Welcome to the latest installment of “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 (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook.

We’ve all heard the statistics about attorney layoffs, unemployment, and the sad state of the economy. But do the hard numbers tell the full story of life in the breadline? Inspired by the Harper’s Index, I offer you the Notes from the Breadline Index.

Months in the breadline: 6

Estimated number of jobs applied for: 266

Estimated number of responses received to job inquiries: 23

Follow-up phone calls returned: 2

Soup recipes developed: 4

Meals consisting primarily of soup: 87

Approximate hours spent online trolling for potential jobs: 745

Average number of times, per day, email inbox checked for responses to job inquiries: 28

Percentage of times inbox check followed by fleeting thought that email has stopped working: 8

Number of evil cats currently freeloading off meager household income: 2

Number of times I have seriously considered the employability of cats: 3

Half-knitted scarves finished now that I have “time on my hands”: 0

Maximum number of days without washing hair: 5

More of Roxana by the numbers, after the jump.

Continue reading “Notes from the Breadline: Our Endless Numbered Days” on AboveTheLaw.