The Employment Diaries

Curveball 03.02.10

During a late night narcissistic attempt to track through google how many people read The Unemployment Diaries, I stumbled upon a blog by the Washington Post of the same name.

The description is this:

“Across the Washington region, 10 unemployed men and women agreed to keep diaries for The Washington Post to document how the rhythms of their days have changed. They describe how a once predictable market in which jobs were plentiful has turned moody and abusive. It is the afternoons that sometimes seem endless now, a vast plain of time that must be filled with something other than watching TV and picking up the kids.”

If only they hadn’t started before me I could claim plagiarism, or at least an original idea, but seems like all I can say is great minds think alike (and swear I didn’t get the idea from them).

Check out the video, and some of the entries. I must say, it puts things into perspective seeing adults talk about being unemployed. It’s not all hats and red lipstick. Being an unemployed post-undergrad  feels like going to a family reunion: uncomfortable, but necessary. Being an unemployed previously employed person must feel like going to a family reunion without the free booze: uncomfortable, and completely unnecessary.

Obviously, I pitched myself to the editor and said she should feature my blog because of the previously mentioned differences.

Let’s wait to see what she says, and in the meantime, I wonder who has more hits?

(Here’s a song by Beck whose lyrics people of all ages, shapes, and job status’ can agree on)

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