On the Subject of Jobs..

There are few things that stress people out more than looking for and finding a job.  I know that job hunting is right up there on my "Things I Love to Do List" right next to getting surgery and  watching High School Musical.   Anyway, it's painful and we all know it.  In "this economy" (the most loathsome phrase of 2009) it's not only painful, but damn near impossible.  Companies just aren't hiring.  Many people close to me have been laid off in the last few weeks (my brother, and my good friend Nicole both are mechanical engineers and both of their projects got cancelled due to lack of funding, thus they are out of jobs).  To think someone with a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering can get laid off... well shit.  I have just a run-of-the-mill business degree, and though I am pretty safe in my current job, I don't want to stay there.  You all know how much I "dislike" my job (to use a nice word) and I have been looking for a new one for weeks.  Now how the hell am I supposed to get hired by companies that keep announcing that they are laying off 1000, 2000, 5000 workers???  I guess I can't.

I have applied for a job at Anthropologie, but I don't want to say anything more about it until I at least have an interview.  Let's just say my desire for this job burns like the passion of a thousand suns.