I'm officially unemployed now that I've handed in my thesis and registered at the unemployment office. That means I have some thinking to do in regards to what I intend to do with, if not the rest of my life, then at least the next couple of years of my life. So far the best I have been able to come up with is this: I don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed or buy anything sold or processed or repair anything sold, bought or processed as a career. I don't want to do that.

Ideally, I would like to write for a living. I would especially like to write about music and movies for a living and although working for a magazine probably has a higher status I think I'd prefer working for an online media. Another cool job would be working for a web portal and helping them add new interesting things and help them develop their community features. And these are things I honestly think I'm qualified to do, so if I could be offered a job like that I'd really love it.
The problem is that besides those two areas I'm a bit in the dark in regards to what I want to do. Because jobs like I just described aren't exactly hanging on trees anymore. Those trees were chopped down a couple of years ago during the whole dotcom implosion and have rotted away a long time ago.

So I really need to look through some papers and get an idea as to where one might be able to get a job these days. But at the same time I want to send out letters to companies where I'd love to work hoping that they need someone like me, but just haven't had the time to look for me yet. And that's the tough bit.
Because looking through papers and replying to wanted ads is easy enough. It's sitting down and deciding for yourself what your five dream jobs would be and then going after them. I mean just look at Rob Gordon's list, which included impossible jobs like NME journalist (1976-1979) and film director. That's the kind of mentality I have and since I can't get a job managing The Dandy Warhols I have to figure out what realistic jobs I want. And where's the fun in that?