twodoebs

So I'm in Pittsburgh for the weekend, spending some time with my folks and helping them with a few household chores. And I met up with Schmarbo-Schmast, Arch, and Peggy last night to watch the Tyson fight (so sum up the article in a phrase, "Tyson is washed up"--sorry, Arch). I was only there for a few hours, but a few things occurred to me.

FIRST--Silent Readers of doebtown
The purpose of doebtown is for me to have an outlet by which to express the crazy things that go on in my head. To let my life be an open book, so to speak. So I have absolutely NO qualms with people--whether they are friends in the brick-and-mortar world or just people that I don't know that have stumbled onto doebtown in one way or another--stopping in and seeing what I've posted. BUT, I was surprised to hear that there are regular readers who are too "keyboard shy" to chime in when they've got something to contribute. PLEASE, let it be heard by all that doebtown WELCOMES everyone to voice their thoughts . . . "information--and our useless opinions--WANTS to be free!"

SECOND--eHarmony
I've got to . . . I can't deny myself any longer. eHarmony is a great website that provides a much needed service, which is not available anywhere else. While--as previously discussed , I UNDERSTAND that eHarmony does not accommodate everyone's lifestyles--I simply do not understand the logic of people who scoff eHarmony simply because it is *online* dating. I've got news for people who think this way: we live in an online world . . . the internet--are you READY for this?--makes things BETTER! In my opinion (and it is, to be fair, only my humble opinion) the idea of dating yet not giving eHarmony a chance would be as foolish as wanting to buy a car yet not doing research on the internet . . . if NOTHING else, eHarmony vastly expands one's network of potential dates.

THIRD--Dispelling Rumors
One of the reasons I originally started doebtown was to have one place where people could check in and see what's going on in my life. Last night, I realized that I have not been COMPLEATLY forthright with what I'm up to these days and, as a result, there are inaccurate, confusing, and speculative ideas going around regarding my going's-on. And while I'm SURE it's self-indulgent to think that anyone really CARES what I'm doing, it's crazy that someone can be confessing to "reading [my] blog all the time" and yet is still misinformed regarding where I am and where I'm going. So, in an effort to be MORE forthright, allow me to explain exactly what I'm up to.

I'm currently between jobs. I was unhappy at my last job at the television company on the Jersey Shore, so I quit. I got out of my lease and moved out of my apartment. I'm currently living with Kati (it's a misstatement to say that we're living together, 'cause what is REALLY happening is that she is gratuitous enough to allow me to live with her) in Jersey City while I look for another job. Realizing that the happiest I've been in the last few years was when I was working in criminal law, I'm looking to get into one of the New York City District Attorney's Offices. Along these lines, there are a FEW irons in the fire and I'm very hopeful that one will come out hot very soon. There are currently no plans for me to move back to Pittsburgh or anywhere else outside of New York State, as this is the current geographic limitation on my license to practice law. Some preliminary plans HAVE been discussed to address the contingency of what I'll do if I'm unsuccessful at finding suitable employment in New York, but at this point, they're nothing more than just that--contingency plans.