Friday, June 22, 2012

Career Pros and Cons

With my pending joblessness (this will not become an unemployment blog, I assure you) I find myself lamenting my constant state of employment flux. It's time to reassess. Time to regroup.
Now, I'm an insecure mental child who needs the approval of an employer and when I screw something up/crap up life, I need the paycheck to act as the parental approval/dad that talks to the neighborhood bully. The only problem with that metaphor is that, if employers are my parental figure, I'm the orphan tossed from foster home to foster home (this is a function of circumstance, not that I'm a bad employee, I'm actually quite good. Good for morale too...OH GOD, PLEASE HIRE ME!).

Hence, it's time to stop job-hopping and focus on a career. But that's a lot of pressure. Rather than fall into something, I've decided to assess my options. Here are but a few:

Circus Geek
Main duties: Bite heads off animals or display some sort of freakish quality.
Qualifications: Dude, check out my feet.
Pros: See the world! Easy access to meth, general oddity, low general expenses.
Con: Easy access to meth, life is sad when the oddity becomes mundane, no retirement plan, tiger piss (I heard that everyone who works near a tiger has been urinated upon, it's the tiger's only defense mechanism and aggressive act when confined. Remember that next time you go to the circus.).
Wait a second, I'm the only one authorized to do food/animal hybrids! Sue! On the other hand, if I can commission that artist, all is forgiven. Source.

Writer
Main duties: Write stuff.
Qualifications: I write stuff.
Pros: Writing stuff.
Cons: People get paid for this nonsense?!? No patience for a full book, I hate editing, and tiger piss (seriously, have you tried to write a book? It happens around chapter 8, you're typing and out of nowhere, BOOM! Tiger wee.).

Marine Biologist
Main duties: Not sure. Poke fish? Super-hug cephalopods?
Qualifications: A deep, abiding love of tentacled creatures and a healthy fear of all else. Oh, and curiosity of what happens to whale poo.
Pros: Every day is a beach day.
Cons: I might encounter dolphins...rapey, rapey dolphins.

Firefighter
Nope, nevermind, I'm an unrepentant coward, move on.


Nurse
Main duties: Clean wounds and bedpans.
Qualifications: A mountain of anatomy and poo jokes. Uh, I know what Frontotemporal Dementia is? I have an encyclopedic knowledge of anuses?
Pros: Save lives. Serve the greater good.
Cons: Anuses and all that come with 'em.


Professional Muse
Main duties: Sit around creative types and explore whimsy.
Qualifications: If you've read any of my inane/insane scribblings, you know I'm filled with a general madness that translates well to muse-iness. 
Pros: Whole lotta do nothing, getting paid to think about that which lacks consequence, inspiration for greatness.
Cons: Not actually achieving or creating anything myself, getting frustrated when the "artist" screws up my "vision," you probably have to have sex with someone in order to get 2% of the pay the writer gets. 


Speaking of which...


Hooker
Main duties: Hang out on your back and pretend to be somewhere else, constant mouth rinsing.
Qualifications: Lots of mental practice getting screwed daily in inventive emotional positions
Pros: Helping my fellow man, high pay, make my own hours, possibly meet famous people like Snoop Dogg and probably 70% of any country's legislature.
Cons: I'm the type of person who would have to pay for sex...just kidding, I'm f***ing gorgeous. It's a parade of skeezy guys and you KNOW they don't shower up first. It's hard to explain this as a dedicated income source to a loan officer or on a tax form.
Source

Your career suggestions are welcomed.

33 comments:

  1. I think if you want to become a hooker you should move. There are some places where it is a viable career. You could always become a stripper, just call yourself a "dancer".

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  2. Gold digger is always a viable option. Just make sure the old geezer changes the will before he goes to the great beyond and leaves you everything. Of course the hazard is always his jealous offspring. Those bitches always want what is rightfully theirs.

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  3. I'm pretty sure dolphins haven't figured out zippers or buttons yet, so if you did go with marine biologist then all you'd need to do is wear your wet suit all the time. Totally stump those dolphins.

    I'm surprised you went right to hooking without a stop over in phone entertainment. I thought about it way back when I was first unemployed, but I gave it up when I "practiced" with my husband and couldn't say anything without one of us busting into floor rolling laughter!

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  4. Reality tv star. Think about it.

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  5. You should be a brain surgeon, or a CEO, or a professional athlete. I hear those pay pretty good.

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  6. Can't you just make a living off of being a Pickleope? Surely your briny excretions are highly prized amongst tinned food conglomerates.

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  7. I don't have any suggestions, but as someone who has been unemployed for almost 2 months, I'll steal-I mean-borrow a few of yours.

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  8. Mmmm, if you became a prostitue you could then write a book about it and with the money earned from the book study to become a marine biologist, then become a dolphin prostitue!

    Or just become a full time blogger! Theres money in blogging right?

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  9. My friend is a marine biologist. I think the biggest con is, "Take down your wet suit and take a shit off the side of a boat." They are in the ocean all day in a boat with no bathroom. Seriously, what the eff bomb?

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    1. Really? That's a thing they do? And do what, let the waves act as nature's bidet? This has messed with my head. I'm never shaking hands with a marine biologist or an Alaskan crab guy or just to be safe, a surfer.

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    2. I never asked her about the buttwipe factor. I'm going to email her now to ask! I'll blame you!

