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well Bomb at least thats a nice view. can you give as a how to on making puppets out of lunch bags.

Quote from Sammy on September 10, 2012, 08:35

Quote from Michael Williamson on September 10, 2012, 00:12
I work for the Chicago Parks District with special needs kids (I actually enjoy them, though, unlike Kristen in Boston). I essentially teach special needs kids how to play sports and goddamn if I don't love it. Those kids are the best.

Actually, the Chicago Public School teachers just decided to go on strike and my park is a contingency site for Special Ed programs, which means I'll be working 5 13-hour days a week until the teachers are back in the classroom. So, essentially, life will be super hectic for a while starting tomorrow.

Wow, you sound amazing. I'm glad you found a job that you love that also really helps people. Good luck with the extra hours!

Thank you very, very much!! While I do like to think I'm amazing, I don't know how much my job really has to do with that. I honestly do love those kids, so that makes it pretty easy for me to do, in all honesty.

And the extra hours started today! Shit's already hectic, but I'mma get through it!

I just finished up an internship where I was essentially working as a floor director at a local news station in Houston. I also just finished college. But now I'm just working as a waitress at a dinner movie theatre, but I guess I should be getting a big girl job instead of picking hot wing bones out of polyester carpet late into the night. I did two internships in NYC last fall-- a news show and a documentary production company. And while I do want to work in film or television production, I'd rather work on something more creative-leaning than what I've done. Currently trying to move back to New York within the year and get a production assistant job or something along those lines.

I'm trying to be a full time textile conservator, but happily settling for part time work with a museum and a textile lab. I get to stabilize old textiles and clothing so that they exist for longer and can be better displayed, so some cleaning, some stitching, lots of vacuuming. Pretty much the weirder the stain the happier I am; I got to work on a huge rug that was covered in old dog pee and it was the best time. I'm also trying to figure out how to get shellac out of a rug. It's really satisfying being able to work with my hands and preserve history for even just a little big longer.

Quote from loserqueen on September 13, 2012, 16:39

Quote from JonesTown on September 13, 2012, 15:50
I'm trying to be a full time textile conservator, but happily settling for part time work with a museum and a textile lab. I get to stabilize old textiles and clothing so that they exist for longer and can be better displayed, so some cleaning, some stitching, lots of vacuuming. Pretty much the weirder the stain the happier I am; I got to work on a huge rug that was covered in old dog pee and it was the best time. I'm also trying to figure out how to get shellac out of a rug. It's really satisfying being able to work with my hands and preserve history for even just a little big longer.

This is one of the coolest jobs I've ever heard of. I love that there are so many jobs out there we would never even think might exist, but are actually really neat.

That definitely wins the Job I Never Expected Prize.