Bleak, gloomy, fog-shrouded, dark . . . and it's not just the photograph.
Blame the economy, blame poor management, blame indifferent company leadership, the fact remains that I am presently jobless. And yes, it's certainly discouraging to lose a job, particularly at Christmas-time. And sure, it will be a challenge to deal with a reduction in income. And yes, it may be difficult, given the current state of the economy, to find another job, especially with the increased competition from all of those other newly-unemployed people out there. . .
But before I depress myself further, I'll move on to the silver lining. Because there is indeed a silver lining in this turn of events, as there is in many situations of despair. Yes, thanks to the sudden increase in free time, I'll be able to devote considerably more attention to one of my favourite pastimes: Halloween. No more trying to find time on weekends for prop construction. No more battling with family members for some computer time. No more feeling that there simply aren't enough hours in the day. Because suddenly, there are more hours than I know what to do with. More time to devote to fulfilling my Halloween resolutions. More time to check out the Halloween forums and websites. More time for generating new ideas, planning and building new props, creating a costume that doesn't look like it was thrown together in the waning daylight of October 31st. And more time of course for internet ramblings which seem to lead inevitably to E-bay (a dangerous place when you have no money to spend). But I digress . . .
Time now to make the most of that silver lining and get to work on some props. After all, my unemployment won't last forever, will it?
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