...being unemployed

1. The first time I got laid off it was devastating. I sobbed. This is the 3rd time, and I can't help but just laugh

2. Unlike those first two times however, I was not escorted out the door carrying a sad little paper box of my personal effects. The studio is closing December 31, and we all have our jobs in the meantime

3. If we last until then and don't find other employment, we'll get a relatively generous severance

4. The timing is somewhat bad. I'm leaving for Miami tomorrow night and I have a cruise planned for mid-January. Fortunately it's paid for already, but there still will be other expenses involved

5. In the plus column with the month of January pretty much open, I can spend lots of time working out and getting in shape for said cruise

6. However, the last time I was laid off I was very industrious the first couple weeks, but it's amazing how easy it is to waste time, when you feel like you have all the time in the world. I'm hoping I don't fall into that trap

7. How long will it take me to find a job? A friend in the same field as me has been hunting since she lost her job in July. Her unfruitful search has got me very nervous.

... couples and backwards skaters only. The "love mix" CD swap

So last minute I've decided to submit a list. Yes, there's only 7 songs in the spirit of this blog. But hey I did it. Maybe I'll do a "B" side with another 7 songs. If you want a CD drop me a comment. Or maybe I'll give that upload thing Tiff was talking about a shot.

So here it is....

1. Toni Braxton – Unbreak my Heart/ 2. Blackstreet – Don’t Leave
These two songs must go together. Why, because in the late 90’s every grad party I went to the DJ played them together. Not really sure why, but it was pretty funny

3. Joe – I Wanna Know
This was me and Lover Boy’s “song” our first time around

4. Lenny Kravitz – Can’t get you off my mind
This song was important to me and spoke to what I was going through in 99. It will always have a special place in my heart as will the person it reminds me of.

5. Incubus – I miss you (Acoustic)
I liked the original. But I LOVED this version

6. Tracy Chapman - The Promise
I made two guy-friends cry by playing this song for them. Granted they’d both just broken up with their girlfriends…. was that cruel of me?

7. The Hard Lessons – Love Gone Cold
Another batch of hometown heroes… I first heard this song at Blowout a couple years back. Sounding like a cross between Bonnie Rait and Janis Joplin, Koko tears it up. She’s my hero