Yay FUNemployment!

[Loren S]

So I'm going to get this party started.  How have YOU, my friends, been dealing with your joblessness?  For example, mostly I have been drinking, RPing, and crying over my degree.  How often do you apply to jobs?  Do you ever get interviews?  DO YOU NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?

I feel you, bros.  I feel you.

[Julie Johannessen]

This email put a big ole smile on my face, ilu Loren.

'drinking, RPing, and crying over my degree' completely encompasses it! I went through periods of INTENSE PRODUCTIVITY which entailed sending out 4-6 applications per day -- so the response averaged ~1-2 interviews per week -- but then I'd get so immensely drained that I wouldn't have the willpower to do that again until 3-4 weeks later. and now it is suddenly August????

also I never ever ever want to talk about it with employed people  :(  I hate keeping people abreast of "oh I have an interview at [x]!" because then inevitably, a few days later, a well-meaning friend will ask "How did it go???" but lkjadfgølk I didn't get it. so THE LESS ANYONE ELSE KNOWS ABOUT MY UPS-AND-DOWNS, THE BETTER.

On 5 August 2012 19:58, Loren S <wit...@gmail.com> wrote:

So I'm going to get this party started.  How have YOU, my friends, been dealing with your joblessness?  For example, mostly I have been drinking, RPing, and crying over my degree.  How often do you apply to jobs?  Do you ever get interviews?  DO YOU NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?

I feel you, bros.  I feel you.

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[Julie Johannessen]

oh wait and on a happier note: I've been doing a lot of leisure reading, concert-going, and theatre-going! which is not gr8 for my wallet but good for my mental health, so idk it's a tossup...

[Loren S]

ILU TOO JULIE!

I get terrible performance anxiety when sending out cover letters.  They kind of make me feel like this:

So, even though my initial goal was a steady pace of ONE PER DAY, I have not been managing that, and my interview schedule has been much sparser.  I'm working on two for Monday, though!  And then I'm going to Canada, so I have that excuse.

Also, I love the idea of sharing what we do to keep our mental health!  For me, it's mostly physical activity.  Anything to get me away from my computer screen, where I do nothing but stare at InsaneJournal and Craigslist job listings.  I went ice skating a bit back in Chicago, but the local ice rink here is closed for maintenance until next week (and then I skate for free!).  I've also taken a few zumba classes, which have been very fun but sometimes I wish I could combine them with the aforementioned drinking because it is a lot of booy-shaking to be doing sober.  I just bought a new bike pump, so I'm going to do more cycling too.

I was going to do more reading, but then I got to a Jon Snow chapter in ASOIAF and then I was like lol no.  Internets.

[Raina Kennedy]

LOL DRINKING AND CRYING OVER MY DEGREE

that is like, exactly what i do. i apply to jobs whenever the mood strikes...no seriously. i have a bunch saved in a folder and then some days i get a ~feeling~ and i just apply. this is probably not the best strategy tho. i agree about getting away from the comp -- i did that all weekend and now i feel so much better! my bank account, however, HATES ME. but that is a different story for a different time. 

anyhoo rec me books!! i need to read more!! 

[Allison Brown]

You are talking to the lady whose degree was smearing paint on paper with a minor in the historical study of people who smear paint on canvas and body parts (with one class away from a secondary minor in making books and paper products), so preacheth to this choir, friends. I am purportedly your most useless member and have been told as such even before my degree was awarded, but we all know that and l o l will not bore you. That said, a lot of my employment search leads to weird things. I'm presently in this precarious position of possible freelance (quelle alliteration!), which will probably lead me to "Do I get a shitty retail job that might have some benefits to free me up for making pictures?" It's a weird limbo, looking for a lot of opportunities that I know probably won't get me paid but might get me to places that will be paid; it's like pissing in the dark, investing my non-existent cash in something that might not work out, and all in the name of Possible Exposure. Since art is more or less a popularity contest in the hopes that you'll stumble into an interested party, it's a weird gig; you're expected to be jumping for joy at opportunities to Donate Your Art For Free because exposure! Fact: the requests I've had to donate my work free of charge to auctions within the metro area against the offers to purchase my work are, in the 2012 year, officially at a ratio of 2:1. And that's just this fiscal year; invariably, all of Herron is more or less a Free Art Monkey Farm, save that the winners of each contest usually get fucking prize money. The art world is just all kinds of ugh sometimes, the likes of which I could get into major tl;dr territory if I'm not careful and decide to go Bitter Betty. Which okay, I'd rather not, Funemployment Family (and apologies for going there in a happy space!), so let me just sum up in short: I've applied in bursts. A few times, I've had interview opportunities, but not nearly as many as I think that I should given the proportions. It's to the point where I wonder if I need coaching on my resumé and cover letter writing. We'll see after I write this follow-up e-mail to the art director, wah wah wahhhhhh. 

