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By MisterQueue (Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 08:58:02 PM EST) What should I do for a living? (all tags)
Really, I don't know what I have to say here, but we'll see how it goes.

Poll: What should I do for a living?


Things that have happened since last I talked to you lot:

  • I became a vegetarian (but not for ethical reasons really.. do not worry, I will still dine with you if you are a carnivore, it's all cool)
  • I cut back (like waaaaay back) on drinking
  • I have suddenly found myself enjoying amateur photography
  • I have been droppin' pounds like Crosby's droppin' babies (well I was until it got really really hot here and the walking was on hiatus for a bit)
  • I have not yet died. (This is something of a tragedy really.)
  • I was not mauled by bears (Those soulless killing machines who will stop at nothing to get my honey.)

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    So, there's talk of sending me back to Sacramento for 3 (motherfuckin' 3!) weeks in either August or September. I'm hoping for September. If such a thing happens that is a very looong period of time so an SF jaunt will probably be necessary. I expect full red carpet and trumpet treatment; I'm just sayin' is all.

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    This last week has really made me decide I despise my current life situation utterly. (Mostly where it concerns my jobby job.) I am, however, completely flabbergasted and unhinged when it comes to ideas of what I should do about it. I'm sure I'll think of something or at least revert to my Catholic schoolboy training and just deal with it (albeit with immense amounts of whining.)

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    Secret Thanks to ni: He knows why. Man oh man...

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    Secret Hello to Tix: I did not mean to be so short, but work has been fucking with me; and not in that good Las Vegas way.

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    Joanna Newsom, despite the Lisa Simpsonesque voice, has been overtly infecting my brain. Damn her bringing back the word poetaster. I mean, where the hell am I going to use THAT word? Jeezus.

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    Two nights ago we had HUGE storms here. Storms larger than I've ever seen in person (and I've watched a tornado jump over a school I was in as a kid.) I drove through it manically while dodging tree limbs and people trying to get away; also, other cars. I pulled home just to realize that the power was out and I really wasn't happy there, so I went back out in it and spent about 3 hours out in utter chaos and madness. It was the most delicious time I've had in a very long time.

    The sky was electric with possibility and spider-vein lightning. The clouds rumbled and bumbled as they blew over signs taller than buildings. Windows were smashed out by 90 mph winds and my tiny shitcar rocked with the force of it all. I feel at home in those times. It reminds me that experience > the illusion of certainty. This is a lesson I should take into other areas of my life I think.

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    I thought I'd have more stuff to say but the workplace, she is begging for my attentions ALL fucking weekend. What. The. Fuck. So... I'll try and respond properly to comments, but see ya.. probably again in months you fuckers. I love you.

    -Q

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    Amatuer Photography by ucblockhead (4.00 / 1) #1 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:02:51 PM EST
    *nudge* *nudge* *wink* *wink*

    I believe a certain nautical sort said he might be in the area early September.
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    ウセーバラケダ


    Such synergy would be amusing. by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #2 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:03:42 PM EST
    And no.. not that kind.

    What the hell happened to my poll? Did they change the interface while I was away? (also no editing? What the hell?)


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    Editing feature by ucblockhead (4.00 / 2) #10 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 10:27:16 PM EST
    Unsavory characters were using it for nefarious deeds, so it has been temporarily backwards-enhanced.
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    ウセーバラケダ
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    Boo To That! by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #11 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 10:39:47 PM EST


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    For a small price by me0w (4.00 / 1) #15 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 09:05:12 AM EST
    I can edit for you.


    "There's really only one sexually related thing I'm good at: Producing incredibly volumous amounts of spooge on a regular basis." - ni
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    I am vaguely concerned by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #18 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 09:27:06 AM EST
    about what you would consider a "small price"


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    I'm pretty sure by ni (4.00 / 1) #21 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 10:42:46 AM EST
    you're talking about the same thing.


    <IgnoreAmos> I opened the bottle last night; it's almost gone.
    <IgnoreAmos> I use the backspace key a lot.
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    Well yeah.. by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #25 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 12:23:58 PM EST
    but this is the mezerow we're talking about here. You never know with her.


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    No problem, by ni (4.00 / 1) #3 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:12:27 PM EST
    but next time please be a little more hygienic, if you follow.


    <IgnoreAmos> I opened the bottle last night; it's almost gone.
    <IgnoreAmos> I use the backspace key a lot.


    Well yeah.. but... by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #4 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:14:59 PM EST
    you knew I like it dirty when you stepped up to the plate. I'm just sayin' you knew what you were getting into.


