Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

So...here we are once again. I am only 2 days away from the big 7 month anniversary, of unemployment, of being home, of being stagnant. Who knew it would all last this long really...who knew. 

Here are just a few things I've learned in the past 7 months:

• It's okay to watch show's like The Bachelor or Dancing with the Stars, only if you don't get sucked in until about half-way through the season. Do this so you never have to admit you are a "true fan", just one that watched one episode and was "too far into it to stop now".
• White wine is your friend.
• Writing everyday for 60 days on 750words.com, will do none of the following things: get you a job, bring you closer to God, help you make money, or fix the situation in Egypt. It will: help you to dig deep into your subconscious, as well as train you to ramble just a little bit clearer.
• Deleting 700 friends on Facebook down to your closest 100 friends will make you feel infinitely better. Honestly, aren't we a little old for the fb lurking and awkward trips down memory lane?
• "Penis" is not okay to say at the Sunday dinner table, no matter how much wine you've had, or the fact that you were just trying to point out that your dog was a boy and not a girl.
• Snow only sucks when it causes major leaking at the house you are staying in while you can't afford a place of your own. Thus having serious construction happen with early mornings of chasing cats into enclosed spaces, and a dog who hates strangers and loud noises. 
• Most construction workers are gross human beings no matter what way you cut it.
• If you don't want recognition for something, stop posting it all over social networking sites.
• Getting your wisdom teeth out can be fun when it does not lead to dry sockets for a month and a subsequent infection in your left extraction site, making you wonder what you have done to deserve this.
• You aren't the only unemployed person out there so stop acting like it. Regroup, redirect your focus and keep applying. And don't feel bad to turn down something that doesn't interest you. You have been unemployed long enough, what's another couple of months?
• Having your father tell you daily, "it's gonna happen jossie! something big! i can feel it!" is both a blessing and a curse.
• Find something that excites you. For me, right now it is the prospect of beginning training for a new website called IMAlive.org. A site that is calling itself the world's first virtual crisis center, helping people through instant messaging, that will be available 24/7 with trained and certified volunteers. 
• A boyfriend that can cook great lobster is a keeper, and a definite must have in times like this.
• A dog CAN loose his spots...and get them back five months later...just like that. Magic.
• There are a couple of good people in LA (believe it or not). And I talk to one of them at least twice a week.
• Looking on the bright side, that if nothing else, you get this time with your mother, that you wouldn't trade for the world, and find yourself lucky to have had.
• White wine is your friend....oh, did I say that already?

Just a girl, an optimistic girl, knowing that at the end of the day, nothing is better than coming home to a little dog who treats every time he sees you like the first time, and for now, that is enough, 7 months later.