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		<title>The Life of The Unemployed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been almost a week since I&#8217;ve left my previous job at Lockheed Martin, and as most of my friends already know, I&#8217;m planning to make the move down to Los Angeles to start a new career in technical consulting &#8230; <a href="http://www.final8.com/firestarter/2007/03/06/the-life-of-the-unemployed">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s been almost a week since I&#8217;ve left my previous job at Lockheed Martin, and as most of my friends already know, I&#8217;m planning to make the move down to Los Angeles to start a new career in technical consulting at <a href="http://www.boozallen.com/">Booz Allen Hamilton</a>.  The move is coming up fast and I haven&#8217;t done much in terms of preparation besides swindling a free meal out of my friends at Osteria in Palo Alto.  Thanks guys.</p>
<p>Other than that, I&#8217;ve been keeping busy with the normal life of an umemployed bum.  Recently I sent an email to my friends detailing my excruciating day that consisted of:</p>
<p>8:00AM &#8211; Wake up<br />
8:00AM-10:30AM &#8211; Dick around<br />
10:30AM-11:30AM &#8211; Oil change and tire rotation<br />
11:30AM-12:30PM &#8211; Eat BCL with Freddy (since he wants to be a bum soon too)<br />
12:30PM-1:00PM &#8211; Haircut<br />
1:00PM-3:00PM &#8211; TV (Star Trek midday baby!)<br />
3:00PM-4:30PM &#8211; Sleep<br />
4:30PM-6:00PM &#8211; Work out<br />
6:30PM &#8211; Write this email</p>
<p>Which then garnered the prompt response of &#8220;i hate you jay.&#8221; from Marcus.  Although I thought I had an upper hand on some of the other bums we know (David), he had to one-up me and spent his day attending a charity auction, bidding and winning six rounds of golf at the Trump National.</p>
<p>I have also flirted with certain death and disaster immediately after my life and health insurance plans terminated.  Going skydiving probably isn&#8217;t high on people&#8217;s to-do list without any type of insurance to protect you, but I say who cares, you either live or you don&#8217;t right?  Either way, it was a fantastic experience and everyone has to try it at least once.  There really is no bigger rush than free-falling at 120mph from an altitude of 15,000 ft.  In the video below, you can see just how fast you turn from a 5&#8217;5&#8243; person into just a speck in the camera lens as you see Margaret fall out of the plane right before I do.</p>
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<p>Next weekend, snowboarding at Sierra at Tahoe.  See you all there.</p>
<p>I also put some photos up in the photo gallery, so click through and enjoy.<br />
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