posted by dave on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 3:03 AM in category work

When I told RockGirl that I'd gotten a permanent job offer today, and that I'd accepted it, she replied with, "Yay, I guess."

By the way, I italicized that word above because, as I learned a little over a year ago, permanent doesn't really mean what people think it means.

Anyway, I knew exactly what RockGirl meant.

After exhaustive research, I have determined that money is a good thing to have. But, another thing that's good to have is tons of freedom.

Sometimes, you can't have them both. Sometimes, you have to choose.

And, since my grand lottery plan never did work out, I had to choose. I chose money, and everything that comes with money. Food, housing, etc.

Plus, I'm really excited about this job. I know, everybody says that, but I really am.

comments (3)

Good for you, Dave! You've reached the next plateau! Next step, regular hours.
Remember, there are two types of freedom: absolute and concrete. Think of it this way: you have a beautiful laboratory, stocked with every conceivable tool of science. Person one may enter anytime and do whatever he wants. He has absolute freedom. Person two is only permitted to enter between the hours of nine to five. He must abide by the rules of safety and constraints of science that have been drilled into him during years of study. He has concrete freedom. Who is more apt to discover a scientific breakthrough?
One is often most successful socially and in his hobbies when busy. I'm rooting for you!

Me too! Go Dave! Go Dave! Go Dave!

Hey Archie, you sound like my kinda person, if you're ever in N. Virginia, look me up, we'll shoot some pool.

Bring Dave so he can spank both of us! Doesn't Dave capute and turn a phrase with captivating accuracy? Particulary those slippery bits of the human condition that we all know but would be hardpressed to put into words.

I LOVE the way this man writes.

IB, I AM your kind of person, and I'd love to bring Dave to Breaker's for some bank pool (since I bank worse than Goldman Sachs I could use all available help).
Dave has a talent for wordsmithing. He has a sublime ability to turn a phrase. The difficult part is the gestalt of storytelling-the actual getting somewhere, and for that he needs to stop being so passive-aggressive in his narrative. This would, of course, necessitate putting himself in a position of vulnerability, something he is loathe to do. I think we're all waiting to see if his dream deferred leads to a literary explosion or if he safely retreats to Rich O's for a pint of peach-flavored American microbrew ala J.Alfred Prufrock.

post a comment

If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.

I'll pretty much approve anything except SPAM comments, or comments that clearly have no purpose except to piss me off, or comments that are insulting to a previous commenter.

Use anything you want for your name and email address. I think it has to at least look like a valid email address though.

mysterious gray box mysterious blue box mysterious red box mysterious green box mysterious gold box

search main 'blog

Year

Month

Category

Author

Search word(s)
   help me!

blog favorites

searching
awakening
the convenience of grief
apology
merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
paradise
nothing personal
the one
dream sweet dreams for me
the willow bends and so do i
on bloodied ground
r.i.p.
lack of inertia
gray
thinning the herd
or maybe not
here's looking at you
what i miss
peril
who wants to play?
feverish thoughts
the devil inside?
perseverance
my cat ate my homework
don't say i didn't warn you
forgiveness
my god, it's full of stars
hold on a second, koko, i'm writing something
you know?
apples and oranges
happy new year
pissing on the inside
ramblings
remembering dad


Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.