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Hello Everyone,

This is the Jobless Warrior, just posting to say that the reason I haven't been on here to post is because I have been extremely busy looking for work, and not slowing down long enough to even post, and I have been employed now for four days, and it has been great. I am still learning my surroundings, but it is not difficult. The start of this year has been the second worst experience I have had so far.

Until I lost my job, I never knew how the loss could affect everything, and how close one can become to losing their home and everything because of a lack of income for a short time. I was starting to think that my perseverance was in vain, but I kept at it anyway. I know I have driven my friends, family, etc crazy constantly going on about being unemployed, but it was on my mind all the time.

Now I can blog about something else that matters, like music, arts, food, and the economy. Thanks for reading my blogs and if you are out of work, please keep your head up and never give up.

The Recession Is Even Affecting Divorces

I watched abcnews.com titled "Divorced and Living Under One Roof". It was both interesting and surprising.The economy is so bad, that you can't even afford to move on after the divorce because it is too expensive. The first couple were trying to sell their home and couldn't so they live together to save money and to balance the mortgage. These couples featured and others not have more courage than most, to divorce, there had to be a reason why they felt it best to not be married anymore and now to be stuck together just seems like a constant walk on eggshells.

Forget meeting anyone new, or having friends over because your still stuck to your past literally in the form of a mate and a mortgage. I guess the lesson for me is: make sure your marriage is strong enough before you buy a house, or buy a really cheap house. I was so involved in my joblessness, that I didn't realize there are people, couples that are wanting to scream just a loudly as me. I hope I get a job soon, and I hope these couples get their homes sold.

It Is Tuesday and I am STILL looking

As the week starts, I am still out of work and looking for a job somewhere, and haven't gotten far at all, I have put out one resume after another and have called places, only to be told they are waiting for this or holding it for that. And it has become VERY frustrating. I thought that if I kept trying it would at least show a promise of getting better, but instead it has gotten worse, if this keeps up much longer, I may not have a place to live, I never dreamed that it would be SO difficult to find something, I have been filling out applications like crazy and nothing. I am trying to keep going, but it is getting harder by the day especially now since it is heading towards the end of the month. I am running low on funds and on food, and trying to hang on to hope has been an neverending battle. I need a job, and I need one now.

The Weekend Is Here

Hello Everyone,

It is the Jobless Warrior here again, and I am still trying my hardest to find a job, which is virtually impossible now that the economy is bad, but as I have said all along, I refuse to give up, so far, I have tried almost everything, I am still visiting businesses, filing, faxing, and emailing resumes, and going to fast food places, gas stations, department stores, the faces have become one in the same, as I have talked to so many different people. It is a good thing I have kept a log of what places I have visited during the week or would definitely forget, I have cruised up and down the highway visiting places I have interviews with and on the way back stopping at almost every store and gas station I see on the highway to put in an application or asking if they are even hiring. It is a sad day, when even McDonalds is filled to capacity. But steadily I press on, not giving up, and knocking until someone hears me. Hey Employers, Its Me, Kendall, I need a job, I can do anything.

The Wall Street Stockbrokers UNBELIEVABLE!

This is the Jobless Warrior coming at you again, still jobless, still trying to go strong, but running low on fuel, but not fire. This past weekend, as I was going through the classifieds, trying to decide which jobs I am qualified for, I was watching the news, and this was one of two of the stories, of how money is being misused and the other was speaking of the way we react to the super rich upperclass, that we blame them for everything that has gone wrong.

And while everything isn't their fault, the spending of the bailout money to redecorate offices, charter jets, etc, is. Usually, I can notice when someone is being picked on undully, but this is one time it is definitely not working class versus the super rich upper class, they brought this animosity on themselves, when they were using our money to finance their own selfish, hedonistic desires (i.e. Prostitutes).

This was another blow to me, as I looked around at my four walls trying to figure what I am going to do, how am I going to make it, these people were using the money to screw some exclusive, supermodel, reject or redecorating their homes, faces, bodies, and pets. And continuing to spend money that people had entrusted to them to save and build up. How did they expect us to react?

