more sections coming...
May 9, 2001
Not that it makes a big difference, but this will be my last post for a while. Nancy and I are headed to the East Coast, far removed from ringing phones, clacking keyboards, and co-workers of the *duh* persuasion. I hesitate to call this a vacation. It's more like a test. A test to see if my disgust and disillusionment of the office is because I truly hate my job or because I'm merely physically tired. I think I know the answer.I think everyone knows the answer.
In theory, I do the bullshit work I do to fund my writing here. (By bullshit, I mean being asked, "My computer's dead. Why?" Answer: It's not plugged in, moron). Paying dues, bottom feeding, call it what you will. I can't write for people I hate. And I won't stop hating them till I don't have to work with them on a daily basis.
The ideal solution? Quit my existing job here, sign back on as a freelance writer, and "pay my dues" somewhere else. I don't expect the work to be any more fulfilling or enjoyable at my next location, but at least I'll make more money for probably less work. I'm not sure the non-profit sector is for me anymore. I need money, plain and simple. I need happiness. I need to wake up and not go, "Fuck...time for work." I think that's fair.
posted by Fender Bender at 3:27 PM
[music]
white stripes: you're pretty good looking
michael jackson: don't stop till you get enough
nu shooz: i can't wait
helen reddy: i am woman
[reads]
starck
by taschen books
how to read a
film by james monaco
strength to be: community visions & voices,
edited by caroline c. wang
a connecticut
yankee in king arthur's court by mark twain
[film and TV]
[web]
the
kill darling collective
brian david stevens
iris
photo collective
[toys]
[food]
home
steamed mussels
la taqueria
carnitas burrito
jamie oliver's fantastic
roast chicken (skip the prosciutto. too salty...)
[drink]
acme
brown ale
meridian gewürztraminer sbc 2000 (good with chinese food)
samuel adams summer ale
[dreams]
TBD