And now, I don't mean a pimped-out house sponsored by MTV crawling with sexy attention-whores. I'm talking about the real Real World - that thing that our parents and teachers have been talking about ever since we entered pre-school.
Look at us, with our Facebook albums appropriately titled with sentiments like, "The End of an Era", "SENIOR WEEK OH SNAP", or a memory-inducing 80's bar song, we're ready to take on life. Ready, set...
SHIT. I'm unemployed.
And chances are, so are you. Or maybe you're in a job you hate, and it certainly doesn't help that they're treating the interns better than you. Perhaps you've settled for putting your dreams on the back-burner, just so you don't have to live with your parents. Maybe you're living with your parents. You could be gearing up for grad school - only happy about the fact that you have put off paying your loans for another couple of years.
Whatever the case may be, you're mad. No, you're not maniac mcgee-ing with a shotgun at your hip, but you're mad enough that it's really putting a damper on things.
Remember when life was fun? How about when people told you that you were going to go far and you actually believed it? It's all changed now, thanks to the Real World.
Now you can't go on Myspace without finding another ex who's gotten engaged, or another former nemesis that seems to be happier and more successful than you. Suddenly you're back home, and you start thinking, "hey, maybe the people that went to community college and worked retail these past 4 years got it right. At least they don't have student loans and actually have a steady income." Or maybe that's just me.
I'm not sure where this blog is going yet, for now it's just a place to be mad. So when you have nothing in your inbox and you've caught up on all the celebrity gossip for the day, know that you can come here. Comment if you want to be added as an author, so you can publish your own posts here. Also comment for the sake of commenting. Congratulations. Felicidades. Mazel Tov.
1 comment:
So true! Here I am, unemployed, while one of my ex's just landed a fancy tech job with Apple and another who's off to grad school...and I spend my days job hunting and internet shopping. Such is life, but reading everyone else out there who's in the same position is really reassuring!
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