:(

I'm starting to get fairly depressed about this whole no-job deal. I just had to turn down an AWESOME internship in Cleveland that entailed working for Church Life (the magazine/newsletter of the Episcopal Church) for $15/hr. I love writing! I love journalism! I love the Episcopal Church! My transportation to Cleveland (which is about an hour north of my town) decided to move to Brazil this summer, though, so that didn't work out. It was one of the saddest things I've ever done, turning that job down.

I keep applyng for writing assignments that I've found at Freelance Writing Jobs, a website that my mother helpfully passed on to me. The problem is that, while there are few people in this world who can write well, there are many people who want  to write professionally, and while this doesn't necessarily narrow my chances of being a successful writer in the long run, it most definitely means that the good writing gigs are often flooded with a million applications by the time they're posted on the above website. I think the trick is to wait until the site's daily digest of jobs is released and then apply to all of them as quickly as possible, but for someone like me who has a friggin' LIFE (as well as a student job, as low-paying as it might be), it's not always possible to stare determinedly at the computer all day and refresh the screen every five minutes.

Will someone please give me a job? Or at least start paying me to play Guitar Hero?