Notes from the Breadline: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

Ed. note: Welcome to “Notes from the Breadline,” a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here.
You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email, follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. You can also read more about her at www.notesfromthebreadline.net.

Dear Readers,
I hope this message finds you rested, relaxed, gainfully employed, or nursing your recession hangover with a fabulously expensive steak affixed to your forehead (or some combination thereof).
As you know, I have enjoyed your company here in the breadline for many (many) months. We have shared laughter, tears, the thrill of victory (assuming, arguendo, that ‘victory’ is defined as ‘avoiding non-flip-flop footwear’), and the agony of defeat, in its many and varied forms. Now, however, the time has come for an Interregnum from the Breadline. After today, Notes from the Breadline will be on hiatus, at least for a little while.
As a preliminary matter, I will address your (unposed) questions seriatim. No: I did not find a job. No: I did not get “laid off” from Above the Law. No: I am not taking a break so that “I can spend more time with my family” (or my cats), and no: there is no damning sex tape involving Partner Emeritus, Douche Patrol, Frat Stud, Fraternity Lothario, Glass Cock, Jack Bauer, Guest, or Arnold Schwarzenegger. Sometimes, dear readers, a hiatus is just a hiatus.


Since we are not saying goodbye, I will spare you the nostalgic schmaltz and tearful adieus. I will, however, say this: Notes from the Breadline may be “my” story, but – as I have heard from many of you, on countless occasions – my experience is hardly unique. It has been my great privilege to share this experience with you, and a far greater honor to be blessed with your friendship, your confidences, and your wonderful, interesting, funny, sad, and inspiring stories. Thank you, dear readers, for sharing them with me. I may have said so before, but it bears repeating: your company, and the support you have unfailingly offered, are a spangly silver lining that shines through the gloom of life in the breadline.
I hope you’ll stay in touch, and that you’ll come visit me at www.notesfromthebreadline.net. I’ll keep you posted on what I’m up to (or, in my case, not up to), and I look forward to hearing about your many, exciting pursuits. In the meantime: Godspeed to all of you. Keep the lighthouse in sight.
Your friend,
Roxana
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Roxana St. Thomas is a laid-off lawyer living in New York. You can reach her by email (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. And check out the Notes from the Breadline t-shirt store here.
Earlier: Prior installments of Notes from the Breadline

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