It's a lovely day for a recession!

I must say, this recession certainly has given me a lot of free time.

I had yesterday, today and will have tomorrow off from work. I've been working about three days a week, adding up to about 20 hours. Back in the day, meaning when I had a more steady flow of cash, I'd relish these days off with shopping, classes, shows, movies, etc. However, now I open my wallet and moths fly out like in old-school cartoons.

So it has fallen upon me to find things to do that don't cost money, which as you can imagine, in NYC is pretty darn impossible.

Things I've done today:

-made an obnoxiously big breakfast of eggs, toast and little turkey sausages
-surfed the internet while watching "Save Me" on Netflix.
-joined the rest of America and started watching "30 Rock," also on Netflix
-listened to showtunes
-watched about thismuch of the Ellen Degeneres Show.
-listened to normal music
-Facebook stalked (learned that one of my former classmates turned into a fat republican with the Confederate flag painted on his tricked-out pickup.)
-made a salami sandwich
-did the dishes
-played with my makeup
-searched for a job
-submitted for some stuff on Backstage.com and Actor's Access.
-watched far too many old Luke and Noah clips on YouTube
-downloaded "19" by Adele from iTunes along with some Etta James and Bette Midler tracks I've been eyeing.
-Finally finished "Dead Until Dark," the book that inspired the HBO show TrueBlood
-aimlessly grocery shopped. Gave into vices and bough B&J's Phish Food and a six pack of Stella.
-made a big dinner
-watched the news, local and national
-booty danced to Beyonce and Aretha around the apartment.
-Made decaf and restarted the first chapter of "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.

Yeah. That was my day. Exciting, right? I suppose I could be spending the time working on my show--I'm trying to write my own one-woman cabaret act--however I'm feeling rather uninspired. The fact that I auditioned for a job at Don't Tell Mama and haven't heard anything back from them makes me feel notsogood about the whole cabaret thing. I could go to auditions, but I've sworn off auditions where I don't have a prior appointment. Its just not worth the effort or the aggravation right now. And so I bide my time, for the rest of the month.

In February, I'll get a little more flow thanks to a CD I have at the bank finally maturing again. I haven't had to touch this money since I had to put down a deposit on my first apartment back in the summer of '07. But since Starbucks has decided to cut back on the little money they pay me anyway, I'll have to dip into those savings. I'm hoping that on Feb 27th, which is when I hit my 2-year mark with the Bux (good GOD) I'll have a hefty raise coming my way.

Lets hope, for my credit card bill's sake, that I will, shall we?