Anyway, more positive things please, you are probably thinking! I'm definitely thinking that too. So let me tell you what I'm thinking when I'm not contemplating the above, which is what happens every time I submit an application packet:

• RP, of course! God, you think those essays come from an employed mind?
• Lots of knitting thus far. I'm probably going to start my second sock after I finish up with my e-mail here, and I have a shawl I wish to knit for Angela that I'll be starting very soon. And a blanket that I'm making on and off! 
• Prior to this week: working on my show. Now, I'm going to get back into painting; I had a talk with Laura in chat last night that got me started on an idea w/r/t weird search prompts Google gives you that I'm really excited about, along with a commission from Cassafras! (True story: she is technically my boss right now.) If I get prize money from Bookmark for best in show, I'll probably invest it in some good paper so that I can also make myself a beautiful sketchbook. (I've been waiting to do this ever since I bought my portable book press, so.)
• Watching the Olympics. Which leads me to…
• I'm thinking of getting back into running again. I was training for a 5K at the beginning of the year and watching Shalane Flanaghan's finish at the Olympic marathon has inspired me to start training again. I also need to take my bicycle into the shop for a general tune-up once I have money to spare, so there's that too.
• People want me to be all social with them. I haven't been feeling it lately, but when I do, they weirdly seem okay with me not spending any money. Which is awesome, because I literally have none post-car repair. :(
• P.E.O. meetings! Ngl, P.E.O. makes me feel hopeful and really excited about the world, so having the Sisterhood in my life is pretty important for my emotional health. I'd probably try to induct everybody in this Google group but lol HOW??? If we were all in the same city, I'd probably try to make some sort of intellectual salon for us where we could just talk about things that are interesting to us. Maybe I'll get an online one started in an e-mail later this week. Any topics anyone would like to discuss? I'm obviously more academically tuned to digital pop culture and art from 1945 onwards, but if anybody wants to talk nerd subjects in another installment of Funemployment, just say HOLLA.
• Weirdly, more tea drinking than booze drinking. I just forget to alcohol most of the time. :(

True to form, I tl;dr'd even my Funemployment experience to everyone. Yep, seriously. Roll thy eyes, everyone, at my typical nature.

On 6 Aug 2012, at 01:46 AM, Raina Kennedy wrote:

LOL DRINKING AND CRYING OVER MY DEGREE

that is like, exactly what i do. i apply to jobs whenever the mood strikes...no seriously. i have a bunch saved in a folder and then some days i get a ~feeling~ and i just apply. this is probably not the best strategy tho. i agree about getting away from the comp -- i did that all weekend and now i feel so much better! my bank account, however, HATES ME. but that is a different story for a different time. 

anyhoo rec me books!! i need to read more!! 

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Loren S <wit...@gmail.com> wrote:

ILU TOO JULIE!