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    Dude. by blixco (4.00 / 1) #5 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:16:03 PM EST
    the 13 year old elf that you are listening to?  Her voise is pretty annoying.
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    Taken out of context I must seem so strange - Ani DiFranco


    Look... by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:18:49 PM EST
    I am not saying I'm not attracted to 13 year-old elves. We've been over that really.

    And yes, the "voise" is a bit of a hump to get over (heh.. hump) but once you do... it's an infection.

    Then again you found Medulla to be harsh vocally whereas I quite liked several tracks so... this is to be an expected disagreement really.


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    Medulla by blixco (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 09:52:00 PM EST
    I didn't find harsh, I found it gutteral.  Like listening to someone chew something wet and mucous producing from a very small microphone embedded in their throat.

    However, the elf chick has grown on me in the last several minutes.  And hey, she's actually in her early 20s.
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    Taken out of context I must seem so strange - Ani DiFranco
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    Told you. by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #8 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 10:13:53 PM EST
    It's like a virus. You get past the first uncomfortable stages of her voice and then you just grow to accept it as a part of you.

    I'm just sayin'... now say I was right and just move on.


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    Hey there Quey baby. by moonvine (4.00 / 2) #9 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 10:14:13 PM EST
    I could go on and on about work related advice and the ya ya ya, i've been there sweet lad and here's whatchya have to do ... but I won't today. Been through it gut wrenching all for about three years. Surprisingly still alive, faring mighty well, and completely content and at peace. And no worky worky work at the horrific tedium adnaseum. All I want to say is hello there old friend.

    Hello there old friend = )



    And now you said it! by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Jul 21, 2006 at 10:40:44 PM EST
    But I fully expect a full report on this very topic.

    Preferrably in the form of a diary.. or some pigeon entrails.

    Either one really.


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    ok my darling by moonvine (4.00 / 2) #26 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 12:26:52 PM EST
    it will have to be in the form of abstractions that only you seem to get completely, my soulman, because to give it to you in the form of entrails as nasty as my verbage can get, I would feel faint procuring said item, so that be no good. Today, I will write. But not about about that tedium ad nauseam. OK , well maybe a little bit. I only wrote about that hell for the past two years here.


    Oh, but the secret you ask...


    That I will gladly pass on.


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    Huzzah by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #28 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 12:30:22 PM EST
    I tremble with anticipation... also with frostbite.


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    Arms dealer. by coillte (4.00 / 1) #13 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 03:10:00 AM EST
    International arms dealer.

    Travel. See the world. Meet new people. Foster their provincial and sectarian hatreds for further profit. Cynically exploit the weaknesseses of men from your travelled, urbane, and enlightened perspective. Drink Mai Tais while democracies burn.

    Its either take, or take over Equatorial Guinea, I think, and then appoint a suzerain to rule in your stead.

    I've always wanted to appoint a suzerain.

    Sounds like an excellent storm.
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    Arms my only ornament...


    Hrm... by MisterQueue (4.00 / 2) #14 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 08:46:09 AM EST
    and here I was thinking Pimp or Male Escort.

    Barring that, Village Idiot.

    It was a pretty awe-inspiring storm. Photos (that are not mine) here.


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    Stoplights... by ana (4.00 / 1) #16 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 09:15:25 AM EST
    lying dead in the gutter. Still shouting "stop!"

    Can you introspect out loud? --CRwM
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    I think they were saying by MisterQueue (2.00 / 0) #17 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 09:26:32 AM EST
    "GO!GO!GO!"


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    International by coillte (4.00 / 1) #22 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 10:48:41 AM EST
    criminal. Psychic hobo. Mystical engineer. Karmic assasin.

    I've got it.

    Self help guru. In California. Its a combination of all of the above.

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    Arms my only ornament...
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    I do look pretty good in a Chasuble. by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #24 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 12:22:58 PM EST


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    5 Suggestions for New Jobs by superdiva (4.00 / 4) #19 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 09:55:58 AM EST
    1. College Professor

    Seriously.  Depending on how soon you can get your Bachelors, it's just a matter of getting into grad school while you earn your M.A. While you earn your M.A., you can get a Teaching Assistantship and start fucking up the minds of those cellphone obsessed fuckers tout suite.  Don't say you won't at least give serious consideration because you were made for that job.  If you say "no" I'll have to bash your brains out with a spiked baseball bat.

    2. Sex Therapist for Women about to become Lesbians.

    Not that you probably wouldn't help women who are already lesbians, but I suspect that Q-lovin' would make women a good deal more appreciative of the male sex.

