October 2009
3 posts
Refresher in Freelancing 101, with 101 tips.
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1 Year Anniversary of FunEmployment!
Next Friday will be the official 1 year anniversary of a few members of JahBlessed PDX being loving laid off. Wow, time flies when you’re having fun. And looking for a job. And being broke. And being “resourceful” (code for mooching).
What should we do to celebrate? We want to hear your ideas!
Send how you would (or have!) to JahBlessedPDX [at] gmail [dot] com.
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September 2009
3 posts
PERKS OF JOBLESSNESS: HAVING WEDNESDAYS FREE
Only those so blessed get to participate in something this ridiculous/awesome.
“Aren’t you all from the Midwest, anyway? Go home so the natives can get...”
– A survey response featured in the Willamatte Week’s The Young and the Jobless. Sorry guy, but without ”creative” transplants in Portland, you’d have no one to A) Serve your poutine, wiskey and mimosas to, B) Give Portland it’s diverse, creative credibility and C) Stroke...
August 2009
3 posts
“I don’t have to be resigned to sadness!”
– My friend Nick Mattos on Seeing the Sad Signs, keeping your head up, and rocking your way through the adventure of unemployment.
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July 2009
9 posts
Thought of the Day
tylerriewer:
Unemployment, like prison, presents an opportune time to pump iron and read books.
LITTLE BLACK DRESS
Need a new way to stretch your UI bennefit dollars? Why not save the skrilla you spend on clothes and wear the same thing everyday?
Sheena Matheiken of The Uniform Project is doing just that. For an entire calendar year, she’ll be wearing the same dress [or rather, one of seven identical dresses—one for every day of the week] as an exercise in sustainable fashion. Sheena started The Uniform...
PERKS OF JOBLESSNESS: UNINTERRUPTED MICHAEL...
WatchThe Poor Man’s Hoda and an economic lady-blogger for Yahoo Shine break down the plight of the happily unemployed for the masses, and do an excellent job of making us sound like Total Fucking Assholes. There’s even a hilariously executed John Cochran/Frankie Goes to Hollywood montage!
Now if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go jam with my band.
Pffft.
June 2009
18 posts
PERKS OF JOBLESSNESS: IMPROMPTU SUMMER VACATIONS
Last week, when 87.6% of you were at work, a few of us were out having the Best Day Ever at the very fun, very unique, and very strange Oregon roadside attraction, Enchanted Forest.
Besides having a wicked log ride, a Wee Britain, a sexually suggestive water show, and a plethera of really creepy animatronics, this place was also almost entirely handconstructed by a dude and his family, “one...
BREAKIN'.
Oregon broke yet another unemployment record today. We’re now at an all time high of 12.4 percent.
Who wants margaritas?!
#82: BLOGGING ABOUT BEING UNEMPLOYED
#89: Regretting Signing Up for a Gym Membership #93: Fantasizing About Buying a House While Unemployed #84: Giving People Rides Then Going Back to Sleep #45: Buying Perrier With Food Stamps
That’s right folks! It’s Stuff Unemployed People Like. And it’s good. Really, really good.
“Once the shock of losing their jobs wears off, a new breed of determined...”
– From the UK’s Times Online: America revels in “funemployment”
WatchSuch wisdom.
“Oh, get a job? Just get a job?! Why don’t I strap on my job helmet, and...”
– Charlie Day as Charlie Kelly, It’s Always Sunny in Philidelphia
GET ON IT.
If you live in Portland and you don’t already know about Around the Sun, you should.[Regardless of your employment status!]
Updated regularly with free and cheap happenings around town, it’s a great source to consult for pre-weekend planning. [You love free and cheap!]
They’re on Twitter too.
SWEET, SAME-VEINED SANFRAN SITE →
“…a dedication to the things that really matter: hearty food and drink,...”
– From the New York Times article on frugal Portland [in case you missed it the first time around]. Thanks Tyler for rebloggin’ that shit!
Good News! Economy's Slide 'Moderating' →
“While millions of Americans struggle to find work as they face foreclosures and...”
– From the recent LA Times article on the phenomenon of funemployment.
OUR FORMER BLOGSPOT. CHECK IT. →
AND AWAY WE GO.
One weekend, not too many moons ago, I had a spontaneous rendezvous with a young Rastafarian nomad [homeless hippie dude] who I met on the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon. As you can guess, I learned a lot from that weekend… Specifically? Never go with a hippie to a second location. More importantly? A bit of charm, a good sense of humor, and a sunny disposition will get you far in life, no...