Whenever people ask me what kind of Pay I make at Tangent Artists I say "Oh we're a non-profit organization. This is technically a lie, or at least a malopropism. I don't mean that we give all our profits to a charity, I mean WE MAKE NO PROFITS. Its hard too, because despite how much time I've invested in the project I feel like no one takes me seriously.
My Dad says that anything you invest this much time in and make no money on is a "Hobby." I want to make a scathing comeback, but I don't cause he's my Dad. When you have no place to live and are living off relatives' good graces you aren't allowed to stand up for yourself anymore. You just nod and walk away.
Speaking of which, I'm moving back to my Mother's house this weekend. Not that I don't love the Mariers, but frankly there's no room for our stuff here. That and I miss my Mom and brothers. However I can sympathize with Joe now on how awkward it is to live with your in-laws. I never realized. HOPEFULLY we'll get that furnished basement in Fall, but there's a 50-50 chance it'll all come to nothing.
Joe was cruising the company website and found there was an opening for an HR manger in a CSC branch in Australia. he brought it up tentatively and did not expect me to say, "Heck YEAH, I'd be down with that!" The job is a little out of his experience range though, so we probably won't. But now he knows. I always loved living abroad. I loved the experience so much.
I'm beginning to face the fact that we can't afford to live in the DC metor area, but when it comes right down to it I'd rather make a big leap than a little one. I'd rather jump to Australia and have a real adventure, than move to ohhh, say Tennesee or Iowa and be a malcontent. (I don't have anything against those states I'm just giving an example.) Big change is always easier for me to adjust to than little change.
Either way I hate, hate, HATE moving. Not the going, just the process of dumping crap in boxes and cleaning up to get your deposit back. HELL for me would be a ScanTron fill-in-the-bubble test, and moving.
Well now I have to go to my meeting and pray to God its not cancelled due to lack of interest again.
~Mojo
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