I know they have until the end of January to send out the W2's, but I hope I can get mine digitally this year, so I can see if I can get my refund quickly so I can have some extra money to keep me from losing my apartment since I am unemployed and as of today, my unemployment has not been approved yet.

Thanks for the encouragement. I am actually ok in the meantime, my bills for this month and the rent are paid thanks to my last full check from this job, includes Thanksgiving, I am so glad I volunteered to work, and I have another one coming for my final 2 days there. As long as I don't have any problems with…

Indeed that is quite a clusterfuck. Thanks for the information. I've always wanted to knwo how bad the call volume was. It's worse than I guessed.

Not only this, but Michigan also passed Medicaid expansion back in Sept. of this year, but it was delayed by the MI state House by 2 votes. 2 fucking votes, and the Senate declined to repeal the vote, and now it won't take effect until March or April for all the people here that need it.

How bad is the call volume working for them? And why don't they hire more people? I can't often get through because of the heavy call volume message no matter what time of day I call, and the new phone system has made it more difficult to speak to a rep.

Yep, and I did mention to my now former boss once or twice about my issues, and I doubt it had any positive effect at my previous employer.

Looks good, and I see more zombies in it than people, which cannot be said for the TV show, which doesn't have enough.

Yeah, I agree it's a fucked up system. Your post has helped me realize I am 100% the problem of all my misfortune, which is good to know. My condition prevents me from pretending to play along and showing fake enthusiasm and I cannot ignore the elephant in the room.

I only sent one email with a CC on it to my boss, and I was upfront about the reason for not being able to attend being due to a family celebration and did let them know right away. I didn't elaborate on the reason other than that, and I stuck to my reasoning. I probably should just not have said anything about…

Nah, it's ok. I was driving 90 miles nearly roundtrip everyday to work, and I got fired before the snow really started to fall, and the cost of the gas, it really is for the best.

I'm a dude and I don't see the big deal with cleaning things. Perhaps it's due to my slightly irrational fear of bugs, but I don't see a big deal about cleaning.

As someone who is recently been unemployed, and whose reason for unemployment may have been partly due to his unwillingness to go to the office party, has anyone else been in a similar boat?

Yeah, fair enough. I had food stamps earlier this year, but they took them away. I am currently battling to get them back. We'll see how it goes. However, there are folks who often forget they qualify or are too proud to admit they could use the help. I also suggested applying for them because it's often a better…

This is fairly sound advice, but even the most positive of thinkers, and even in the light side of the bad, the fact that the money is dwindling or won't last forever it is still there.

Yeah baby, yeah!

It's an okay trailer. Not as good as the one that was uploaded months ago. Thank fuck I still happen to have a copy. I had to reupload it. Watch it while it lasts before the assholes at Warner or someone else has it flagged.

You are welcome. I found out they had this version when they played it live when I saw them in 2010, it was sans orchestra, but it was still amazing nonetheless. They also played the original earlier in the set, so I was like double YAY!

I just hope the damn game comes out in March and doesn't get pushed back again. I'll be sad if it does.....

Tears for Fears also play an alternate version of Mad World live that has a full orchestra and sounds different from the album version, so as not to be outdone by Gary Jules/Michael Andrews:

If you would have asked me this before this past Wednesday, the 4th, I would have said yes. I had a little money saved up and things were looking stable for the most part.