What It's Like

Unemployment #5: Shut Up, You F*cking Baby

Jun 16th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Featured Articles, What It's Like

A while back, I wrote a song.
It grew out of some verses I’d been kicking around for a while, ones dealing with a general malaise and disappointment I was feeling at the time, about how much of a bummer it is when things don’t work out the way you’d hoped they would. Very insightful, [...]



Unemployment #4: Optimists Are Full of Sh*t

May 25th, 2010 | By JP | Category: Rants, What It's Like

No, that’s not a very optimistic title. You are absolutely right.
Just trying to be honest here.
As one slogs through unemployment, popping his or her head up time and again only to have it smacked back down, an unwilling participant in a universe-wide game of whack-a-mole, waiting on an opportunity to make an employer look [...]



Unemployment #3: The Definition of Insanity

Apr 23rd, 2010 | By JP | Category: Featured Articles, What It's Like

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein
And the definition of “clusterfuck” is Craigslist.
Anyone who’s had to look for work, or wanted to buy a bike, or been on the look-out for concert tickets, or been bored and curious, has headed for Craigslist, the [...]