I've been busy lately, with work and school. I'm starting to feel like I'm going to graduate and get stuck in a service job, or something. "Maybe if I move to New York," I think to myself in moments of insanity. I'd hate New York. I'd hate California. I could move to Florida, but what with all the hurricanes, man-eating alligators, and torrential flooding, I'd be dead within a year. The rest of the states are no different than Michigan. Trust me, I took a geography class once, and I didn't fail it. I know these things. So I'll probably stay in Michigan.
So I got on myspace, and searched my hometown, and quite a few people came up. I recognized a few of them (one of them is a co-worker). I almost signed up out of boredom, before realizing I already did that about 3 months ago, and haven't got back on since. It takes too much effort... or something.
It looks like I'm going to continue working at the Fitness Center for another semester, at least. There is something about that place that I just... hate. My boss(es) are great guys, my co-worker (yeah, there's only one) is cool (which is refreshing, considering the bunch of yahoos we've had in this place before her), but I feel like I'm getting more idiotic by the day as people come up and talk to me about the stupidest things, and I feign interest when I really just want to say, "Shut up. Shut up. For all that is good in this world, please shut up," in a deadpan voice. That would probably get me fired.
Also, there's no place for advancement here. Not that I'd want to make it a career, but it's my boss, my other boss, and then me. The bosses are co-owners. I feel a need to be in a position of authority, because when you're the low man on the totem pole, being glib, being sarcastic, and being cynical is dangerous stuff. Authority allows for familiarity and for comfort, because the only person responsible is you. If I tick someone off right now, it goes back to my boss. I feel like I'm being repressed. And now the obligatory follow-up: Ekke, Ekke, Ekke, Ekke, Ptang, Zoo boing!
I kind of want to quit, but my boss has been tremendously loyal to me over the years (I think we've had 12 other employees come and go in the four years we've been open, and I worked the first day the place opened). They work around my school schedule, and been flexibile when there were problems. He needs me to stick around for another six months, so I probably will. Also, there aren't a lot of opportunities for work around here.
But after I graduate, I have to get out of here. It's a little scary, since I have no idea where to go to find a better job that I will like. I mean, i like writing, and a job that will require me to write opinion pieces, short stories, or plays is probably non-existant. I'll probably end up working some job i hate while trying to write a play on the side. After it's done, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. Anyone know how you go about getting your play published?
A place where I can come to write when I don't have any stories on my mind. A place to connect with family and friends. A place for cashews.
About Me
- michael
- I have an ego the size of Montana, but I'm pretty good at hiding it. Sarcasm and humor are important to me. Also, cashews.
2 comments:
You can always come live in Florida. No hurricanes this year and I think we have the Gator problem under control, for now...
Seriously, come visit.
Hmm...getting plays published is rather difficult, unless you get a name for yourself in some other field. You're very good at being witty, and very well versed politically. You could almost right a political satire column, which would be done on the side and sent to a ton of newspapers and/or publications which would be an easy way to get a first publish. Granted, you wouldn't make much off the bat, but you get your name out there, and there's a good chance someone will pick up your column--even locally. It's a thought, anyways. I understand your job concerns. I think you are right in sticking with them for another six months though. If he has been that loyal and flexible, it would be a good idea (especially if jobs are hard to come by around where you are, which I've heard they are). Another thought is to go into the theatre/television business by another route first (stage manager or some such thing) to gain contacts. The only problem there is that that is almost as hard to do as just trying to get your playes published, and you also have to hang around those creepy people who like to call themselves "thespians." I know they're creepy because I kind of am one. In any case.....I hope you find a way in. your stuff is certainly good enough to be published. And it's a heck of a lot better than anything else out there right now. Thanks for another great blogpost.
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