The economy Cook Book

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Ever since the economy has tanked I have to say, I have become an excellent cook. I read this quote yesterday while I was watching a documentary on origami. Which, by the way wasn't half bad. These guys were geniuses. Although they've probably never seen a women naked. Anyway back to the quote, it says, "Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium."- Henri Matisse.

So, I and maybe you, have found yourself with a limited "medium" also known as food and money. This is when the art comes in. How do we make a meal from limited resources. I have become very good at this. Pasta works really good for the base of a meal, so if you have pasta you're already halfway there. The other day, I had pasta and looked through my fridge filled with condiments, low and behold I had greek salad dressing and Parmesan cheese. I cooked the pasta and threw on the dressing and Parmesan. I call it pasta delight. It was actually really good, I would actually make it again and take it to a bbq and not feel ghetto.

Creativity goes a long way when you have a limited budget. Food inventions are one of my favorite challenges. Here are some creative tips to combat poor-peopleitis turn your jeans into shorts, if you have one outfit and wear the same thing everyday just tell people you're vegan, and if you can't bathe say I refuse to until the oil spill is resolved!(say it with conviction and slam your fist on something).

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The Job Market Experiment

So I have been looking for work for quite some time. Almost a year now. I look for work in the post production field. I live in L.A. It's like living in India and working on computers. There is actually work for it here. Anyway I read an article that for every job you apply for 5 other people are applying for it. I think that's b.s. So Decided to conduct my own experiment.

I posted an entry level position in the post production field. I even put "this is an entry level position". One it did not stop people that were completely over qualified for applying for this job and two I also wrote, "for people looking to get there foot in the door". That didn't stop people with five plus years in post production from applying for this job. This probably isn't news to anyone who reads anything about our economy. I agree that people who are over qualified are taking lower paying jobs just to get by in our slow economy.

As for how many people applied for the job. Well I posted it Sunday afternoon and deleted it Monday the next day at 6pm. I received thirty three emails. Every cover letter was standard. There was nothing I hadn't written before. There was nothing I could see that stood out. Most people did not have websites and most resumes were in pdf format. Which I thought was smart because you can pen pdf files on Mac or PC.

I know some people might be thinking what I did was a little unethical. I see how it might be perceived that way but my point is to try to encourage people and tell them what I have learned from this. I personally have found it hard not knowing how many people I am competing with, wondering if I'm not good enough, and really if there are things that I could do better. Honestly I don't think there is. I think it's a rough economy; It's like throwing darts blindly and hopefully one day we are all going to hit the bulls-eye.

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