As I watched this other telecast, I felt my blood start to boil, it felt as though these people were in effect laughing at people like me, HA HA, you can kiss my a**, look at what I can do with this money that you will never have access to. Along with being outraged, I had to work overtime to not shed a tear. There are so many worried about next month's rent, utilities, groceries, car payment, insurance, and the money they were carelessly spending could have helped someone like me greatly, that money would have paid my bills three times over, maybe more.

Places such as Workone are overflowing with people needing work or trying to get unemployment to survive on. And people like myself who are pounding the pavement, almost begging for work, running out of options and the super rich upper class are still going on, like it doesn't matter, they are able to go into their plush, fancy world that we helped to finance and make us all disappear.

So while they pop their Cristal and do brunch, it is back to the drawing board, another day of interviews, resume submitting, and rejections await me. This is the Jobless Warrior saying whatever you do, keep going, please don't give up, I don't plan to.

The Wall Street Stockbrokers UNBELIEVABLE!

It is the Jobless Warrior coming at you again today, still haven't made any progress so far, and still trying to remain strong, but it is becoming tougher by the day. But I saw something that was kind of interesting this past weekend, while checking the classifieds, looking for a job, I saw another newscast on the super rich, and the spin they created on it, to make it seem that the "little people" were blaming them for their situation.

Which is not completely true in my case, I know the economy is in a crisis, and the jobless numbers of which I am now a part of are astronomical, but the bailout money that was supposed to be used to build businesses back up and keep them going are being used to redecorate offices, charter jets, etc, and the final blow to me came when it was revealed that they were also using this money to finance their hedonistic desires as well (i.e. prostitutes).

Which is basically telling people like me who are aggressively seeking work and getting nowhere: HA HA I am laughing at you, kiss my a**. While many of the working class are worrying about how they are going to pay next months rent, utilities, groceries, and other bills, the money that was being used for completely unnecessary, useless expenses, could pay my rent, car, insurance, groceries, three times over.

As I was watching this newcast about how the super rich upperclass are misusing our money, I looked around at my four walls, feeling outraged, trying to maintain, working overtime not to shed any tears. I thought about the stark differences in our worlds, I am needing assistance, right now, and being a male there isn't any for us at all, we have to go ahead and be homeless but the upper class on Wall Street can use millions to redecorate their kitchens, faces, bodies, and pets.

This time around, it definitely isn't working class against the super, upperclass rich , it is the fact that they have the right to take our money and flush it down the toilet, and people like me are continuing to lose their jobs, looking, interviewing, virtually begging for a chance to work, going hungry and they can go into their plush, fancy world that we helped to finance and make us all disappear, and while they go on popping their Cristal continuing to think it isn't about them, many more like me spend another day jobless, not knowing what the future holds. Until next time, I have a scheduled appointment to go to beg for work, without letting it show, and the other half can go screw another exclusive supermodel, reject who, even though will never be on the level of Kate Moss, just can't let it go. It is the Jobless Warrior, struggling to hold on, but I WILL NOT give up,

Its the weekend, and I am still jobless

As I write this, I am feeling a little down, depsite my efforts in trying to gain employment, I am leaving this week jobless, and it has become very frustrating, because I was told from a young age, jobs won't come to you, you have to go to them, pound the pavement until it can't be pounded no more and I am still where I started, I get leads from the newspaper, employment office, emailing, faxing, resumes, selling my body (just kidding, wanted to see if you were paying attention :), and still no one's responding, and I am ready to yell : I AM HERE! I NEED WORK, THE LEGAL KIND. I am gaining a whole new appreciation for models, actors, etc I don't see how they do it everyday, going from one audition to another, being rejected daily, this is torture. The only lead that has been positive so far is one that is paying people to to test their drugs on, And I am about to take it. I have never wanted to be a human guinea pig, but it is a paying gig. It has been a humbling experience to say the least, one that I will never forget. Until next week it is the Jobless Warrior saying keep trying, we will get there.