    3. The Guy Women in the Office Want to Flirt With.

    I suspect that you're being sent back to the West Coast because the women there have caught on and want you back.  Your company realizes that their profit margin depends on it.

    4. The Cool Homeless Guy on the Street Corner Everybody Gives Money To

    If you play some bluesy stuff on a makeshift instrument I think you'll get enough money for cheap whiskey instead of 40oz.

    4. Music Critic

    This is also a serious suggestion because you do know what you're talking about.  I won't bash your head in though if you pass on it.

    5. A Restauranteur

    Start simple.  Only have one table out in front of your house.  Put a sign up that says you'll serve one table a day at 6:00 p.m.  Just charge $1000 for each meal.

    I know you can rock anything on this list Queue, so, like, hollaback in another six months what you've decided to do.

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    For we are many....


    Hrm.. by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #20 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 10:30:20 AM EST
    1. Requires waaaay more personal drive than I have. If there were some way to magic me up a doctorate then sure.

    2. I'm not... I'm not even touching this one.

    3. I already have this job. I don't even get paid for it and I have it. If this was the only aspect of my job then sure.

    4. This sounds about the right level of ambition I have, but I'd probably have to use an electronic keyboard or something because my guitar skills are rather lacking. "Hey.. would you like to hear Secret Agent Man again? Or maybe Bombtrack by Rage? Oooor... a Smashing Pumpkins tune? Yeah.. those are the only 3 I know."

    4 (part deux). Heh.. I'm getting too old for this. I catch on to new stuff now but most of the stuff that's coming up utterly repulses me. Damn kids.. get off my lawn. Secondly, Music Criticism itself is just so sad and empty. All hangin' around backstage trying to bum free beer off of the bass player who will give it to you because no one gives a shit about the bass player.

    5. I toyed with the idea of being a chef, but it suffers from the problem that all the other things I like to do have: I like to do them as an experience in learning and because I have a rudimentary knack for them. Can I translate this into the drive to actually.. you know.. run a restaurant? Seeing as how I have trouble getting the drive together to do my laundry this is probably not the case.

    So again, Village Idiot is sounding pretty good right about now. Or vagrant found in an alley half-eaten by stray cats.


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    Options by superdiva (4.00 / 1) #23 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 11:29:43 AM EST
    1.  I think you just want to have your head bashed in, and I don't think your death wish should be granted that easily.  (Yeah, I know I said I'd do it; I changed my mind.)

    1. Define "touching".
    2. Quit. Then they'll be forced to hire you back after all the women in the office turn magically turn into Star Jones a week after you leave.
    4a. Well, okay, then.  Pee on the street corner regularly, and I think you can buy that Yamaha keyboard easy.

    4b. Oh. I thought being a real music critic entailed saying everyone's music is crap which I think you just did.   Nevermind.

    5. Would the idea of being a chef appeal more to you if you had the chance to poison the chicken nuggets in a school cafeteria?

    6. New Option - Go Live with Terpy

    I think you can do all of the previous list if you  move back to Oregon:

    #1, #4a will be required since Terpy would benefit from your taste in music and writing.  Terpy will most likely want you to cook for him so that takes care of #5.  #2 and #3 will be taken care of because Terpy probably knows a lot of frustrated women you can flirt with them, and if you don't want to touch them ask them to put on a blindfold and use a John Holmes special edition dildo.  #4a will happen when one of Terpy's roommates tries to rape you and you have to flee to the streets for safety.  Passersby will interpret your pleas for help as the next new age in blues music, a record exec will pick you up off the street, cut a record, and give you .2333% of all sales.

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    For we are many....
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    Heh... by MisterQueue (4.00 / 1) #27 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 12:28:55 PM EST
    mostly you just want more Terpy and Me adventures I'm certain. However, last I heard that boy moved further into the House + Girl + White Picket Fence area that is his ultimate destiny and lawd knows he doesn't need me around fucking it up/giving him shit about it.


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    Let the Golden Age... by superdiva (4.00 / 2) #29 Sat Jul 22, 2006 at 01:25:51 PM EST
    mostly you just want more Terpy and Me adventures I'm certain.

    Hey, if you're implying that I get perverse pleasure reading about your emotional distress under certain situations...maybe.  Or maybe I just like my Gay Erotica written with subtlety and a dry humour.

    However, last I heard that boy moved further into the House + Girl + White Picket Fence area that is his ultimate destiny and lawd knows he doesn't need me around fucking it up/giving him shit about it.

    Oh, now I'm just going to go somewhere and cry copious tears.

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    For we are many....
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