select few of us willing to really get down to business, and I will gladly welcome you to the team. =]
You are too smart to feel this way. Life is short.
(by the way, I'm on a break from pot too.. and all my pothead friends keep calling me to see if I have pot to smoke them up with yet [idiots, they're getting a kick to the curb].. but I'm not going back for just any reason. This clarity is beautiful, and I'm much more honest with myself while I'm sober.)
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403386 - 03/15/06 01:06 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Apply to as many places as possible. Then when you start getting calls back you'll have options.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Consider yourself hired right now. Your current occupation is job hunter. If you're any good at your job then you can quit.
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