Another day in the life of the Young and Jobless

Today is another day of going on interviews, talking on the phone, faxing and emailing resumes and getting more frustrated by the day, but I must keep going. But I am beginning to see why so many people are committing suicide over this situation, it is so GRIM. And no matter what, I have to step into the other world and think "Its only money, it will get better", but it is tough to stay up when the situation is down. But if I killed myself, I would never know if it could have gotten better, or if I could have met someone passing through, that would say, "how much do you want?" I probably wouldn't believe them and lose the chance, but it could happen. To give up on life, due to finances, just seems....too drastic of a measure to take. While I do worry about what I am going to do until I find another job, I have to force myself to see that each day has its own anxieties. And facing adversity no matter how big or small will only make stronger and wiser, but the one fact remains until then.....I NEED A JOB! :(

Another Jobless Week

I never thought that trying to find another job would be so difficult, I have put in many resumes, visited many different places and still nothing, it is the first part of February and I don't know what I am going to do, I am starting to run out of answers. It is the same response everywhere I have went, they take the application and I don't hear anything for days on end, it is almost like they throw the application away after I leave, today was another uneventful day on the job market, no one was hiring, or they had just found someone, it is so maddening, when I have to face the possibility of being broke or even worse, homeless and these people behind the desks and counter, just take the application, my inside is yelling: "Hire me NOW!" I am scraping the bottom. But they always manage to give a broad smile and keep it moving. Here's to tomorrow, may it be better, these setbacks are killing me.

Jobless, Mr. Jobless

As this year jumps off, I am starting 2009 without a job. I had followed the market thanks to the Today show and CNN, and was beginning to worry anyway, and then the worst happened, I lost my job, after being there for almost four years, and worked through a horrible thanksgiving and christmas season, they decided to start out the year firing people, I can't describe how helpless one feels without a job, a sense of income is gone along with the comfort of knowing you can pay your bills, and buy groceries, and overall just being productive. This company had been a bundle of stress in the end, because they were firing people and/or making them feel so worthless they would walk out and never come back again. And even though I am making a job out of finding a job, it is still difficult, I am using my fuel to run from one place to another and still not feeling optimistic about the future, and for these people to just write me off and dismiss me has really shown me how dispensable I was to begin with, and that they never really cared about me. I still worked to help them when there was only me and one other person for the whole area, and most of the nurses didn't even attempt to help, it was still, "I am up here and you are down there, just get it done so I don't have to deal with it". And continued to work even when they were lining their pockets, by sending home help and giving us the fourth person's work to do, and still most of the nurses set on their perch and gave orders and expected us to do their treatments for them, and informing us that they were in charge, it wasn't their responsibility to answer lights, get ice water, etc. And being talked down to on almost a regular basis, but they still demanded perfection, not understanding the concept that you can't get perfection if you are purposely creating a hostile environment, and no one should have to work like that. Even when the worst happened, there was a sense of fear, dread, but there was also relief, because it meant, I didn't have to take any of the fourth person's work, no nurses being rude and taking their position of power too far, or them leaving their treatments out for me to do, or their overall indifference to any and everything not related to them. Or the many mornings I walked out of there, broken, because of the persons in charge or the ones who thought they were. Now I can only hope that I can find another job. Misery ended, but another form has begun, but I will not give up, it is not the kind of person I am.

Where is "Tennessee"?

As the new year starts, there are some promising films that I would like to see, and one of those is "Tennesse" the new film from Lee Daniels Entertainment, I have heard so much positive about it, but yet there hasn't been any definite release dates, and the coverage for it has been very little. The synopsis reads like a great story, and the longer it is held back the more I want to see it. The very small preview I saw of Mariah Carey portraying Krystal, a waitress with a guitar, only heightened my curiosity more. I know that studios have their deadlines and their way of doing things, but I am definitely ready to see this film. And the fact that there are people posting on imdb.com about how great it was and how Ms. Carey really brought out her acting chops doesn't help quell my overwhelming interest. I hope there will be something soon, a commercial, a cable interview, Byron Allen, something, someone. Anyways, due to my anxious nature, the studios already have a ticket sale :).