The joke is on...them

Well, my job hunt is as stagnant as old sewer water. It seems all of NYC is ok with making 35K or less.

I'M NOT.

But, in the scheme of things, the turnover rate is about to get even higher: I've spoken to three new hires who are already planning to leave by year's end just to get one year on their resumes. Funny, huh? They've figured out the deal, and have kept their info current! How many jobs did I have where I did that? 4? 5? Got hired for a new job and carried my resume with me, just like I do now, every day.

Marge is my favorite agent so far. Rachel looks like she's going to be good, but can't get my name straight. I am not Anne Marie. What the fuck is so difficult about slapping two old-fashioned names together? Why can't people remember correctly? If I had some impossible vowel-less name from Khazakstan plus a zero with a slash through it, I'd bet they'd pronounce and spell it correctly. What gives?

Bag of Rocks is making me eternally ill with comments about everything plus hither and thither. This is proof he doesn't care about what happens. I had to laugh out loud last night when his wife made a comment about me picking up the phone at 6:12 pm last night. "But it's after 5:30, why are you still there?"

"Because Wick [Temple] is dead and Lou [Boccardi] is gone, " I wanted to answer, but I didn't. It's truthful and not politically correct, but that's the way it is. I marveled at the surprise of this comment, which tells me that Bag O'Rocks not only likes clueless women in the office, he likes them at home, too.

And L, my co-worker is on her second day at the new job. Making 25K more than what they gave her here.

But wait! That's not all--I got my Natural Habitat catalog in the mail last night. The Churchill Canada polar bear adventure is $3,795 for an 8 day stay. I could visit Gus's relatives and tell them how he is in Central Park swimming all day. But that's not going to happen. Not with my salary. I hope to god, heaven and all the saints I don't have to settle. This sucks ass. What do I have to do to see better wages?

Someone please shoot me.