i love books (or used to?) but i couldn't work in a library because i hate paperwork, sorting, files, etc.

as for the hostess job, it's just a job-- do it the best you can and use it as a springboard to find something more fitting-- even within the same restaurant if need be. maybe start covering for someone whose job you'd like to do?

the other thing about that infographic-- some people are a mix. e.g. you can be artistic/builder or thinker/creative or etc.

but anyway, if all fails/it's ADHD, start your work shift with a big cup of coffee. it helps with focus. no need to truck with ritalin and shit like that.

i can't do repetitive work. gives me a massive headache. something like cleaning shrimp or peeling potatoes makes my head explode-- but give me a puzzle/math problem/ mystery to solve, and i giggle with fun.

basically as front people we do all the jobs- cashiering/running food/behind counter stuff. so unfortunately unless i wanted to start making sushi, which i don't, i'm stuck.

i down about a solid 500 mg of caffeine a day. i wish it helped more. repetitive anything drives me absolutely bonkers- and i did band for all those years. but i got something fulfilling out of it.

oh, i love puns, i'm re-reading the horse puns up thread from gkmu. tee hee.

it can help more if you time it better.

1) don't start the day with a cup, but wait until after you eat because before that your cortisol is already up and rising. if you start on coffee then it will have less effect and you'll need more later.

2) caffeine takes a full hour to go into full effect so time it before your task.

random thought: have you thought of teaching ESL?

one of my best friends is getting her TOEFL licensing right now so she can go teach english in korea. i have. just need a degree and licensing.

i'll try that. i get a headache fast in the morning, though.

i know these fucked studies change like a vane in a tornado but here's the latest one (supposedly)

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...-10291621.html

as for the teaching, no need to go that far-- there are many immigrants in florida who want to learn the language. so there's a demand. maybe you don't have the credentials to teach but maybe you can tutor. i mean-- you're crazy about language. so that's probably a better entry level job for your "industry"--at least you deal in language somehow, and that love shows through, you have a natural aptitude, etc.

just a random idea. could be a million different things-- you don't need a degree to write copy

hm. i'm a little afraid to mess with whatever calibration of caffeine consumption i've achieved lately, but might try.

if i were still in miami i'd definitely have a calling doing tutoring. not that many up here, and i'm out-credentialed because of the university right here. but i've thought about that too. time for the ever-present crushing self-doubt to rear it's head. blah. how does one get into writing copy?

for a copywriter? read some marketese books/websites/magazines. start with any opportunity you can find, build a network of clients and a portfolio. make yourself a nice website that proves what you claim-- you can get hosting for $3/mo these days. have problems with your name? use a pen name, then get an EIN with that name (sole proprietor, "DBA"). you can even start for free. hey, you can even start with your current employer. no business owner gives a shit about where a freelancer went to school. all they care is that you can do the job and have good samples/references. i've never got a freelancer job by sending my resume to anyone. connections/work samples/a record, not diplomas.

not saying quit studying, but if you're studying mass communications this is right in your line of study-- i mean, you have experience doing this shit since you were a kid, in a way-- weren't you in some kind of "street team" or something? best to get practice in what you're learning than in a totally different industry. hey, maybe a professor can connect you/refer you. or connect with a graphic designer who needs a writer.

write some promo materials for your jefe! or some other small business around. maybe your tattoo shop or some other place. start cheap until you get good, then charge the big bucks.

eta: http://www.theguardian.com/careers/b...riter-top-tips

you seem to know sports...

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saturday there's work so i'm taking today day off. woohoo!

Hardly irrelevant but I'm "meh" these days about starting new threads. RIP Ornette Coleman. Another great jazz musician gone. Sad. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/12/ar...-obituary.html

One of my faves. I will spin the 7-8 albums I own of his tonight and get wasted and explore the mindway.....

Cool. I don't have that many. I'll spin Free Jazz and The Shape of Jazz to Come.

Which of his LPs are your favorites, Rob?

I like Science Fiction, and Change of the Century best, b ut I dig most of it

oh! and THIS IS OUR MUSIC. awesome LP

aw man

and dusty rhodes (sigh, dated a dude super into wrestling; otherwise i'd really have no idea who he is) died too. and christopher lee... the rule of three still going strong, i see.

!@#$%!- well, shit. i'm going to sit down and take a look at all this my next string of days off.

what happened?

seriously?!

Too much botox, callagen, and other injectible fillers?

