Mild lament.

[happydalek]

Got an official letter of rejection from Monticello today.  Just impetus I needed to get out there and fight the throngs of jobless for a shot at one of the dwindling opportunities in my zip code.  As I sat filling in said application, about three other people did likewise, one pleading with the woman behind the desk to, "pray that I get called back!"  Not, "that I get this job," just, "that I get called back."  Desperate much?  Yikes.  I am sooo very lucky that my parents are willing to support me until I get financially independent.  And they're so very understanding of my particular situation, since my mother works for a company with an archaeology division and knows just how limited that field is right now.  The really disillusioning part of this is that the job section in the classified section of the local paper was only half a page on Monday.  Half a page.  Sorry, I don't mean to bring anybody down, it's just...well, it kinda sucks.  I mean, gosh!  Did you all know the economy is in bad shape? *collective gasp*  I know, shocking, isn't it?