I get terrible performance anxiety when sending out cover letters.  They kind of make me feel like this:

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[Allison Brown]

OH AND BOOK RECS, OF COURSE OMG I'M A FAILURE! Okay, here goes:

• There is no shame in revisiting children's classics. Bonus: if you're okay with staring at your computer screen and/or have an e-reader (LOL I DON'T), then if you were a nerd and liked Victorian lit as a kid then they're free! The last big stint of re-reading I did was the Anne of Green Gables series, and I liked it, okay. I liked it a lot and I am an Anne and Gilbert stan, NO FUCKING SHAME.
• The latest book I read was for RP research, but it ended up being really delightful -- The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. They're very "mummy books," if you classify your books by age, but as I am an old woman who drinks bush tea in solidarity with Providence, I enjoyed them a lot. I also enjoyed Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn series (which is how I became such a Navajo nerd), so keep that in mind.
• I love Milan Kundera with no shame. My personal favorite of his is The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, which was one of those books that is formative to my work (the first chapter is about revisionist history) and just in general. It's smart and funny and perverted and sad, all sorts of things, and it's just a lovely little book if you can find a copy. If you'd like, I'd be more than happy to look for a copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (the book he's best known for); I haven't read it yet but wouldn't mind being part of a proverbial book club for it.
• I admittedly still have a love for Salinger that I probably shouldn't at my age, but Franny and Zooey came to me at the right time, so there is that. That, combined with the Kundera work, and I guess I really stan for books that investigate the human condition. This is why I love Between the Bridge and the River, which is a book by -- of all people! -- Craig Ferguson. In this book, you realize that Craig Ferguson is some strange genius, a man who just does this little late night show as a moonlighting career to his real gift as an honest-to-god writer. It's a weird mix between Jesus analogy, general organized religion critique, fame, and a gigantic love story all in one. This book makes me believe in miracles sometimes, which sounds really cheesy, but it's not, just trust me. That and a little cheese in this time in our lives couldn't hurt, okay?
• The Magicians is a good modern fantasy, but it's not terrifically cheerful. I'll be honest with you: I didn't like this book, but I'm adding it in because Lev Grossman is just everywhere and you might like it. Hell, you might've read it already and I don't know.
• IF YOU NEED A NEW SNOOTY MAGAZINE IN YOUR LIFE, you could do worse than get a copy of Monocle. It's terrifically privileged, but they also have awesome reporting on world events in such a way that actually introduces you to new issues in our global society that tbh I think we often look over. I even wrote about it in my blog, if you'd like to look.
• You can never go wrong with a solid Mark Twain travelogue, especially in summer. Mark Twain is the best character, in my humble opinion, and Tom Sawyer pales in comparison. If you want to read in chronological order to when these events occurred: Life on the Mississippi, Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad*, and Following the Equator. If you'd like to do it by enjoyability factor, I'd suggest going Euro first with The Innocents Abroad, A Tramp Abroad, and Following the Equator (which is particularly bittersweet w/r/t the fact that his favorite daughter died during the events of this book and Twain had no idea and had to hide this fact from the pages of the edits, which he did within a year). Then, do the Westerns/American stories: Roughing It and Life on the Mississippi. In my humble opinion, Life on the Mississippi is dull as fuck, but it's terrifically Twain, so if you're interested in that neck of the woods, it's hard to go wrong. But Roughing It is a superior story, and certainly much more hilarious. (* Have not read A Tramp Abroad and therefore cannot vouch, but any time Twain goes to Europe, it's hilarious.)

On 6 Aug 2012, at 01:46 AM, Raina Kennedy wrote:

LOL DRINKING AND CRYING OVER MY DEGREE

that is like, exactly what i do. i apply to jobs whenever the mood strikes...no seriously. i have a bunch saved in a folder and then some days i get a ~feeling~ and i just apply. this is probably not the best strategy tho. i agree about getting away from the comp -- i did that all weekend and now i feel so much better! my bank account, however, HATES ME. but that is a different story for a different time. 

anyhoo rec me books!! i need to read more!! 

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Loren S <wit...@gmail.com> wrote:

ILU TOO JULIE!

I get terrible performance anxiety when sending out cover letters.  They kind of make me feel like this:

<disneydontknow.gif>

[Julie Johannessen]

It's more like "Ah, yes. Allison's tl;dring again. All's well in the world."  If the day ever came that you didn't, I'd feel perturbed :<

What's the Google search prompt thing? THIS SOUNDS INTRIGUING.