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  10. You could do experimental drug testing. They're always looking for new guinea pigs, er, I mean test subjects.

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    1. Haven, I did that once. I was not the best experience, to be sure. The details are foggy, but I do remember escaping from my cage and seeing a sign on the front of the building that spelled, N.I.M.H. Sorry Pickle. I like Haven Sith, she's a hoot.

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  11. This was brilliant. Loved this post.
    Psychoanalysis:
    Symptoms:

    Obessed too much with scat. Hates kids. Hates cute animals. Expertise in foul language.
    Diagnosis:
    You are a Charlie Sheen fan, he claims to have tigerblood. You claim that you have had several ablushions in Tiger piss. I know for sure Charlie Sheen is not a tiger.
    Your career options are good and based on qualifications we could create jobs for you.


    Writer : Co-author, co-writer of Urban dictionary
    Marine Biologist: Fish pedicure, Shark massage, Walrus humping
    Firefighter: We could deploy you in Antartica or assign you to bring ice from Alaska to Colorado.
    Professional muse: Job as "news writer" instead of news reader for NBC, Fox news or maybe Huffington post, they dont need facts, they need brain farters.
    Hooker: Yep, monday mid afternoon shift
    Nurse: Instead of flight cabin instructor you could do same for patients but not for seat belts maybe for diapers and bedpans.

    But hospitals mayhave to go for restricted access for all restrooms.

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    1. I wouldn't say I'm "obsessed" with scat. Persistently amused by it, sure, but not obsessed.
      Walrus humping? Can I get paid for that? And awwwww, Monday mid-afternoon hooker shift made me laugh-cry.

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  12. First, I would much rather use "pending employment" instead of "unemployed" as currently, I am pending employment. Being employment pending today is somewhat commonplace and rolls off of the tongue a bit easier. Being "unemployed" has a negative connotation attached. If you do, however, choose to pursue a career in hookering, move to Indiana. I shower and receive a pending employment check weekly. Until November anyway. Tootles.

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  13. So many options. Knowing your fear of dolphin (re?)raping I was surprised to see marine biologist make the list.

    I've offered to let you be my nanny/life coach - sure there's a likelyhood that I couldn't actually pay you, but the perks of taking care of my crazy ass 24/7 are compensation enough. Plus, I think you could really warp my kids' minds in a really super special way.

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    1. I love cephalopods (octopi, squid, nautilus, etc.) but fear the dolphin. It's a conundrum.
      And yeah, I could really make them unique snowflakes, but to do it for free? This aint no charity...well, it is non-profit.

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  14. Those circus geek posters are absolutely fantastic and I need them in my house immediately. The whole marine biologist thing reminds me of that episode of Seinfeld. Hi-larious! If you decide on nurse, don't forget the Home Sense Butt Wipes for clean booty holes! Bahahaha!

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  15. What about the audio porn? They reached out to you, there must be a market out there somewhere?

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  16. Without question, you want to be Prince Philip's Personal Assistant. That man is insane, I'm sure it'd be a great source of inspiration for future blog posts!

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  17. You will not join a circus, unless you want to meet me in person. You will find that I protest the circus when it comes into town. It's just me, my bottle of carrot juice, and a poster I work very hard on. I draw things on it with crayons. Things that look like nothing, but are meant to be animals. It gets very lonely, and people scream at me. I am sure it's just words of encouragement and support.

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  18. Darling you know you are already my Muse, I just cant afford to pay you until I become hugely famous.

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  19. I say become a carnie. Those people are the shit. Except for the creep that runs the ferris wheel and laughs gleefully as he stops the chick who OBVIOUSLY has a fear of heights and has been BEGGING him to stop the fucking ride every time she passes him at the bottom but he's all "WHAT?!? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!! STOP YOU AT THE TOP?!" And then he leaves you up there crying and afraid to move for 20 minutes until you pee yourself out of pure terror. Then you have to leave because your pants are wet and your smell like a hobo. And when you get home, you remember you didn't get any fucking funnel cake... Hypothetically speaking of course.

    THAT guy is a douchenugget and MUST. BE. STOPPED.

    You could do a lot of good eliminating him from existence. Think about it.

    Hugs!

    Valerie

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    1. I don't think people manufacture enough booze to keep me content as a carnie. Also, I have an aversion to child molesters and molestation, and that seems to be a pre-requisite of working at a carnival.

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    2. That's the same way I feel about clowns.

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  20. Well, you could be a zoo keeper. Apparently one of the perks is you get to lick a monkey's butt in order to get him to poop.

    http://now.msn.com/now/0503-licking-monkey-butt.aspx

    I mean, who wouldn't want THAT position?

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    1. Thank you. Thank you. A hundred thank yous for sharing that. Absolutely incredible article.
      He tossed that monkey's salad for an HOUR!
      This may have to be a post I'm so engrossed in this guy's story.

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    2. It's all kinds of awesome, isn't it? My question is...did he really HAVE to lick that monkey's butt? Wasn't there some other way? A wet cloth? A cue tip? Come on!

      I look forward to reading your post on it :)

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  21. I vote for write or circus geek...pretty much the same thing.

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  22. I was going to suggest a job and then I read about the butt licker.

    Yeah, nothing I say is going to beat that.

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  23. Blue circus geek meets green circus geek.... Sounds like a hit to me. So what do you say?

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