Indeed,
I have not given up, mes amis! I have simply spent the last few days
writing creative copy for women’s clothing. While not exactly the same
as writing for myself, at least I have still been writing. I wrote a
post, or most of one, but decided it had too many critiques of corporate
practices to actually post.
Speaking
of corporate practices, I have interviews for my new position on
Friday. My interviews are with the manager whose response to my
expression of interest a month ago was, “Can you start tomorrow?”; with
the two web copywriters, one who runs the theatre company that has
produced the last two plays I have been in as well as the one I am in
now while the other runs the website and facebook for the same; and
finally, a Japanese woman in our web department whose position I am
uncertain of. I saw her today and she asked me, “Do I have an interview
with you on Friday?” I responded, “Yes.” “What for?” “I applied for one
of the web copywriter’s positions.” “Oh.” “We’ll just hang out for half
an hour.” “Ok, we can go down to the café.”
While I am still going to dress to the occasion, (one rule here, don’t
wear a suit to your interviews), I am totally unconcerned about the
results. Even if the unlikely worst case scenario happens, life goes on.
As things stand, however, I don’t know how it could go wrong. I am
already doing the work, to “help out” and “for training”. Not to mention
I will have completed an assignment I had a month to do in a week. I am
actually goofing off as much as I can convince myself too; the work is
getting done too fast and I don’t want to be left back where I started,
reading books to make the day go by.
It
turns out, as much as I am not a fan of the world of currency, I could
really use the improvement in salary. Considering my lifestyle, it would
make a big difference. Currently I spend about one paycheck a month on
student loans, pay rent and bills. Somehow I still manage to live fairly
comfortably on what’s left over. To be fair, I make a little extra on
the side teaching dance classes, but this month that’s only been $6-$12
once a week plus $40 a month for private lessons. Over the winter it was
more like $24 once a week. Worth it either way. I don’t do it for the
money, but I do appreciate the little boost it gives to the rougher
financial moments.
Once
I am out of debt, I am going to fairly sail through life. Literally and
figuratively, though I don’t intend to wait until I am debt free to buy
my sailboat. Once I find a reasonably priced Hobie 16’ and I can afford
one, I am buying it. Then I am going to strap a tent, cooler, backpack
and someday a girlfriend to the tarp and disappear on the weekends. When
that becomes reality instead of just a dream, I will probably pick up a
waterproof backpack, too. It is only practical, after all. Alright,
alright, I won’t actually strap a woman to the tarp. I will find someone
I can coerce into getting on the boat willingly. ;)
A
Hobie 16’, if you are one of the many people who don’t know
sailboats, is a 16 foot catamaran. The hull consists of two pontoons and
the sailors sit on a tarp, much like that of a trampoline, stretch
across a metal frame. A Hobie cat has both a jib, the smaller sail in
front, and a main sail. In my experience with them, they sail easily
even in a light breeze. One of the downsides of a Hobie is that in a
strong wind you might have to hike out over the water to keep the boat
from tipping over. This is why I am strapping things to the boat. Just
in case.
In
the meantime, my life mostly consists of keeping myself fed and read.
Acting, it turns out, is an extremely cheap and time consuming hobby, as
is playing guitar and writing songs. I haven’t spent any serious time
playing video games since I beat Mass Effect 3. Between acting, writing,
swimming, playing Dungeons and Dragons and everything else I have been
doing, I haven’t had much interest in spending time with them. I’m sure
something new will come out and suck me in, but I can’t think of
anything right now. Which reminds me, I need to cancel my Star Wars: Old
Republic account. That is $15 a month I don’t need to be spending.
Life.
The simpler, the better. Credit cards? Don’t need or want them. Huge
television and fancy speakers? Don’t need or want them. Smart phones?
Don’t need or want one until it can replace my unlimited cable internet
completely. Coffee, wine, beer, books, friends, dancing? Any time.
I wouldn’t say no to a little more intimacy in my life. In the meantime, life is pretty good. It is only going to get better.
And a thousand-ish words, goodnight.
-m0rg4n
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