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"I think you'll do fine as long as you're someone who thrives on stress. And boredom. And hunger. And stress," says Tracie Nervosa, a former teacher, speaking from a pay phone in Helpus-Dammit, Vt., where she had been hunting for loose change. "For me, the appeal of unemployment is the fact that you never know what's going to happen next. One day, you're racing from one pointless networking meeting to another, the next day you're still in your bathrobe in the middle of the afternoon watching reruns of "The Golden Girls" and snacking out of the cat food dish. It's very creative. Today I'm going to be selling my blood at various plasma centers, auctioning my children on eBay, meeting friends for Community 'Panhandling in the Park' Day -- and I still have to be back here by noon so I can let in the sheriff for my eviction."