& It's a weird limbo, looking for a lot of opportunities that I know probably won't get me paid but might get me to places that will be paid; it's like pissing in the dark, investing my non-existent cash in something that might not work out, and all in the name of Possible Exposure. -- It's really funny how well this jives with a non-fine arts employment sitch. Like, I know that you're talking about donating art, but it still really resonates with me in terms of the internship quandary -- "Should I give up on the search for a PT job and resign myself to being an intern for a year+?" because EMPLOYERS WANT EXPERIENCE but there is no way to get your foot in that door without internships. So. Similar dilemma right hurr.

[Raina Kennedy]

OH ALLISON YOU ARE WONDERFUL. am currently sitting in a chair at my unpaid internship pretending to do work. it ends on the 8th so i am over this nonsense!! but YES i feel you on the "do this for free and get exposure" thing. resume building is the worst!! i never want to be an intern again! THUS julie and i are in the same boat as well. but i was thinking, does this mean i can have anyone and everyone help me out with random projects and call them my intern? like ok, i'm moving at the end of the month...i'm going to put an ad up on craigslist asking for "interior design" interns. and then they're going to show up to my apartment and i'm going to be like SURPRISE, YOU'RE CARRYING MY BAGS. and then i'll pay them in "experience." woohoo!!! 

also i think it would be cool if we kept a running list of free/cheap stuff to do...or ways 2 cheat da system. for instance i went to this outdoor concert this weekend which was free to residents of a certain area of queens, and so i changed my amazon shipping address to my friend's address and BOOM free show!! i'm sure plenty of other cities have stuff like this...though it's probably easier to get away with if you're in a city that has a good mix of natives and transplants. 

[Julie Johannessen]

AHAHAHAHAHA INTERIOR DESIGN INTERNS

[Allison Brown]

Basically, TAKE MY TEMPERATURE IF I'M NOT BLABBING ON AND ON AND ON, OKAY. It means I'm feverish, ill, probably stark raving mad. And/or sad, which lbr is more accurate. 

Anyway, FUCK THIS UNPAID INTERNSHIP SHIT, WE ARE WORTH SOME $$$!!! We're worth it, so worth it, and I don't give a shit about what anyone else might think. Although lol, I dare you to request the interior design interns. I'd be one naturally, but lol do not live where you are. I'd even do it without the auspices of internship, t b h. ;)

HERE IS MY PERSONAL LIST OF WAYS TO CHEAT THE SYSTEM WITH CHEAP SHIT, but be advised that Indianapolis is a cheaper town to live in and therefore this may not actually work well in Pricey New Yawk. But surely some of these options might work cross regional quirks:

• I like creeping in our a&e magazine for free opportunities to do fun shit. This includes museum events sometimes (although Indianapolis has a lot of free/cheap admissions to museums because you practically have to beg people to love our museums if it isn't the NCAA), the occasional free festival, and other weird shit. Idk how likely that is in New York, but you never know! Large cities mean large opportunities.
• UGH I KNOW I AM A BROKEN RECORD, but I swear that gallery openings are the best free thing ever. You get to go in to look at art, they give you free food, and although we'd love for you to buy something, we understand and appreciate you looking at things. There are a variety of galleries in your neck of the woods, I hear, so shop around and look for places that make you comfortable.
• Sometimes, you just have to make adventures for yourself. Pack a picnic and a book and go to a park (Central or otherwise), creepy people watch in a cafe if you can afford the cup of coffee admission, window-shop. This is basically what I'm doing right now when I'm not typing out crazy shit to you, and it's admittedly fun (if not inherently exposing me as a bore). This is mostly what I do with Angela, I will be real. Sometimes, we also read in tandem. Which brings me to…
• ABUSE YOUR LIBRARIES! THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF FREE SHIT, LIKE BOOKS, PROGRAMS, INTERNET. And your library system, New Yorkers, is boner-worthy. B-b-b-boners.
• Try to see if there are any athletic organizations that have free swims/skates/whatever hours! Loren's lovely mention of her rink having free skates inspired this. I know I'm looking into free swims rn because I've been inspired by swimming too but lol I need an actual swimsuit that can cope with lap swims.

I think this is all I have. It's a decent, if not LAAAAAAAME, start.

[Allison Brown]

Oh, and read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus. It was free and hilarious.

