(Ed.Note) Welcome to our journey into the world of recession blogs! The 405 Club wants to get personal via a handful of questions with our favorite fellow bloggers who are documenting the recession and unemployment firsthand.

Today we have the pleasure of sitting with the creator of Diary of An Unemployed MBA.

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Before we chat about the blog, what will you be having for brunch?

* Crabcake benedict. My favorite.

1. When were you laid off and what did you do? Or are you employed/self-employed? If so, what do you do now?

* I was laid off first in Sept 2008. I was a Strategist at The Groop, a boutique marketing agency. More recently, I quit my job in January when I was doing Marketing for an online video game company.

2. Tell everyone the name of your site, where they can find it, then when and why you started your site.

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(Ed.Note) Welcome to our journey into the world of recession blogs! The 405 Club wants to get personal via a handful of questions with our favorite fellow bloggers who are documenting the recession and unemployment firsthand.

Today we have the honor of enjoying a lovely brunch with Craig and Javed from The Layoff Support Network.

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Before we chat about the blog, what will you be having for brunch?

* Well, given the fact that I’ve been cultivating quite a nice “muffin top” since my unemployment, I think I might just stick with coffee.

1. When were you laid off and what did you do? Or are you employed/self-employed? If so, what do you do now?

* I was laid off in June 2009. I worked in the “recession proof” liquor industry managing field sales & marketing. I was with a small company and survived 2 rounds of lay offs last year. I ultimately fell victim to a company buy out by an industry gi.

2. When and why did you start your site?

* I had been unemployed for about a month and I was going stir crazy sitting in my house endlessly job searching on the internet, when a friend emailed me a link to an unemployment blog. I started thinking, well I love to write, and I have nothing but free time, so maybe I should start my own blog. I was also desperately trying to find ways to fill my excessive “leisure” time. And,http://activeleisure.wordpress.com was born in August 2009. The site still continues to evolve.

3. What is your motivation to continue blogging and/or running the site?

* Believe it or not my site has become therapeutic for me. It allows me to talk about whatever may be on my mind….

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