{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Gherkin \u2611\ufe0f (thelastgherkin)'s status on Saturday, 08-Oct-11 13:40:33 UTC","author_name":"Gherkin \u2611\ufe0f (thelastgherkin)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/thelastgherkin","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/603655","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1948\" class=\"url\" title=\"Cerulean Spark\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">ceruleanspark<\/span><\/a><\/span> Well, a year ago today I quit the university I thought was a good idea to go to, having chosen it on the same day my grandfather died, to become unemployed.  Next week I start a course 'hopefully' leading to the sort of dead-end retail job at which one whiles away a crushingly-boring existence whilst trying to fund the hobbies that seem to be ridiculed now more than praised.  This is what was bugging me yesterday, but I didn't know that because I'd forgotten all the details and my subconscious mind was trying to remind me, which it finally did last night when I nearly had a panic attack in a Tesco."}