what blows

layoffs.

layoffs totally blow.

we had our second round of layoffs today at my office, which stunned everyone. we had one round mid-december, and now laid off nearly as many people again. we've lost a third of our people in the past couple months and now I'll say that the recession is really affecting me. the people on either side of me have been let go and it's getting quiet in my corner.

we lost recent graduates and a seasoned senior associate; we lost much of our resort designers and quite a few foreigners on work visas. i'm sure it has been very hard for our principals but it's scary to be on the end that doesn't have any control, either.

so dear president obama, whatever the details of the agreement you signed today, may they be good and swift and affective and infuse the economy with many public works projects, because two months of backlog is pretty much nothing, and I might have an aneurism if we have to go through round three. i like it in this town and don't want to have to leave due to my office closing. thanks, e.