Employment Was Nice

Just in time for my birthday, I found out that my contract assignment will not be going perm and my contract will end mid-January. I did the whole angry, freaked out, why me thing. Now, I'm applying for jobs like an insane person. In theory the economy is improving plus applying for a job when you have a job tends to be more successful.

My ultimate goal is a full-time perm job with benefits. But I am also considering cobbling together a bunch of part-time jobs to survive. Also, I have given myself until March 2013 to get the job situation squared away or I'll move in with my parents. I don't know if I have any unemployment left or I would have to open a new claim. On the up side of living with my parents, the money worries would be lessened like 60%.

I love how my current company is keeping departments so lean, the employees are working themselves ragged plus the company reported a nice quarterly profit margin. Hey CEOs, how about sacrificing some of those billions to become a job creator? Here are some of my skills so if there are any jobs out there, let me know!

Sayonara Facebook!

Yup, I've deactivated my account after a couple months debating the pros vs. cons.

Pro:
• actually talking to people rather than assuming I know about their lives via pithy status updates
• in real life, you don't have unfollow or hide update. You have to deal with people good, bad, and boring
• no more game requests.
• being a lot more productive and focused during the day
• I will not be the person who checks in everywhere I go and only have half conversations with people as I scroll through my cell phone for status updates.
• a political candidate won't hack my account to shore up "likes" and then lose the entire race. Take that Willard Mitt! I know, Facebook claims it wasn't hacking but user error. I call bullshit on that.
• No more of Facebook's shady privacy updates, redesigns, and paranoia about who can see what about me.
• C'mon, if your parents are on Facebook, that is a big effing neon sign!

It's sad how much Facebook took up my day. I was still composing status updates in my head today because I am sure all my rapt followers wanted to hear my opinion on this season's Walking Dead (awesome sauce). It got to the point that I wasn't getting out of it as much as I put into it. It is fitting that I left after the 2012 Election. Facebook was really great for the political season! I am free now.