Well, after a long, reasonably debauched senior week, I finally graduated from college.
This would be something I'd be much happier about if everything had gone the way I'd originally planned, and assumed my graduation would be like. I was supposed to have a job lined up and ready for me to slide into upon graduation, and also be published in a magazine or two. Then on Graduation Day I was going to move right into my new apartment in Chelsea or Hell's Kitchen (NOT Brooklyn) and live out my Vincent DeSalvo-esque life as a young kid in the city with a kinky streak but who passes as a twink when he needs to (i.e: when he needs it to get taken to Fire Island).
But of course, as time went on I started having to take into account "reality" and the "recession"...
The reality is that this is probably the worst possible time for a kid like me to be looking for a job. At this point most of my friends - including ones who've been out of school for a year or more - are either still looking for work, or being laid off. So far I've gotten zero response from any place I've sent my resume out to, probably because every available job is going to someone's friend who's been fired. This is going to take time, and patience, because even my connections can't afford to pull through just yet.
Basically, what it comes down to is that right now, I'm back in Connecticut...at my dad's...until I've saved some more money and get a decent job back in New York.
To demonstrate how horrible this situation is, here's a message I just got on Manhunt, after switching my address. The kid is 19 years old, from England, and seems to be trapped here too:
Subject: CT sucks monkey balls
Date: Tue 26 May 2009 12:54 AM
fuck, i'm not lieing man, you are one of the hottest guys i have seen on here
what's up dude?
if you have AIM message me
b*********
i'm in ct
im not into hookups
i dont like gay bars, shopping for clothes, shaving off my body hair, or
britney spears
im just a dude looking any other normal dudes around
pce
But I'm not about to try and save this kid when I need to be rescued myself. To make it through this summer (and the recession), these are the three things I'm going to need:
- Money (donations, tips, checks, PayPal...)
- To have a decent paying job by September, or else I may have to take drastic measures... (apply to grad school)
- Someone to take me to Fire Island, pay for my drinks, and maybe suck me sometimes
And ONE FINAL NOTE: for some god damn reason I keep forgetting that my birthday is next week... I guess this starts to happen with the years that come after 21.
3 comments:
Congratulations on graduating. Nothing wrong with being in Connecticut. These days I think the suburbs are filled with much more sexual tension and danger, anyway, than silly Manhattan, which is just becoming a place for rich dull doctors, lawyers, and ceos to live close to work. Or for people who have this insecure need to think they'll be so much "cooler" if they live in Manhattan now (but they just get stuck with all those other insecure people). In short, don't worry about anything and enjoy your summer.
Congratulations on graduating! I have to agree with Joey about Manhattan and NYC. Although I'm in NJ only 20 minutes away I hardly ever go there anymore. It's filled with snooty Queens that think they are all that and more. All the cool guys and people I knew there have mostly all left except for the ones in rent control.
I feel for you kid as far as the job market goes it really, really sucks right now. Just find anything for right now and hang in there until things get better. (But you already know that.) Good luck!
Congrats on your graduation.
All the jokes aside, consider changing your focus. Start writing about what you can do for the dudes who'll be doing all those things you want them to do for you. To you, these things may be too obvious; the other dudes want it in writing...
You'll see, how everything changes, once you start telling people what you can do for them, instead of telling them only what they ought to do for you.
This all comes out of MHE, as they say...
SC
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