soul suckin'

Unless you're a Rock Star, a Movie Star, a Sports Hero or a Bank Robber, you are pretty much doomed to bounce along through life in one of three ways:

1) Being told what to do and doing it;
2) Telling people what to do and making sure they do it;
3) Doing stuff in a relatively unsupervised setup, with occasional check-ins from a big boss but a large degree of autonomy. This scenario exists much more often in the movies than it does in reality.

Unfortunately, I hate doing #2 and I don't have any particular skill that will allow me to find a #3 anytime soon. It looks like I'll be a worker bee for life. And not even a highly-paid worker bee.

I really don't like managing people. They inevitably disappoint you, and then you have to confront them about it. Fuck that. Most people in the universe are by nature unskilled, lazy, unhappy and uninterested in their jobs. So you're bound to have like, a ton of confrontations. Who needs that? I'd rather have someone else confronting me about my poor work. I can take it!

If anybody's looking for a responsible, good-natured #3, let me know.

Here's some more working man's wisdom for you. When you are evaluating a current or prospective job, you should look for satisfaction in at least 2, preferably 3 of these 5 areas:

1) Good pay
2) Good working environment/co-workers/bosses
3) Low stress
4) Fulfilling/Stimulating work
5) Reasonable Hours/Time off

If you are getting 1 or 0, it's time to look for a new job. What are you at right now?

I am a little concerned about my upcoming moustache. There is a definite shortage of lip hair right underneath my septum. I might have to rock one of those two-part moustaches with a little gap in the middle. Will you still love me? Will you still love Oscar Gamble?


Of course you will.