Actually, that's kind of like my why-did-I-bother-creating-a-Twitter-account, which inexplicably had two followers at one time, and then inexplicably now has none. Oh, right, I created a Twitter account because I read some article about Building a Personal Brand, so I figured "Yes! I shall create a brand like it says to do and ultimately be the mistress of my own fate! Write my own ticket! Work anywhere I wish and do whatever I want to do! MWA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
I mentioned the "having no followers" part, right? Trying to keep my thoughts to 140 characters or less almost causes me physical pain. I cannot write the gibberish that some celebrities do in languages and alphabets that they make up. This doesn't mean to imply that I'm linguistically superior to them or am so damned interesting that I Must Be Heard, Unexpurgated! It just means that I lack the ability to be brief.
Or getting to the point by the fourth paragraph! Gawd, no wonder people didn't reply to my LJ posts; they couldn't make it past the first two sentences. Not that this epiphany seems to have helped any.
Why Are You Here, herdThinner?
Bullet list, yay!
- I follow some of the folks on The Fly, also on blogspot, and had to create an account here in order to reply to their posts. Many times I wanted to start randomly posting about things unrelated to the original posts or to the comment threads they'd inspired, and thought it best to withhold comment till I'd set up my own blog. Else it's rude, I guess.
- I'm totally jealous of all those people who get themselves fired by writing unprofessional and/or humiliating things about themselves on Facebook, their blogs, et al, thinking that nobody with the power to fire them will find out. Like, totally jealous!
- To shamelessly plug my artEEST website, TC's Collectibles
- To go on ad nauseum about how my dream job is Disney Imagineer. They're the dudes who design everything you see, hear, smell, etc, at the various Disney parks. Sorry, resorts.
- Y'all know that the second bullet is facetious, right?
- The bullet two steps above isn't, though, but could, ironically, actually BE an unprofessional and/or humiliating thing that I'd mere moments before been mocking. Maybe not fireable, but more like "We won't hire you because you wrote that you want to work for Disney and you'll, like, totally leave to work for them!" {then blows raspberry} ??
- (Or maybe they don't like my website plug, either?? OH, what a piece of work is man!!)
It's really just about unabashed honesty. The "employable skills" that I mention in my About Me sidebar is software testing. I'm pretty good at it and will keep getting better at it if I do nothing else the rest of my life, and am grateful that I can find work in this area. Just having a job - ANY job - is the "dream" of millions right now in this country. I can't ignore that what I have now is a luxury - that is, the luxury to bitch and moan about how the job that I have and is paying the bills isn't really MEEEEEEE, WAHHHHHHH. MEEEEEE is an artist, and right now, one who really would please love it if maybe thank you don't mention it she could work for Disney as an Imagineer.
A fellow at my old church, when it came to the music there, was practically ubiquitous. Musically the guy's all over the place: singing, playing piano, violin, viola, making CDs, perform, perform, perform! I guess that he had to do something for a living related to music. Nope. His bill-payer is/was something like radiology technician, or MRI operator, or... you know, a hospital tech/lab guy. Just about as unrelated to music as you can get. Let's not pretend otherwise. Do you think he'd find it nice to make a living in the world of music instead? I would toss out a Yes. Whether or not he's actively trying to affect just that, or is content with the amount of music in his life thanks to church, I have absolutely no idea.
Back to the "Branding" Stuff: a lot of my Twitter posts just reiterated that I wanted to work for Disney. My two lost Twitter "followers" were also Disney-related. Maybe they dumped me for not posting often enough {{shrug}}. There's a saying in the business world that one should dress for the job that one wants. Usually that means wearing power suits, when your position would be just fine with business casual, because you want a corner office. I think that's how it goes. My version of that saying means starting to wear clothes purchased from Ebay that are normally "Disney Cast Member only" items. Disney hates when you try to sell things that they didn't make, but apparently not so for reselling things that they did. Meaning Cast Members can sell stuff they got while there. Like the clothes off their backs! Or people who got stuff from their Cast Member buddies and are recycling to people like me on Ebay. Who knows? If wondering what's up with this "Cast Member" label, it's just Disney's thing. Known as "employees" elsewhere. Anyhow, I figure that if I can't be an Imagineer - yet - I may as well start dressing like one??
NO, I do not mean dressing like a ride operator for the Matterhorn or a maid for the Haunted Mansion. I mean the street clothes available only internally. Like the cool swag that movie cast and crewmembers get for their movies. Shirts, hats, jackets - that kind of thing. Not that a Tower of Terror bellhop outfit wouldn't be great for
All that said: Bosses! It's called "Dream Job" for a reason. You know you have one and it ain't the one you got - admit it!
(Note: Blogger does not own a Tower of Terror bellhop outfit. They cost way too much.)
I love it!! you are a "hoot".... we lost each other "in the crowd" after the 2005 Farscape Con in Burbank. Great to reconnect and start reading your blog! zahncrelnik
ReplyDeleteAh, if only I could afford all the things I typically do in a year AND Creation Cons. Had to pass on this year's "Grand Slam." Perhaps we'll intersect again someday?
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