What do you do for a living? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Gilthalion*** · 03-15-2001, 06:29 AM

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Re: What do you do for a living?

I test woodchips for export to paper manufacturers.

I used to be a full-time broadcast journalist/talkhost. I only do that as a weekend hobby now. I've run for office (white man in black district...lost surprisingly well), painted photographic backdrops, done labor in a paper mill, traffic-reporting, and voiceovers for radio, tv, and infomercials. I have been a political activist (looks like I will be again shortly).

After +21 years in broadcasting, my gadfly opinions convinced the local powerbrokers that if I would not drink hemlock, I would have to be pushed off the air. In their minds, I am far worse than a nerd! Radical. Reactionary. Not me! I just hate being lied to and stolen from!

But lemons-to-lemonade! here I am, rediscovering my love of Middle-earth and of writing and of performance art. I'm limbering up http://www.barrowdowns.com/FanFichobbits00.asphere</a>.

That's what happens when your proficiencies are all over the map. Guidance counselors cannot guide, and you cannot decide! I was urged by Dad to go into something with math and computers, but I didn't, so I am saved from that branch of nerddom. I was urged by Mom to go into Preaching, but I am neither holy enough (shame on me <img src=frown.gif ALT="

"> ) or hypocritical enough (shame on them <img src=mad.gif ALT=">:"> ) for the task.

This testing job may only be good for a few years. If I do not write the great American Novel in that time, then I shall have to find other gainful employment.

Maybe I should study computers...

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03-15-2001, 06:29 AM	#11
*Gilthalion* Hobbitus Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: South Farthing Posts: 635	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 170</TD><TD><img src=http://home.att.net/~robertwgardner/lotrmap.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: What do you do for a living? I test woodchips for export to paper manufacturers. I used to be a full-time broadcast journalist/talkhost. I only do that as a weekend hobby now. I've run for office (white man in black district...lost surprisingly well), painted photographic backdrops, done labor in a paper mill, traffic-reporting, and voiceovers for radio, tv, and infomercials. I have been a political activist (looks like I will be again shortly). After +21 years in broadcasting, my gadfly opinions convinced the local powerbrokers that if I would not drink hemlock, I would have to be pushed off the air. In their minds, I am far worse than a nerd! Radical. Reactionary. Not me! I just hate being lied to and stolen from! But lemons-to-lemonade! here I am, rediscovering my love of Middle-earth and of writing and of performance art. I'm limbering up http://www.barrowdowns.com/FanFichobbits00.asphere</a>. That's what happens when your proficiencies are all over the map. Guidance counselors cannot guide, and you cannot decide! I was urged by Dad to go into something with math and computers, but I didn't, so I am saved from that branch of nerddom. I was urged by Mom to go into Preaching, but I am neither holy enough (shame on me <img src=frown.gif ALT=""> ) or hypocritical enough (shame on them <img src=mad.gif ALT=">:"> ) for the task. This testing job may only be good for a few years. If I do not write the great American Novel in that time, then I shall have to find other gainful employment. Maybe I should study computers... <center> *~~~http://www.geocities.com/robertwgardner2000My Bare Bones Webpage</a>~~~* </center></p> __________________ Please read my fan fiction novel THE HOBBITS. Wanna hear me read Tolkien? Gilthalion's Grand Adventures!