Park Row Fallout ⋅ 41 ⋅

Midwest Attorney trying to navigate the waters of life

Each person feels pain in his own way, each has his own scars.

Haruki Murakami

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I am Jack’s persistent and inevitable bitching.... WORK. Wanted to be nice, so I came in super early on a Monday (after only 3 hours of sleep) in an effort to help Boss’ Assistant. It isn’t he...


There are many ways that I find that I am forced to agree with some of the criticisms leveled at my generation. Honestly, in many ways I do not feel like a millennial and, in fact, there are som...


Posted this on Facebook… lets see what kind of trouble I get into: “I often announce that I am politically an Independent. Because, frankly, the parties currently do not represent me ONE iota. ...


Saw an interesting “Self Knowledge” Quiz on the front page… took it.... here are my results: Self-Knowledge Questionnaire Below the surface everyone is pretty complicated. Based on your answers, ...


Maybe I can never be happy. LoL Had an interview today. There was no direct offer but the interviewer said the person I’d be replacing started at… GOOD money (she gave me a specific number whic...


Back sitting in the law library; so back writing. Last night… couldn’t get to sleep, took a sleeping pill, woke up, couldn’t stay awake. Went back to sleep… had interesting dreams, but woke up f...


As some may know… I am an incurable leg man! Seriously. I mean… the face is of the utmost importance… because, as I told my wife, when age makes us crippled and time robs us of vigor… I will st...


I’m simply trying to while away another few minutes; clock out and go home. But dealing with the abundance of mentally unbalanced in here, it encourages me to reflect and consider something.... ...


But a little bit louder and a whole lot worse. The weekend was good… saw friends, gave my wife a valentine’s day present… mentally took note of my parents’ 40th Wedding Anniversary (that I could ...


I have been told by a number of sources not to vent my frustrations on Facebook as employers are looking at social media and would not like to see someone struggling with a job market like this. ...


It is hard to say at this point… but my broken body may have just royally gotten in my way. After 20 hours of working in the law library this week already (and 8 hours of pretrial to go on Frida...


THERE IT IS. Of course yesterday I’d start having doubts about getting the fuck out of this job… I had a court shift, I did Intake Interviews… at no point throughout the day was I dealing with d...


Bah. Don’t feel much like writing. And every time I write that statement I hear “Turn The Page” in my mind: “And you don’t feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through”.... which I...


Got a call back from the bank job… literally used the words “we went with someone with more experience.” Honestly… it makes me wonder. Lets discuss life as though fate existed… as though the con...


When I talk about how Iowa Politics has effected my outlook on certain things; I struggle to put it into perfect perspective sometimes. Luckily, Facebook Memes can do that for me:


Sometimes… I feel like I’m the height of bumbling incompetence. lol. I seriously can discuss, think in the abstract, theorize… if it involves strictly the mind, I’m not a complete slouch. ACTUA...


https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkdotcom/videos/10153392723133527/


Got a response from Calhoun County. A personalized response… which was a nice, interesting touch. Usually it is some form letter that just says the essence of “You don’t suck, but there were be...


Happy February! This isn’t my joke but worth a share: The most revered man in an old village was turning 100. The village was going to throw an enormous party and the most talented and most cele...


It is so hard to NOT let myself get excited when opportunities present themselves. I really shouldn’t get my hopes up but it can be hard not to. Every time I apply for a job, I check that city’s...


This is interesting. I was checking Indeed.com and a Mall Jewelry store in my Wife’s ideal city location is hiring a full time position. The job offers benefits, pays $45k a year, and my wife w...


Another day. Exhausted from the driving still. Just exhausted in general. To be fair… one of the things that has been the most draining about the job search? Actually getting interviewed for ...


I have the desire to speak about my truly greatest fears but, indulge me for a bit, because I want to share a story about the first time I ever divulged this. I grew up in a loving but fairly str...


This is a shitty shitty thing to say… but sometimes, on those long drives to interviews… weird shitty things pop into my head. This is one of those things: A common saying about suicide is that ...


Depression: When the day hasn’t even started… you just wake up sad. Got dressed… in a suit… which seems to only happen for long drives/interviews any more. Honestly, didn’t even go with my best ...