Things to do when Unemployed

My list of things I now can fully enjoy while unemployed:

-Listening to the Rick Emerson Show out of Portland in real time on the 970 am website.

-Washing all glass & metal containers before taking them to the recycling site in town.

-Finally reading the tattered copy of Sometimes A Great Notion which I bought used from Powell's so many years ago.

-Typing long personal letters to all of my friends in Washington state & using my collection of postage stamps as they were intended (and recycling paper by typing on the blank side of outdated resume' pages).

-Tending houseplants so they don't shrivel up from neglect.

-Memorizing the Latin names of all Native Cascadian Evergreens.

-Drinking more coffee than I should while researching methods to brew my own beer.

-Brainstorming ways to start a compost pile in the laundry room.

-Putting together a cache of survivalist supplies under the bed in case of a zombie apocalypse.

-Securing bookshelves to the walls in case of earthquake (well, disaster preparedness habits die hard).

-Wondering if I actually have a Cascadian accent when I hear native Virginians talk.

-Looking for ways to promote equal rights in the aftermath of the passage of prop. 8 in California.

-Feeling smug about not living in California, insisting I was born in NORTHERN California & explaining how the northern third is not really California.

-Cleaning the apartment using only baking soda, vinegar, or alcohol.