Your Unemployed Daughter

Last night I dreamed I got a job. Not just any job, but an exciting, fast-paced, full-of-adventure and highs and lows sort of job. Bond-esque, even, with a journalism bent. Which reminded me of an interview I did a while back with a person who has one of the coolest jobs ever. Her name is Erica Bailey and she is an honest-to-goodness real-life aerial acrobat.

Full disclosure: I went to high school with Erica back in Decatur, Alabama, a long, long time ago. We were both members of the forensics team, which did not involve solving crimes and autopsying dead bodies (that would have been cool) but instead was a fairly nerdilicious speech and debate team. Who woulda thought these girls with humble beginnings would go on to perform trapeze acts for kings and … um … start unemployment blogs?

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photo credit: Pete Ashton

I had dinner with a friend a couple nights ago who recommended that I date older men. An interesting theory, and one that I am not, on principle, against entirely. She went on to say, “You want someone who will be like the yin to your yang, like me and [lovely husband-person], or TK and TK [another admittedly solid, complementary couple in my friend group].”

Presumably, this oldster would exert a calming influence, get me to stop binge drinking, and ensure I returned home without an “F-You” text, or a bruising fall off a barstool.

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