That sucks. I got fired once, a few years back, and it was an absolutely awful feeling.
Good luck man.
		
		
	 
 Thanks(to everyone for the well wishes).
Now that the drugs have worn off I'm more exasperated than anything.  I didn't get let go because of anything I did or didn't do.  I got let go because of other people's inability to do their job, and some dishonesty to boot, which led to lack of profit.  So, now the company gets to do its second round of cutbacks since January.  Guess who'll still have a job in a month though?
I've said for at least ten years that "working for The Man" is a fool's errand.  A partner and I have been trying to make a go of it on the side with an LLC for the past 5 years, in hopes we could work for ourselves 100%.  I still have that on my plate, which helps soften the blow of this a bit, but it isn't near enough work to be self-sustaining yet.
Starting to think I should just go into hock and become a slum lord, or something.  Those guys seem to make money hand over fist.
In the meantime, if anyone is in the market for a devastatingly handsome 3D animator and modeler/graphic and interactive designer/mograph/branding/illustrator-y type guy with a load of experience...