On 6 Aug 2012, at 12:40 PM, Julie Johannessen wrote:

[Julie Johannessen]

omg this article is killing me

The legions were dismayed at his behaviour and quickly came to regret having supported his accession.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT 14-YEAR-OLD BOYS ON THE THRONE, GUYS. DID NO ONE PAY ATTENTION TO JOFFREY BARATHEON.

[Loren S]

I am still applying to internships and things.  I have this terrifying fear that I won't get any of those either, and then I'll age out of the time when it is appropriate to be an intern.  I guess I could volunteer or something, which actually sounds pretty fun, but not as effective as the ever-elusive "work experience."

So I haven't been doing much reading lately (SHAME ON ME), but here is my attempt at a reading list:

• I am a huge Margaret Atwood stan and I maintain that every woman should read The Handmaid's Tale.  Probably every man too.  My personal favorite is Oryx and Crake, so if you are into speculative science fiction, emphasis on the science, then that may be worth a read to you!
• I also quite enjoy Joan Didion.  She's a marvelous essayist (I like Political Fictions, but that should be no surprise to anyone), but her memoir-of-sorts The Year of Magical Thinking is breathtaking.  Also quite sad.  I started her novel Play It As It Lays a while ago, but around that time I got really busy and dropped that.  I am definitely meaning to go back.
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, for if you want to feel like curling up in a ball and bawling.  It was also made into a similarly devastating movie, starring Carey Mulligan (who always looks like she's about to cry anyway), Andrew Garfield, and Kiera Knightley.  There's another YA book that explores a very similar concept, but in a very different way: House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.  It's more of a thriller than a weepy tragedy, since it's set in Mexico/the US rather than rainy old England, and it was one of my favorites when I was younger.  I could not put it down.
• And now for something a little fluffier: The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz.  If anyone here has read his blog, the style is very similar, though obviously more memoir-ish than journal-ish; he talks about his experiences, occasionally with a recipe thrown in, and he's very witty and clever.  Also he makes fun of the French a lot, even as he's living (still lives) among them in Paris.
• And for another fluffy thing, this is going to sound really weird, but audiobooks by David Sedaris!  I'm normally think Sedaris is pretty okay, but I think anything he writes immediately becomes much, much better when read aloud by him.  He has a really distinctive voice, as the This American Life fans in here might know, and he directs the emphasis very effectively.

As for fun, free things to do... I live near DC now, and everything is subsidized by the national government.  MUSEUMS EVERYWHERE.  I'm actually planning on going to this Miro exhibit at the National Gallery... tomorrow?  I know the Kennedy Center does a lot of performances that are open to the public too.  Does the Lincoln Center ever do that?  Also there is the Zoo!  I LOVE looking at animals.

[Raina Kennedy]

the lincoln center does in fact have a summer series of outdoor concerts.

THANKS FOR THE BOOKS ALL! i haven't read anything non school-related in the last year so...yeah i am lame. actually, i bought the e-book version of Luminarium by Alex Shakar (i think that's how you spell his last name). I've only just started it and since i have to either read it on my laptop or my phone i have kind of forgotten about it. i do like it so far though, it's cool if you're into neuroscience/mindfulness meditation/philosophy. basically this guy starts getting emails from his twin brother, who is in a coma. he is also participating in a neuroscience study that is supposed to induce the neurological effects of going through a "transcendent experience" UMMM i'm explaining this really badly but i only just started reading it! however if you are interested in that kind of stuff then hit me up and i'll let you know when i finish the book. :)

ALSO this reminds me allison you said you wanted those mindfulness articles from my class!! i just found the folder that i saved them all to so i will send them along when i am not supposed to be doing other things 

[Allison Brown]

I AM SO INTO MINDFULNESS as I am more or less constantly contemplating joining a sangha and going full-tilt Buddhist but never really stick to this Intro to Mindfulness Meditation podcast class I have downloaded since everyone always interrupts me and it's harshing my groove. I think I'm going to start again once Sarah goes to school because then I definitely know I'll have my morning to myself. Anyway, tl;dr: keep me on the up and up with Luminarium! I'm interested to hear more about it. And also, ofc, send me those articles because :) :) :). UMMM I feel like I should find a Creative Commons source for e-books (I think there is one?) along with pointing to Project Gutenberg, obvi. :)

