It saddens me to say, but I am basically where I started four months ago.

I spend the majority of my day in a basement with the television on, applying for jobs. It’s a great deal like life before departing on the Livingcraigslist journey with job rejections after job rejections constantly pouring in. Only instead of journalism work, I am applying for the paperclip pushing positions I originally set out to avoid in the first place.

Let me be clear, I am not complaining. And while a basement in Colorado is more or less the same as a basement in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., I must say my life here is much more interesting.

For instance, this afternoon, on the lovely black couch my ass has so firmly planted itself on, I strayed from the jobs page and moved over to the free section. I had minor success getting free swag and reselling it in Oakland, so I figured I would try my luck once more.

I stumbled on two intriguing listings. The first was a free bag of Cheetos.

Naturally I responded but I never got a chance to enjoy the bag of  ”Cheese that goes crunch.” Apparently Chester Cheeto, or some other pothead, beat me to the chase.

I did however manage to find a wine rack that I hope to sell. It’s homemade and might sell better as a pile of firewood. I listed it for $10.

As for the conventional way of make a living, I had another interview yesterday.  Unfortunately, I ‘ve had to continue my search, as I never heard back from Einstein Bros. Bagels. I guess I don’t need to keep practicing, “what type of cream cheese would you like with your bagel.”

Anyway,  the job interview I had yesterday beats the bagels and coffee out of Einstein’s. Lovesac, an alternative furniture company, makes insanely comfortable couches, beds and sacs. Their product is foam injected, more importantly, the companies attitude is fun injected.

During the interview, the hiring manager cursed, cracked jokes at customers and proudly told me that employees can tell customers the furniture is, “not a dam bean bag,” and are well within their rights to tell the pesky freeloader to leave the store.

Now that is a company I want to work for. I was told I would have to pass a background check, to which I responded, “What does that entail?” Because I have started gaining some media attention, I am a little concerned the blog might blow my cover. Lovesac’s chill manager told me, “Don’t worry man, we don’t drug test.” I hope they don’t dig deep on the internet either.

I hope to hear very soon.

I want to also mention something about the Craigslist community. I find it particularly interesting that Craigslist has made a noticeable effort, like many high traffic sites, to civically engage the Craigslist community in helping the disaster-struck country of Haiti. Just something I wanted to point out.

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