26 weeks of half your previous salary, up to a maximum of $450 per week.
13 week federal extension.
7 week in addition to said extension.
13 week second extension for high unemployment areas.
So that means even though I'm on Week 18 of Joblessness, I'm still good for up to another 41 weeks of Gubmint Cheese! Party Time! Get Down! Dyn! O! Mite! No really, not really. Yesterday I blew $99 finishing up xmas shopping, and it damn near made me sick because that's about what our gas, electric, and internet bills all add up to for one single month. Pinching pennies is awesome! But hey, technically speaking, there should be no substantial panic until maybe October of 2008 if we can continue our Superior Math Skillz. Of course I've already read multiple horror stories of people getting screwed out of their Unemployment Cheque due to phone-call / internet / incompetence whackiness, but so far I have not been privy to such unfortunate instances. Hopefully this streak shall continue, or, well, you know, I'll actually be able to find a fucking job. But I remain content, playing Budget Meister is not nearly as bad as I thought it might be, although only because said budgeting is successful, as opposed to rocketing us to the poor house, a place we have thusfar avoided quite successfully.
So why all the DOOOOOOOOOM titling? Because someone emailed me 3 doom metal albums last night, which are all pretty stellar, and what better time to listen to said dooming than whilst sitting at home all day, enjoying this wet, dreary, awesome weather?
Conifer
Conifer - Crown Fire
Ocean - Here Where Nothing Grows
Conifer remind me of Neurosis by way of Failure, and Ocean (whom I have heard of many times but finally paid them proper attention) sound like what would happen if Skepticism would get angry instead of just depressed. Oh sure, I'm oversimplifying perhaps, but this is not meant to be a review, just rather a spoonful of doom to destroy your saccharine pleasure. This seems to be the first year in a great many that I am not scampering as quickly as possible to my black metal collection in days of cold, but for whatever reason, I am quite enjoying all of this. All of this DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
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