Well, I’ve been back in my default country for a bit over six months now. I can’t deny that it burns a little bit; I was hopeful things would coalesce a little more smoothly. According to the formula I’ve devised over the past few years, six months is near the long end of how long I can take before I feel like renouncing my citizenship and one-waying it anywhere else in search of a moderately more meaningful life experience (in my own estimation). I have, however, been fortunate enough to take some roadtrips through Texas to slice up my time and keep from going crazier. Texas is a huge state and even though it may not sound exotic, there is an amazing amount of natural beauty and other things to see and do. Since being back I’ve gone to Austin…
Tag: jobs
how to not inspire people: job ads
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• •resignation letters
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• •job meaningfulness update
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• •Jobs…so what is a job really? You know that time you were born and then eventually experienced consciousness as a little kid, the first moment at the kitchen table thinking, “hey, I am Brian; I am this person,” while touching your hand to your nose. Burning yourself on the stove, crawling around on the floor, feeling the carpet beneath you. Feeling the linoleum beneath you when you get in the kitchen. Sitting on the stairs.…
another successful failure
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• •So, just for a joke, I’ve been trying to live like an adult lately. Since my lack of experience has so far prevented me from getting work in an adult industry I decided I’d do the next best thing—I’d just pursue an internship and get fucked for free. Yep, I resorted to the kind of thing I should’ve done when I was in college, when instead of being responsible, I was partying all the time…
explorer syndrome
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• •I’m sitting in a coffee shop in Austin staring out the window, watching an overweight woman dance at a bus stop across the street. She is probably mentally free. I came to Austin to take a break from searching for jobs in DFW. I like not really knowing my way around here; there’s something liberating about it. Not so much here as in other, larger cities I’ve been in, but there is a feeling of…