A Question Worth Asking . . . And Answering

I've been thinking something in my head (that's why they call it thinking you know) and have been hesitant to put it down in green and white (the official colors of this blog) but it's all I can think about so here goes:

TO BE READ IN A NON-HISTRIONIC, NON-TEMPER-TANTRUM, NON-FOOT-STOMPING MANNER, PLEASE:

Why can't I have the job I want? Why can't I? Why do I keep applying and interviewing for jobs I don't even want? I mean, I know why: because we need money and I need to work and times are tough right now. But I mean in a bigger picture kind of way, WHY CAN'T I GET A JOB IN MY FIELD AND WORK HARD AND MAKE MONEY? That's all I want. I don't expect or want a job I'm not qualified for. I'm not asking to be a super model or a physicist. In my mid-30s I finally figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up, so recession-blemession,

WHY CAN'T I HAVE THE JOB I WANT?