How to win some self-respect

Well the life of an unemployed man is filled with daily challenges. One of these challenges it to win as many contests as possible. I have taken on a quasi-part-time job of entering contests. I figure all I have to do is win one and its like I have won a week or two's worth of pay. You would be surprised at the amount of contests out there. POM bread has a daily grilled cheese contest where I can win a digital camera and an extra $500 cash if I can name a canadian cheese -oka. Exclaim has monthly prizes for cds, dvds, movies, amplifiers and lots of cool stuff, the local newspapers have weekly movie and show passes and there are a lot of Ipod contests online as well. I am also submitted lots of stuff to design competitions so hopefully I will win the t-shirt or frisbee contest and make some spare benjamins. So far in my life I have been fairly lucky by rollin up the rim to win a mountain bike, I have won lots of cds, I won one free movie pass. I have won lots of beers for Halloween costumes and once I won a pitcher of beer by destroying a limbo contest. I have honestly heard of poeple who earn an above-the-poverty-line life by entering contest. They are wacko fanatics though and I am just a competitive unemployed guy bordering on wacko.