I've only been looking at online freelance sites and have had the most success at oDesk. In the past I've picked up a gig or two on Craigslist, but there was more legwork required to get gigs and I stopped.
The amount time spent reviewing and applying to jobs is such that I don't intend to keep at it for a long time - but it is definitely a means to keep an eye on what (mostly) small businesses and hackerless startups out there want enough to pay someone for.
Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome thing you've done this month. You may be as blatantly proud of yourself as you feel. You may unabashedly consider yourself the coolest freaking person ever because of that awesome thing you're dying to tell everyone about. This is the place to do just that.
Remember, however, that this isn't any kind of progress thread. Nor is it any kind of proposal thread. This thread is solely for people to talk about the awesome things they have done. Not "will do". Not "are working on". Have already done. This is to cultivate an environment of object level productivity rather than meta-productivity methods.
So, what's the coolest thing you've done this month?