Wandered around LA Plaze and Grand Park today.. everytime i come here there is a new exhibit somewhere on some really cool LA history. Today found three.. checked out one of LA oldest houses "Adobe House" which is furnished with period pieces from early 19th century LA.. sublime for a history nerd like me, i was totally enthralled. Then found an exhibit on Chicano activists with a really kick ass section on the real Dr Gonzo who is one of my favorite people from the 60s.. lastly found an even better detailed exhibit on LA history includkng mock set ups of early 20th century LA downtown shops and stores with shitload of pics from 19th and early 20th century. I LOVED it like a little kid, im still grinning in awe on the metro heading home

Nice, SFAD. That is why I am so looking forward to getting off the prairie and moving to the city. Three more weeks. Three more lonnggg weeks.

Don't come here unless you plan on staying forever. No one ever escapes LA yo..

I heard a biologist use a term last week. She was talking about ornate box turtles and how, if you move them, they struggle to get back to where they were born. She said that they have "extreme site fidelity."

So do I.

I feel like I've spent the last 8 years trying to get back to the place I left. It's also my hometown. I'm an ornate box turtle.

I wanted to leave LA (my hometown) for years but in that same time ive built so many connections and relationships while making myself at home at every nook and cranny that i jist cant see myself leaving. Its not just cuz i grew up here, i actually have gotten around town sso much more as an adult and become integrated so much in the community that i MADE LA my home the way you would when you move to a new city

In other unrelated and even trashier news: Teenage girl reportedly abducted but she's probably just out joyriding with her punk-ass boyfriend(s)

Dig the trashy photos of this girl on her mom's Help Find My Baby facebook page.

In other unrelated and even trashier news: Teenage girl reportedly abducted but she's probably just out joyriding with her punk-ass boyfriend(s)

Dig the trashy photos of this girl on her mom's Help Find My Baby facebook page.

that's so sad

i'd be more than happy if i only ever returned to daytona to see my family/friends. i need more stimulation than it can provide.

In many ways. I see a lot of this around here. Rural kids trying to be urban hip. Guys getting into quick money making gigs, like drug dealing, buying flashy material things, never going to school. A kind of nouveau trash class.

yeah, a lot of that here. a few friends moved back for decent jobs, but all health/nursing type stuff.

Ha ha! I almost missed that one. You are quite subtle in your critiques. Drug dealing : health care industry. I get it. Nice jab.

one's a radiology assistant with a killer weed business, not really sure why he even has a full time gig but i appreciate his hustle.

had no appetite for three-four days, waking up with a stomach that feels like it's swimming but no real push to eat is killing me

Is weed legal yet in California?

i'm not sure. i know there are medical cards.

I'm just in from doing some yard work and straightening up before the hellacious rains start later today......right now it's all breezy and smells like the beach outside.

i'm not a beach-goer but i love that smell. i love the smell of salt hanging in the air. it's relaxing.

really neither here nor there, but i finally- finally- am trying out a small dose of ritalin daily, just in the morning about an hour after i eat, and holy shit... this is what being a normal fucking person feels like. sat down, made my daily to do list, did it, etc. not hearing that stupid nagging self-doubter in my head. fuck, man.

Oh, yeah, the self-doubter is the worst. I hear it, not all the time, but a lot, myself. Where does that voice come from? Oddly enough, in my old age, I think it comes from feeling inferior, professionally, compared to some of the people I work with, who are both younger, and thereby "hipper" to the new things in communications, and also more confident because they work with a team (I am a one-man team in my office).

I wish you luck with the ritalin.

Question: Would you get this reference, if a coworker stepped into your office from the rain outside? "Wet out there tonight... . Wet out there tonight!"

glengarry glen ross? i didn't google

thanks!

i hate working in a team- i'd rather do stuff alone. i'm not good at delegating things either. not a "i'm better", just i would rather know that everything is done and done right because i've gone over it. and i can empathize- but there's nothing they know that it's not too late to pick up on or be able to approach in a way that having the wisdom of age comes with. (not calling you old, haha.)

Same here. But, in our office situation, it sets me up for some bad things. I can't produce the kinds of things my colleagues can, in the office we're partners with, because I have to do it all--they specialize. For example, they have writers and editors, people who write the stories and others who dream up the story ideas, assign, edit, etc. I have to do both. In a way, it's easier, but in a way, I feel like it's tougher because I have to do more, I have to worry about it all, whereas my partners only have to worry about their small part of the puzzle. So, they can go, "Look at everything our office produced. What did you do?", and I feel, well, inferior, because my output isn't as big or interesting.

ha ha ha-- nobody is normal! only statistics. don't compare yourself to myths.

but i'm glad to hear that thing helps your focus. that's important.