Friday, February 03, 2006
(8:02 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Friday Afternoon Confessional: Unemployed Again
I confess that I was laid off from the data sweatshop. The state of blogging exception in which we live will still remain the rule, however, because I shouldn't have been trying to work this semester in the first place.As a corollary, I confess that I am not as upset about the loss of this job as one usually is about such things, but I also confess that I'm a little bothered that this means I'll have to put off paying off the credit cards into the indefinite future and even more bothered that this might mean a similar experience to last summer. This summer, at least I will have access to student loans.
I confess that this is the first confessional post in a long time that I've written actually on Friday. I confess that I haven't taken full advantage of my free Amazon Prime trial, which expires next month. I confess that instead of eating healthy food, I take vitamin supplements. I confess that even though said supplements are intended to be taken daily, I'm doing good if I remember to take them two days in a week. At least I don't smoke.
I confess that I think Unfogged's metamorphosis in the wake of Ogged's retirement is (a) a pretty cool thing and (b) something that couldn't have happened in the same way if Ogged had not stepped aside. I confess that, in conversation with Bitch PhD about this matter, I drew elaborate parallels between Ogged's retirement and Christ's ascension:
I confess that if angels really look like little babies, a lot of Bible stories are suddenly a lot funnier.
I confess that back when I was working, I was spending a lot of time on the Internet, rather than, say, working. However, since I was laid off due to "a dramatic decrease in workload," my sloth was probably what allowed me to keep my job so long. I confess that were I to remain on at that job, my plan was to gradually phase out work altogether, so that for the last two weeks before my anticipated quit date, I would do nothing but keep up with Unfogged comments (itself a full-time job). We had to put down how we spent our time in fifteen minute increments -- I probably would have just put down "proofing," because ironically enough, that was the only case where it wasn't possible to prove whether or not someone actually did it.
I confess that I got my hair buzzed off yesterday. It has changed my life for the better.
UPDATE: I confess that even though I am ostensibly "learning Latin," I do not own a Latin dictionary, nor do I know which one would be best to own. Do any of the intrepid scholars among The Weblog's vast and diverse readership have any advice to offer?
