Funemployment

Ducklings!  So sorry for my lengthy absence.  I had a very good excuse. Or rather, a very bad good excuse.  As some of you know, right after I landed my part time teaching job, I lost my full time day job.  The economic turndown has hit my line of business especially hard and I've joined the ever expanding ranks of the under/unemployed.  I'm grateful for my remaining teaching job, but one night a week just isn't going to cut it.  So I've been super busy looking for another full time job, with very little success.

When you're unemployed, it goes without saying that Job #1 is finding another job.  You know, drawing on your contacts, pounding the pavement, scouring the internets, sending out the old resume, etc., etc.  But there will reach a point where you will become saturated with this activity.  It's scary and depressing and otherwise generally emotionally taxing to do the job search thing in this climate, especially when people in your particular sector of the industry are being sought after with the same zeal as stale baked goods.  Sometimes you need a little break.  Sometimes you need a little funemployment.

In this new semi-regular feature of The Daily Lalee, I will present you with ideas for recreation and entertainment that cost $10 or less.  First up:

 

The Getty Center

 

The Getty Center is free.  That's right - free.  You don't need to pay for admission, and you can spend all day traipsing around beautiful art, architecture, and gardens with a spectacular sea view.  Parking is $10, but Metro Rapid Line 761 will drop you off right outside the main gate.  You can bring your own lunch and enjoy a thrifty little picnic in any of the Getty's public seating areas.

Thank you, Mr. J. Paul Getty, wherever you are.  Knowing that I get to enjoy your museum for free makes me slightly less resentful of your outlandish economic success.  I am, after all, alive and able to enjoy lovely art, despite my regrettable unemployment (or arguably because of it!).  You, on the other hand, are dead and technically no longer rich.  Neener neener.