Popularity is a Rarity

It is the penultimate year prior to the new decade and curve balls are thrown this way and that. Now I am stuck across the Bay in the Tri City area driving an old Acura, wearing double digit size jeans, Dansko shoes with laces, and an awfully nice black blazer that I picked up at the thrift store. That is not to mention the face paint which conveniently passes for makeup!

Indeed, it is true that I am out of work but not quite out of hope as I figure out how to survive in the Bay Area with dignity. Despite not having a job, I do have a room in the house of my mom! It is not so bad having to return to the fringe now that there is no longer any income. Actually, it gives me the opportunity to stash the credit card and get by on cash while FINALLY returning to a healthy diet full of greens. Hello again farmers' market and home gardening!

Not surprisingly, my extensive education in the realm of academics is not so eagerly welcomed by the business community in this strained economy. My experience in I.T. (information technology) and marketing is not doing much for me to say nothing about my recent training in Travel Careers and Tour Management.

However, the prospects look good for work in terms of my other endeavours in Copyediting, Technical Communication, and Translation. The catch is that I have not yet finished these programmes and unfortunately, I cannot afford to continue with them now (what with no money). Which says something about the prospect for graduate school in autumn, too.

Sigh.