I am now a statistic

Given the current state of the economy and my chosen career field, it was perhaps inevitable that my tenure at my new firm was to be cut short. As of 5 o'clock this evening I joined the ranks of New York's pink-slipped financial sector casualties. I'm not particularly upset about it as I saw it coming, but I am quite deliberately not thinking about job hunting until Monday. I am also in much better shape than some of my now former co-workers who somehow managed to be completely blindsided by the whole thing.

In any event, I will be at Harry's tomorrow evening to commemorate the occasion and will quite cheerfully buy a round for anyone who cares to join me.