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18 months on unemployment

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2002.11.21

18 months. It's been 18 months since I had a steady job. It's not really all that bad, except for the reduced social circumstances and the diminished ability to buy camera equipment.

All kidding aside, I've logged quite a few job applications, phone calls, and rejection emails in the last 10 weeks. My Toronto job search spreadsheet has 40 entries just for the city....

rand()m quote

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.

—Dr. Seuss