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Modern Poverty
http://modernpoverty.wordpress.com
Modern Poverty is a chronicle of my adventures and frustrations with being educated, motivated, yet mostly unemployed in the United States. I learned a lot growing up wealthy; I learned much more from being poor.
- Added on: Oct 16th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Zoe D
- Listed in: Culture Personal
- Tags: depression health United States debt poverty unemployment
Recent Posts
Lamster
I am officially out of my old apartment, which is a great relief. I moved out four years to the date that I moved in. I managed to do it without getting an official eviction notice, which I’ll never understand. A bit over a week ago, I received...
Sucks to your ass-mar!
With a little fancy footwork, I was able to get Medicaid through the state. I had to see a doctor through the Department of Social and Health Services, and they determined that I am disabled enough to get Medicaid. I had to swallow whatever residue m...
Breathe
What am I thinking? Plans have changed, and not necessarily to my liking. Apparently, I won’t be staying with Mom 2, but I will be moving to the United Kingdom to stay with relatives. My mother’s first cousin passed away suddenly a couple...
Destination Unknown
At the urging of a dear friend (you know who you are), I broke down and called my “second mother.” I can’t think of what else to call her, but she was my mother’s closest friend and I have known her since I was about three yea...
Commence Freakout
There was more knocking at my door. I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. Then there was knocking at my neighbor’s door. They did answer. There was a lot of talking, and I didn’t hear it all. I hid in the darkness and crept to my door...
Bloodletting
From PostSecret I’ve spent most of the past few days working intensely on my NaNoWriMo “novel.” It is going to be much, much longer than the 50,000-word goal I set for myself. I initially planned to write a memoirs in the vein of...
