Life in the Unemployed Lane

Right.
So since I don't have cable or a home internet connection due to budgetary constraints during my current bout of joblessness it has occured to me that I can still write on my blog as it is really the only kind of entertainment I have left.
In between interviews (see related post) and hanging out at the NDG employment agency (yay! free internet!) I still find free moments in which I have to find something to do. I have read and re-read most of my books, although some I have not due to the fact that they are really only one-time reads (ie. "Her") therefore I have had to come up with new ideas. For instance, I have gotten out my old Concordia books and checked out some of the more interesting reads ( Isn't it funny how school books were never really interesting when the reading was mandatory?) An article of note was one that was included in a Postcolonial Theory coursepack by Edward Said. I believe it was the original introduction from his 1979 book titled "Orientalism" and it's a very interesting read which deals with the British/Franco/American impact on the term "Orientalism" and what/who is considered "oriental".
If that's not you cup of tea may I then suggest "Classi Babes" by the Guerilla Girls from the book "Guerilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art"(1998)? The article "Classi Babes" is an interesting look at how women artists were all but omitted from Greek and Roman art. I would also suggest that one of the most interesting ideas brought up would be that while the culture of the time (that is, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) informed many people's opinions of women and art it is curious that contemporary art critics, with their so-called enlightened worldview, simply choose to ignore the female contribution.
Ok, so maybe for the majority of you out there articles relating to Postcolonial Theory or Feminism and Gender Studies in Art aren't necessarily of particular interest but who know, right? Maybe I am underestimating the readers I have left who still check in from time to time looking for updates. Perhaps unbeknownst to me you all have a vague or unspoken passion for the debate on the origins of the term "Orientalism" or how Greek and Romans viewed women-folk?
In the end, who really knows? I haven't really been in touch all that much in the past few months to know what tickles your collective fancies anymore. I guess I can only really write for my own amusement now and I think that's a much more healthy approach to blogging. I used to be so worried about the content and whether or not I was being witty enough or including enough interesting facts but I found that over time I sort of burnt out and didn't really have anything to share with y'all. Did I leave my readers in the dark all this time? Should I have shared all the ups and downs of job searching? I honestly don't know but I think that these last few months have tought me a lot and I kind of think that it was more of a personal journey rather than a shared one. (So I guess you'll just have to read the book or wait until the movie comes out.)