Blogagaard Needs a Plan
I graduate in May. I work part time. I need a bigger apartment so I can become less crazy. All I did today was read a book and water Spike and Spike Jr. in my bathtub. Seriously. That's it. It is cold and rainy out. Should I get a real job? Join the Peace Corps? Head off on foot into the wilderness with a weeks worth of trail mix and bottled water? I don't want to teach right now. Besides, I only want to teach creative writing. Good luck with that, Mr. MFA. Should I move to another state and finally have a good reason for my isolated existence? I do not want a real job but hate my part time job. I am a rat in a carge being poked at with sticks.
Any ideas?
Blogagaard Loves to Ponder
About Me
- David Oppegaard
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- I am the author of And the Hills Opened Up, The Suicide Collectors, and Wormwood, Nevada.
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18 comments:
jedi knight.
Move someplace warm and sunny. Be a forest ranger, doughnut maker, peace keeper, fire fighter. Go on an archeology dig. Sell fake watches. Become a criminal mastermind.
Ha ha. I'm watching Star Wars right now, Steph! Maybe I will write an essay about this experience tommorow.
Matt, if archeology was like Indiana Jones, I'd totally do that. Did you know forest rangers are paid in twigs and pic-a-nic baskets?
Yeah, but you get to engage in all sorts of witty banter with talking bears. That's what they call a perk.
Tour guide. Bookstore owner. Tutor. Butler. Protester. Cliff Notes writer.
I could use a butler.
Do you know how to wrap a hot dog and some Kraft cheese slices in a tortilla and melt in the microwave without the cheese getting crusty? If you can, you could be my nanny.
Woah. Both jobs sound so glamorous. I always wanted to be a male nanny, but apparently the need for male nannies is limited.
Brady, would my new life with you be like the movie "Arthur"?.
More like "Midnight Cowboy."
Editor, magazine writer, book store sales guy (but not Barns and Noble), front desk receptionist, belly dancer.
Don't move. It's highly over-rated.
I vote Jedi butler nanny.
Ohhhhh... I second the Jedi butler nanny!!!
*poke*
I'd like to be an editor. That would be cool. How do you become an editor? It seems magic. Every place wants experience experience experience.
Bloppie,
Going through the same thing myself over here. Well, except nobody is poking me with sticks, yet. I feel your pain.
David and Lucas,
Becoming an editor is tricky, but the best advice I can give is to start with small presses or local newspapers. The pay sucks, but you will gain experience. Otherwise, corporate comm. jobs might also offer editing experience, and pay better, if you are willing to work in a cube for a while.
Check out Minnesota Book Publisher's Roundtable for jobs and info on getting connected. If you are so inclined, they have meetings where you can network etc. I hate that networking stuff, but it may work for you.
Thanks, Alex. I thought you were a spammer there for a second, but you aren't. Instead you are simply helpful.
A helpful spammer, that's me.
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