Sitting Here ...

Being umemployed isn't always bad. But it's bad when you can't stand being bored out of your mind. Yes, I'm bored. Even though I just got home from Bend, and I'm leaving for LA on Saturday, I'm still bored.

One might ask, "What do you do all day? Haven't you been applying for ..."

Yes, I have been seeking employment -- thank you for asking. But since I'm planning on moving to Bend, I've already filled out as many applications as there can be for jobs in Bend that fits.

Being unemployed, I obviously want to entertain myself with the most inexpensive forms of recreation. Well, so I read. I dinker on the internet. I learn things that you typically wouldn't be able to. With enough time and boredom, you learn things like Native Americans of the "Five Civilized Tribes" held black slaves in the late 1800s, and Don Cheadle (the actor) is a direct descendant of one of the 500 black slaves of the Chickasaw tribe. Or you learn that the people of Sichuan, China, are the first to use paper money and natural gas pipelines (made out of hollowed out bamboo, covered with a mixture of mud and salt).

But then, people would raise a very good question which I must confess that I do ask myself on occasion: So when will I see you on Jeopardy? I mean, you're learning all this stuff to go on Jeopardy, right? Coz it sure as hell isn't getting you a job.

Funny one should mention that.

You never know. Maybe my future occupation is one that will save human kind ... and your sorry ass.

Just you wait. ;-)

Your unemployed but hopeful/delusional friend,
Elaine