FEELING A BIT OF BLAH: WOES OF UNEMPLOYMENT

I’m just spent. Exhausted. I could easily blame it on last night’s incredible Dinosaur Jr. show at Summerstage (never mind my pics: BV’s are better). It was like being transported back to 1990 — crowd surfing, stage diving, spontaneous mosh pits. Except I don’t remember my feet ever hurting as much and it was never that humid in Los Angeles. But no, it’s not that.

I’m so drained that I can’t even get excited for the weekend of film openings that I’ve been anticipating second only to about Batman Begins. Even though it’s not getting the best reviews (although if what I’ve read is true, it just validates the fears I’ve had about Tim Burton potentially losing the story and letting his visual imagination go too wild), I’m still dying to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and hope it fulfills some of its Burton-Depp genius promise. And couple that with the hopefully-not-all-the-jokes-were-in-the-trailer Wedding Crashers … not to mention a curiosity in Don Roos’ latest Happy Endings, and I should be rushing out to the theater right now.

Instead, I’m just drained. I’ve now been unemployed for almost two months, but it didn’t completely start to stress me out until about two days ago. The job hunt has been difficult. Things I thought I might get sort of just went away either without being filled at all or having the employer decide on someone he/she previously knew without taking any meetings. So the last few days have been spent writing emails: cold emails, many to people I don’t know, virtually begging for just a simple meeting. And, in case you haven’t noticed from my posts, I’m not very good at just writing, “I went to the beach today. It was fun.” I tailor all my letters and emails to the individual person and company. And wow … has that been draining.

And now, I have to get back to it. My obsession with the job hunt (which I may or may not write more about here later) is also a big reason why I haven’t been writing a lot more here, but it’s coming. I swear. No, not the wolf I’ve been crying, but actually something interesting. Or rather, something written by me. One or the other.

In the meantime, I love my iPod. It comes with me just about everywhere. I live on my Mac. Yes, I’m a total Apple addict. This, however, is a magnificently funny parody which my friend sent me earlier today. Meet the iPod Flea!