the real DAY 1 of unemployment: AMAZING

so far i must say unemployment ain't half bad. considering im laying out on the beach working on my tan (the arms covered in sunblock of course) with the waves crashing in the background, the sea breeze keeping me cool and i'm typing away online. at first i thought i'd just work on my resume on my laptop, then i discovered this beach is AMAZING and has wi-fi. i thought i fell in love with life yesterday, i think i just re-fell in love :)

so today was really my first day of unemployment. the morning started off with phil knocking on my door to wake me up. (i didn't want to sleep in, i'd feel like a bum if i did). i'm usually the one waking him up but the tables have turned a bit AND he even made me breakfast. what a nice guy. after a scrumpcious breakfast of rice rolls dipped in soy sauce and a slight hint of chili paste, i said good bye to my brother from another mother and started off my day. filed for unemployment. chatted online for a bit. watched an episode of i love lucy. went for a run to my lake. i tried to do my laundry. but apparently my apartment complex is filled with other unemployed bums who like to do their laundry on monday mornings. who knew monday morning was the new sunday afternoon. as a result i had to wait an hour until two machines cleared up (i like to run them simultaneously, it saves time), but ended up having to do them one at a time. it was rough.

by the time the laundry fiasco was over and i finished another episode of john and kate plus 8 (an very old one i must say), it was time to shower and get ready for my lunch date with ms. judy jung. i met up with judy at mimi's, and had a very nice conversation about her wedding and my current state over a scrumptious lunch of french onion soup and mimi's famous and my favorite walnut and blue cheese salad. mmm...hit the spot

that takes me to where i am now, listening to ingrid michaelson on my ipod, working on my current job as blogger and loving life on the beach. oh yeah, didn't quite get to the resume, but my meter is running out. guess i'll have to save it for another day (probably on the beach). by the way, phil, this really might turn into bumfest 2008 :)

wait...i forgot....

...american gladiators is by FAR the greatest show on tv

No longer counting the days...

so i've eliminated the numbering of the days cuz i think im already getting in trouble for not keeping up with the blog...but whatever...whatcha gonna do? lay me off? ha...i think the laying off jokes are getting old by now...sorry...but just wait till you get laid off some day, you'll want to milk the jokes too.

we came up with a new plan today. we're going to start a dinner club. i'll do the shopping during the day and cook each night and split the cost with anyone that wants to have dinner that night. tonight we did dinner for 13 bucks for 7 of us...imagine the savings! let me know if you want in. i think we'll start on tuesday, but of course i won't be here the rest of the week so we'll have to continue next monday.

ok...im going to bed, i don't have to get up for anything really, but lunch with judy, but if i get up past 9 i'll feel like a lazy butt. and im tired. good night. oh yeah, john and kate plus 8 is the greatest show ever. i'm watching it now. night night

DAY 1: the first 4 hours of doing NOTHING

saturday was the first solid day of being in my apartment for 4 hours straight with no one around and nothing for me to do. by the time i decided to "start" my day it was around 12 and i was pumped cuz i had a list of things to do in my head. i got excited, took out my red dry erase marker and started listing the things off on my mirror: "find a job, blog, plan out my world vacations, find a place to live, work on my resume, file for unemployment, clean the apartment, get rid of old stuff in my room, wash my car, wrap my sister's graduation present, laundry, figure out what to wear to go out tonight for vinita's bday...." i was pumped, ready to start my day, with so many things to do i didnt know where to start.

started to clean my room, but i got overwhelmed by how much useless crap i had with no where to put it, but of course didnt want to get rid of cuz it would be a waste. so i'd lay on my bed, watch a couple episodes of top model, then feel gross and start something else.

then i started to blog, but half way through realized this was a really boring blog that no one would want to read, so why am i writing in it? but had to continue cuz i made a promise to myself i would work on following through on projects i started. (AND because people have told me they have little faith that i would keep writing) so we're stuck with a boring blog. then scrubs would be on and i'd watch that for a couple episodes.

in the end, i didnt finish anything on my list but shower, and i ended up watching 3 episodes of scrubs, 2 top models, 1 girls next door, 2 keeping up with the kardashians, oh and like 4 episodes of the workout.

i felt gross as i drove up to la to meet up and get ready at vinitas and had a killer headache from the night before. was a bit of a pooper at the beginning of the evening, and stuffing my face with roscoes didn't help at all. but then the girls and i started dancing and the evening ended happily. oh until we realized that we lost john chen and didn't find him till this morning. other then that. great night. happy bday vinita.

DAY 0: my last day of work

yeah yeah, i know. i'm late in posting this blog already and its only my second post....

my last day of work went well. it was a happy day. excited to start my journey of self exploration and traveling the world. said goodbye to all my co-workers, packed up my stuff and walked out with my plant and porcelain arms (don't ask) in hand. when i was leaving i asked each person to give me a piece of life advice and heres what they said:

"remain self confident and don't let other people bring you down"

"experiencing tough times makes you stronger" (there was a more elaborate analogy with a diamond, but i forgot exact details of how it went...

"get your priorities in order: god, family, career"

"don't be materialistic and focus on yourself and your own goals in life"

"life is short - live it"

"all things happen for a reason"


yeah, it sucks that i got laid off cuz it made me doubt my abilities in doing my job. but honestly i could not be happier in life right now. there are so many things i need and want to do right now and quite honestly i don't know how i would have time if i had a job. so, im happy, had a wonderful last day of work AND i had mcdonalds for breakfast, which made me very happy =)

DAY -1: 47 minutes later the blog was born

so it took me 47 minutes to come up with the title of this blog. and i didn't even come up with it. (thanks john) i wanted to find the perfect title that would accurately describe the 2 month journey i'm about to embark on called UNEMPLOYMENT. 2 months of doing nothing but soul searching, traveling the world and mooching off of my friends who are willing to buy me lunch and maybe even dinner. its kinda nerveracking. kinda exciting. kinda really cool.

i dont know how long this blog will last. but its gonna be at least 11 days, just to prove asian josh wrong, and anything that will curve the potential boredom that is to come in the next few weeks, i'll try. besides, it could be funny, but actually will most likely be boring. hope you keep reading. i promise to post pictures.

oh yeah, today is unemployment day -1. my last day of work is tomorrow. let the adventure begin.