If I weren’t already losing my job, Jayto, my boss, would totally fire me for slack unbecoming a productive member of society. I had all this homework to do for our Job Hunting 202 class and I didn’t get any of it done. Somehow I am unable to find the precarious balance between hermitude and [...]

I can’t even remember how the topic came up, I think that part of my brain went black after the synapses started misfiring. All I remember is hanging out after a meeting and Maria saying, “Let’s see how you show up in Google.”
As Maria’s fingers tapped across the keyboard getting ever closer to my secret, [...]

Dear World,
I probably just spammed you with LinkedIn notifications. Sorry. I am not so good at this.
Kisses
Jodi

Writing a resume post-Dooce.

Bedtime: 3:14 a.m.
Waketime: 9:06 a.m.
Goals for the day: To not lose my shit, register for my writing class, figure it all out.
Well, I finally figured out how to make a good cup of coffee. At least I think I have. This might just be the best thing that happens today. We’ll see if I can [...]

Sometimes I wish I was the kind of person who could just post a cryptic song lyric and the emoticon for puzzled and call it a day. But I can never seem to do that when there are all those words out there that I can use. If I were that kind of person I [...]

Today I had lunch with my all-time favorite former co-worker ever, Jess. It has come to my attention that the moment you find out you’re losing your job you become someone who lunches. I believe they call it “networking” in the grownup world. It’s weird. I’ve gone out for lunch more in the past three [...]

My boss must be worried I’ll end up pumping gas, because she sent me three jobs to look into before 10 o’clock this morning.

We gathered in Jayto, my boss’ office, to talk about our futures. Maria and I sat on the couch, The Dougs and Jayto near the desk. They immediately started rattling off job web sites, the ladders, indeed, blah de blah blah, execunet, places I have never even heard of.
They threw around the names of [...]