Whenever I'm out of work and disgruntled about being asked what I do, I usually reply brightly, "I'm unemployed! Thanks for asking."
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
Natter 32 Flavors and Then Some
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Jan 27, 2005 11:02:38 am PST #1486 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Jessica - Jan 27, 2005 11:03:40 am PST #1487 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Aaaaaaaand, I just realized that I took the wrong quiz. I took "Identify This." No wonder my results didn't make any sense!
Scrappy - Jan 27, 2005 11:05:40 am PST #1488 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
If I say what I actually DO every day and get a paycheck for, "I'm business manager in a small business." I think it makes me sound like an office person, which I feel I am not. But I fear that's just my horrible inner boho snob talking.
Nutty - Jan 27, 2005 11:07:02 am PST #1489 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I couldn't make heads or tails of "Identify This". I knew what a Beemer was, but couldn't figure out how to tell the game that.
I mean, the guy literally designs the entire damn Wrestlemania show--sets, lights, pyro, screens--which is a feat that would win him an award for another gig.
I think that the VMAs and Golden Globes need more pyro. That is the magical thing they have been lacking.
juliana - Jan 27, 2005 11:07:15 am PST #1490 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
If I say what I actually DO every day and get a paycheck for, "I'm business manager in a small business." I think it makes me sound like an office person, which I feel I am not. But I fear that's just my horrible inner boho snob talking.
Let your inner boho snob run free! When I'm asked the "what do you do" question, I ask them if they mean my career or how I support myself. It either amuses or confuses them.
Maria - Jan 27, 2005 11:07:24 am PST #1491 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Kristin, the important people know how hard your DH works and how damn good he is, and that's all that matters.
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2005 11:09:06 am PST #1492 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
When I was unemployed, I had just moved to LA. That had all its own cachet right there.
I loved that second screen of the second game, because I think I only knew what one of the answers was. I guessed pretty well, but still. The other two quizzes pegged me as new money verging on old, which cracks my ass up. But I'm the product of two class systems that are related to each other more than they're related to the class system of where I'm actually trying to live.
Now I think I'm going to obsess over profiling my neighbourhoods (old and new).
So far, I am a Urban Achiever/Young Digerati hybrid, living in a neighbourhood also featuring American Dreams, Bohemian Mix and Money and Brains.
Jessica - Jan 27, 2005 11:09:29 am PST #1493 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, the quiz says I'm Nouveau Riche, but confusing. I can live with that.
Pix - Jan 27, 2005 11:10:58 am PST #1494 of 10002
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Oh Maria, it doesn't really bother me. We joke about it constantly ("Yep, my job is lame. I'm just going to sit here in my beautiful house and think about how lame it is.")
I just thought it was a good example of the class dichotemy since he straddles such a stange line. He's got the whole shiny television/celebrity status points but then loses them because of the "low class-ness" of the actual show.
sarameg - Jan 27, 2005 11:11:22 am PST #1495 of 10002
Chintz vs. Shag said I was ecclectic and made it nervous and would I please take the test again.
Me too.
I never know what to say to "what do you do" for work because the job title really is weird and describes nothing and there aren't really industry (and I'm not even in industry!) terms for my mishmash. So I say customer support, even though that's only 50% and even so, it is more complex than that.
What I actually do requires a paragraph. Or a bullet list.
Or I just say I'm a glorified peon in pseudo- academia.