[Mr. Blonde]

Well, I've still got no job and the prospects aren't looking great. I have some money still saved to tide me by with rent and food, and I'm actively looking for work. I'm actually going to an interview for Acting extra work next week, so we'll see how that goes, but that's not what this is about.

Given my current options, I've opted to sign up for medical testing. Many of these involve 2 - 2+ overnight stays at a facility while I take a medication then get my blood drawn/other tests done while staying on the premise. They usually net about 1500+ for completing the studies successfully.

in a couple weeks I'll be doing a screening for a test at the end of November. This particular test is for an anti-stress/anxiety medication in Phase 1 trials, which usually study rate of absorption, rather than effectiveness. If I pass the screening, I'll be going in there for 6 nights/days, over Thanksgiving. I'm not actually sure if I'm okay with that, I'll have to check if family is coming out first. If they aren't, then I'll probably do it.

Should be interesting to see what it's like "living" in this facility, but I don't see it as being much different than what I'm doing now, being unemployed; I'd actually have more human contact.

That being said, a lot can happen in a month, so maybe I'll get employed and be unable to participate in this particular study. But there are other tests that split-up the overnight stays on the weekends that I could see myself participating in in the future.

So anyways, new adventure I guess. But I'm not romanticizing it too much; at the heart of it this is just making sure I have money to live on in this economy.

I'll keep you updated.