Tuesday, April 13, 2004
AHhh, I sit here April 13th, 2004 considering my new house, family, and budding career. Boring, but in serious need of pondering....
In the last year or so, I've graduated college, gotten a job with Washington Mutual, snaggled a girlfriend, moved in with her AND her parents, and lost a lot of my hair (balding). All happening so fast, bloggin seemed like a great way to express the feelings I haven't had time to have.
Whoopity-Doo, A Degree
When I finished my degree in August of 2003, I wasn't exactly unprepared, I was just ignorant. Ignorant of how ineffective a degree would be when entering the workforce as an unseasoned nobody. What a letdown it was to have no one but telemarketers and insurance salespeople even letting you in their door. No one ever mentioned that there will ALWAYS be a ground zero. Yes, I was under the illusion that my freshly completed Business Degree would send me sailing into the arms of a $50K/year dream job. Or, you know, maybe $40K. At least $30K, I said "Business degree," from UW? With 2 months at $0K/year, I desperately clung to a teller job at Washington Mutual, under the impression that perhaps the ideally-runged corporate ladder offered some serious (serious?) potential.
Fast forward to April 2004, 5 months in progress, and you will Luke happily greeting and serving on the teller line, yearning to put a smile on people's face while wearing some sort of fucked-up sad clown face that could never fully reflect his depression. And why exactly this is, he doesn't know. However, a complete lack of emotional control and connection is suspected......
In the last year or so, I've graduated college, gotten a job with Washington Mutual, snaggled a girlfriend, moved in with her AND her parents, and lost a lot of my hair (balding). All happening so fast, bloggin seemed like a great way to express the feelings I haven't had time to have.
Whoopity-Doo, A Degree
When I finished my degree in August of 2003, I wasn't exactly unprepared, I was just ignorant. Ignorant of how ineffective a degree would be when entering the workforce as an unseasoned nobody. What a letdown it was to have no one but telemarketers and insurance salespeople even letting you in their door. No one ever mentioned that there will ALWAYS be a ground zero. Yes, I was under the illusion that my freshly completed Business Degree would send me sailing into the arms of a $50K/year dream job. Or, you know, maybe $40K. At least $30K, I said "Business degree," from UW? With 2 months at $0K/year, I desperately clung to a teller job at Washington Mutual, under the impression that perhaps the ideally-runged corporate ladder offered some serious (serious?) potential.
Fast forward to April 2004, 5 months in progress, and you will Luke happily greeting and serving on the teller line, yearning to put a smile on people's face while wearing some sort of fucked-up sad clown face that could never fully reflect his depression. And why exactly this is, he doesn't know. However, a complete lack of emotional control and connection is suspected......
