Ho-hums and Hobbies: Life, sans a 9 to 5 job...



I'm three months out of college, fresh off of a PR internship and now out, flat, on my sweet derriere

While I've been hanging out in employment limbo, I've channeled all of my pent up energy into miscellaneous projects: I ripped out a juniper bush; planted vegetable seedlings inside and built a vegetable garden outside; baked two loaves of bread, a dozen bagels, a mess of pretzels and five different kinds of cookies; taught myself how to make lumpia, hot and sour soup, homemade tomato soup, baked mac & cheese, corned beef, pad thai and veggie noodle stew; sanded and refinished a storage trunk; read four books and started going back through my online Spanish textbook from Fall Quarter.

...Lately my hairbrained ideas and spontaneous projects are requiring the use of more and more tools--I'm one awry stapler gun staple away from a visit to the emergency room. I hope I find a job soon.

Entry Level Exasperation: Getting a Foot in the Door...

25 days and counting until I wrap up my first agency internship--It's that special time of lost sleep, sporatic sweating and anxiety eating that I wish I wasn't so familiar with. As each day flies by faster and faster than I would like it to, I'm running out of time and John WM Macy's Cheese Crisps.

So for all the post-grad, job-seekers out there, here's a few links that might be helpful:

For the job search...

• Top 25 Entry Level Jobs for College Grads
• Top 10 Best Paying Jobs for College Grads
• Top Entry Level Employers

For when the job search isn't going well...

• Comfort
• Relaxation
• Distraction

Happy hunting!