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HOW "DEAD WEIGHT FALLS AND IT SETS YOU FREE"

Q: I had been out of work in my industry since Feb 2020. I spent the entire time sending out resumes to countless job postings. I would often send my resume out to 200+ job listings and not even receive a single interview. During the entire period, I probably had 3-4 real legitimate interviews. In one of them the guy interviewing me was some schmuck who I replaced in a prior job that I was eventually let go from due to internal politics and bullshit outside of my abilities. So this guy basically already had a bad opinion about me, and I knew I wasn't going to get that job.  I've felt essentially blacklisted from my industry despite the fact that I never once got written up or reprimanded in my previous position at Apple. However, when I applied to go back, I was not re-hired. It pissed me the fuck off because I had recruited a guy from my master's program out of the kindness of my heart to help someone else out, and all he did was bring negative stories about me and gossip ...
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"INTRO" by THE YOUNG ROMANTICS

From the band: "The album was inspired by Collier's own first year of marriage. "My wife was given three months to live after a damaged nerve caused gastrointestinal paralysis," he says. "She was essentially starving to death. I felt alone as I took care of her and watched her suffer. On drives alone, I just wished there was some kind of music I could blast that could help me feel something. I was so numb. I quickly learned that there's not a lot of music out there for widowers. So I wrote some." 
Fortunately, his wife made a remarkable recovery, and the rest of the album was written to process a complicated, tangled web of emotions. "I want this music to provide catharsis and comfort to those spouses who lose their marriage and find themselves in a caregiver role. It's not the romantic, happy life you envisioned. There can be a lot of grief and anger because of that – and then guilt over feeling sad and angry. I want those people to know they're not alone.""

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