[Julie Johannessen]

Oh right, books! That thing I work with. There's a lot of genre and speculative fiction on my list, since that's what I'm interested in:

• Brian Francis Slattery, Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America -- I posted about this book on my CDJ, but I can't reiterate how much I loved it. An optimistic post-apocalyptic heist narrative involving the cyclicity of history, the reclamation of the United States, and the re-abolishment of slavery. It's a really poignant, sorta funhouse-mirror-esque examination of the USA.
  
• Robert Jackson Bennett, The Company Man: My current read! Dieselpunk set in an alternate version of the Pacific Northwest in 1919, featuring a hard-bitten company man, his competent secretary sidekick, and his detective buddy investigating a string of gruesome murders in the miraculous industrial city of Evesden. I've basically been devouring this book, it's so great.
  
• Markus Zusak, The Book Thief: A wonderful story about Nazi Germany, German Jews, and children, narrated by Death. Read this if you want to cry. A lot. YA that doesn't read like YA.
  
• Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity: This one just came out a couple months ago. More WWII fiction, except this one involves two amazing, well-written female characters (BECHDEL TEST BECHDEL TEST) who crash land in France -- one's a pilot, and the other's a spy. The main character narrates her story as told to the Nazi officers who are torturing and interrogating her, and somehow manages to keep her chin up and make the reader laugh even while she's being freaking tortured. It's amazing. An ode to friendship. Also read this if you want to cry a lot. More YA that doesn't read like YA!
  
• Also, Loren -- I looooved Oryx & Crake in university so I've been dying to read more. Handmaid's Tale will probably be my next one of hers!
  

[Loren S]

You might also like the sequel to Oryx and Crake, which is called The Year of the Flood!

[Allison Brown]

oh and HELL YEAH ZOOS! also, if you can go to an arboretum, i totes support this. i'm kind of a gardening fiend (again hi, i am allison and i am a geriatric), so i love going to just marvel at the plant zones they have, but arboretums are just great for losing yourself in your ~imagination~ i think. ummm, if you live in a place with awesome free opportunities, what else… OMG CHILDREN'S MUSEUMS, ACTUALLY! ours has a free day and it's just crazy-delightful! it also has a gigantic chihuly chandelier dangling down its staircase (a spiral unit that connects the museum's six floors) and an exhibit at the bottom or you to sit on a circular couch and contemplate extra chihuly glass fragments in i spy style.

OMG AND THRIFTING IS HILARIOUS, BONUS IF YOU GO ANTIQUING BECAUSE IT'S JUST SO SILLY THAT YOU PROBABLY WON'T BUY SOMETHING. 

there have been two book e-mails coming in while i've been writing this, so i'll also say that if you're keen on young adult, this is a ya review blog by a former cottey classmate: http://wwww.shelftalkersanonymous.com -- it's mostly solid, but she does tend to have a taste for fantasy retellings and vampire/werewolf/whatever retellings due to personal tastes. UMMM, but she also reads jasper fforde, WHO IS A FELLOW THAT ALL OF YOU MIGHT LIKE! he's great for any and all meta-fiction lovers. :)

On 6 Aug 2012, at 14:34 PM, Raina Kennedy wrote:

[Julie Johannessen]

I AM THE HUGEST JASPER FFORDE STAN

so fforde, fantasy retellings, and paranormal? #sold! i will follow her post-haste :>

[Allison Brown]

YOU WOULD PROBABLY FIND ERIN DELIGHTFUL! Yeah, she's a little nitpicky (sorry Erin, I am being real), but I prefer "details-oriented." She is basically this adorable person who blossomed once she went to grad school and she's going to be a publishing girlfriend and is QT π!!!

[Julie Johannessen]

QT π

oh my god I can't believe that just happened

you are so nerdy and delightful <3

[Allison Brown]

it is how i say it in my head, ngl. it's probably how i'm referring to anything adorable for like the rest of all time.