The D Rules http://the-d-rules.com SO AWESOME YOU WANT TO PUKE! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Page 20 – Furloughed http://the-d-rules.com/page-20-furloughed/ http://the-d-rules.com/page-20-furloughed/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:32:58 +0000 The D http://the-d-rules.com/?p=2643 On Monday afternoon I was placed on a 90 day furlough at work. Which means that I won’t be getting paid nor will I be getting any benefits of any kind.

The reason I was placed on this furlough is becasue my division doesn’t have enough work to keep me busy.

Essentially, I’ve been let go because of lack of work, and no fault of my own.

If work picks back up they will call me back.

I think it’s about a 50%-50% chance that work will pick back up.

I wasn’t the only designer/detailer that was put in this situation, there was one other, and a couple of engineers.

I’m free to go on unemployment and get another job.

I’m not sure if I’m going to look for another job right away or try to wait this out for 3 months. It’s all going to depend on what my financial situation is going to turn out to be.

First thing, I have to do is set a budget with what I have in the bank, to see how long I can last doing nothing. But that seams kind of passive, and that’s not really in my personality to just sit and wait for something.

Good news is, if there is any, is that I don’t have any credit card debit, and the only real debit I have is the mortgage for this house.

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and now you want to see the whole video.

FYI The Darkness is going a reunion tour this summer.

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I am proud to announce the unlike Wikipedia, and other popular web sites this site The D Rules will NOT be going dark on January 18.

The reason for not going dark is because I have no clue what SOPA or PIPA is and I’m not sure if I care. Since I don’t know what they are, or what they mean, how can I give a shit about them?

And isn’t a web site going dark, in a form of protest, a lot like skipping school on Martin Luther King Day?

In other good news I’m down 3.1 lbs since January 11th, and I haven’t even started running yet! YEA ME!!

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