“And the cruel, cruel mornings
Have turned to days of swim or sink.”
–Son Volt – “Drown”
“But if I can’t swim after forty days
and my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up – when I’m falling
Lift me up – I’m weak and I’m dying
Lift me up – I need you to hold me
Lift me up – Keep me from drowning again.”
–Jars of Clay – “Flood”
It is sink or swim time. I try to make sure I send out at least one resume or make one phone call each weekday in regard to jobs. So it won’t be like I’m sitting around doing nothing. Apart from a couple of headhunters, no one has called me back. It’s very frustrating.
While calling contacts for jobs last night, I made a major snafu. I called when there had been a death in the extended family. Somehow my job situation seemed all that more meager….less important. My contact said it was ok to talk about jobs, so we did. It was pretty awkward during that time.
It will be an all California World Series – SF Giants vs. the Anaheim Angels. This will make the World Series about as interesting at the Subway Series of 2000 (Mets vs. the Yankees) or the Bay Series of 1989 (Giants vs. the A’s)….of which only an earthquake could bring excitement to. At least in some World Series, you can cheer for the team which is geographically close to you. But California vs. California is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Maybe I would cheer for the Angels since they are the newcomers. But like I said before, Anaheim doesn’t deserve a baseball team. Call ’em the Los Angeles Angels, but don’t try to put some type of significance on Anaheim.
Being the one who checks the church email, I get all types of letters. Today I got one of those 419 Nigerian scam letters. I’ve received numerous of these scams over the past few years. Basically the receipiant is urged to give the sender their bank account number in order to transfer a huge amount of money to them. I am convinced there is a special eternal punishment reserved for those who try to scam churches.