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Wow, I just finished a post on a B.A. student who had people tell him a B.A. degree was useless.
I am currently in D.C., without a job here, I still work fulltime where we were. I'm quitting on 10/28 and my wife is pressuring me to work ANYWHERE. Wal Mart, Books A Million, prostitution, anything. Given that we'll see no income off of my shapely ass, I've secured retail positions. I don't much care for folks, but I can talk about books with anybody, so BAMM is my extra income. Meanwhile, my deal with her, is that I get to go to graduate school, that refuge of the perpetually restless.
The fact is, any job between ages 20-30 is not long term. The average tenure of a 40 year old or less is 3 years, down from 5. So if she's expecting you to lock down with Kodak or IBM, those days are over and she needs to step off. Meanwhile, what is she doing? Are you the captain of the family?
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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