This Just In: Twenty-somethings Are Unemployed, Bored

It turns out we were a bit cavalier when we first presented you with our Summer Approval Matrix, letting you know just how cool you are, or aren't, based on your June-August occupation of choice. According to the New York Times, the hottest thing to do this summer is... nothing. The powers-that-be at the Styles section inform us that our generation's latest challenge, following years of over-involvement, is coping with underachievement.  We're not judging these victims of the recession. (We're familiar with them. We ARE them. This post is being written in Mom and Dad's kitchen, located smack in the center of Jersey suburbia.) It's more that, keeping in the theme of the past week or so, we want you UTB readers to know that you are not alone. Also, we especially like the staging of the photograph, which depicts the following slacker activities: slurping milk from a cereal bowl, sitting on your ass watching YouTube videos/Facebook stalking/reading TextsFromLastNight, and floor-sniffing (oh wait, that's just the dog).