If any of you have bothered to look below my ass on the Girl On the Brink logo, you’d see that the tagline reads, “Surviving Desperate Times with Desperate Measures.” Increasingly, I read about a lot of desperate people doing desperate things, such as selling all their stuff and moving from places like Detroit to greener [...]
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
If the federal government could do for the unemployed what GEICO has done for cavemen, we’d all feel a hair more civilized. GEICO has changed the public’s perception of cavemen. They’re not stupid but hairy urban bachelors with enough brains to use the Internet. I would love for the feds to change the perception of my [...]
Monday, October 12, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: Listen to Girl On the Brink on NPR’s Tell Me More. One of the many things about being unemployed is that I need to negotiate new reasoning for accomplishing my daily and weekly chores. Usually, not having a car is no big deal except when you add in the mitigating factors of children and [...]
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Habits. They change when you’re unemployed, especially when you’re unemployed and living with your ex. Remember, bad times force people like me to do weird things, including sharing the same house but separate beds with him. The biggest difference I’ve noticed is the brand of cereal my ex husband buys. In our kitchen cabinet, Wheaties has [...]
Monday, October 5, 2009
I’m home alone—and I’m lovin’ it. I feel these are my rollover minutes of freedom, and I’ll even forgive my ex for not cleaning the cat litter boxes. On rare nights like this, I sneak upstairs to splay my body on the covers of the once master bedroom bed I had shared with my husband. With my [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
VH1 has created a trashy takeoff of ABC’s The Bachelor, called Real Chance of Love, Back in the Saddle. (Remember, I watch so you don’t have to.) Real and Chance are the names of two rap artists looking for love down grand canyons of cleavage. I swear the girls possess 90 percent of the world’s [...]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your…. Dang! I knew I should have gotten those hair extensions at Bubbles. Shoulder-length hair just won’t do when you’re trying to escape an unfavorable living situation. I often feel I live the modern-day version of the classic Grimm fairy tail Rapunzel. But instead of being trapped in a tower, I live in [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: Taking the day off—check back Sunday for a fresh post. Even Ann needs a mental health day! When God created man, he created Adam and Eve and commanded them to “be fruitful and multiply.” And, multiply they did. Whether you believe in Adam and Eve, you cannot deny their enduring popularity throughout the centuries. They [...]
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen]Listen to me speak about my manifesto, Idle Workers of the World, on NPR affiliate WRKF, recorded Labor Day 2009. “That’s a familiar face. I just can’t place it,” said my ex as I was straining to blow up my air mattress. “It’s a small dick,” I said, referring to [...]
Saturday, September 5, 2009
ANN’S NOTE: I decided to post the manifesto early given the outpouring of support and response I received from my appearance on the Fox Business Happy Hour yesterday. Tune in to NPR affiliate the Louisiana Radio Network at 10:45 AM EST on Labor Day to hear me speak more about it. Read the manifesto through [...]
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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