Thread: May be getting busier

This is already my busy season with craft fairs. I joined a congo- similar to a co-op, for greater exposure. So now I have three venues in which I have to stock my bags.

I just interviewed for a volunteer coordinator. I'm excited about the opportunity, it's right up my alley. More so than selling overpriced lingerie. It is a contracted position so I will be able to pick my own hours. It is local, within walking distance. Wish me luck!

good luck with your endeavours, kat!

wait is a 'volunteer coordinator' a person who coordinates volunteers or a volunteer who coordinates? Is it a paid position?

That's great, Kat. It's so cool you can do that, make stuff and sell it. I often wish writing was more like that: do something, lay it out for people without having to convince a bunch of jerks that people should get a chance to see it.
Maybe we need a writers' congo.

Be careful what you do,
Or Mumbo-Jumbo, God of the Congo,
Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you,
Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you,
Mumbo-Jumbo will hoo-doo you
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New projects are always good, so long as they do not come under the definition of work. I've added web page maintenance to my list of ways to get out of doing anything that resembles that ugly word. Three people now pay me to manage their web sites. Each one pays 25.00 per week retainer plus an hourly rate for changes. There's a certain level of guilt here. Getting money for having fun. I'm being paid to polish my Perl.

Is "Perl" a local euphemism for, you know, a guy's equipment?

Originally Posted by Sigg

wait is a 'volunteer coordinator' a person who coordinates volunteers or a volunteer who coordinates? Is it a paid position?

My job would be to wrangle people into volunteering, train and schedule them, paperwork and such. So I am coordinating the volunteers. It is a paid position although very minimally. I will still be making as much as I am working at Victoria Secret though. Maybe more when you factor in the gas and drive time.

Originally Posted by lin

Is "Perl" a local euphemism for, you know, a guy's equipment?

Yes I do wonder what type of websites he is managing.

Uh oh. Now you know my secret.

Too early in the a.m. for this little black duck. I had to read all subsequent posts before the penny dropped about polishing the perl.

And can you be certain that blaze of sudden illumination lighted you on your way to true understanding? Remember always that the path that can be named is not the true path.

I feel a day is borderline procrastination if I haven’t worked, physically.

Something about the morality of the wasteful losers that stroll through this world looking for handouts and tax-free services just pisses me off. Way of life. Meh; work through it.

MeeQ - So you see writing for a living as being a parasite on society, and the professional writer as a 'wasteful loser'. That's an interesting concept coming from someone in a writing forum.

I've never asked for any kind of handout. I've never had to. What I do for a living, mainly writing, many people call 'work'. I define work as that which you don't want to do but that you have to do in order to live. And I don't know what you mean by 'tax-free services'. I think you don't know what you are talking about.

I've been fortunate enough that people have paid me to write books and articles for them to publish, and to take pictures to illustrate other people's books and articles, and now to manage a few websites, all activities I enjoy and that I do not call 'work', and that pisses you off does it?

Well, sorry about that, sport.

You obviously have no idea what I am talking about. And for that I am sorry for you... oh well, boo hoo

A tip if I may? By putting words and references into people’s mouths; merely makes you look the fool. And perhaps before becoming the hostile like chimp n' ape, maybe you should ask for more information. Especially considering your lack of understanding on my own personal point of view. silly silly

Plus, your mentality seems poor quality; when the topic involves labour.

Originally Posted by garza

MeeQ - So you see writing for a living as being a parasite on society, and the professional writer as a 'wasteful loser'. That's an interesting concept coming from someone in a writing forum.

I've never asked for any kind of handout. I've never had to. What I do for a living, mainly writing, many people call 'work'. I define work as that which you don't want to do but that you have to do in order to live. And I don't know what you mean by 'tax-free services'. I think you don't know what you are talking about.

I've been fortunate enough that people have paid me to write books and articles for them to publish, and to take pictures to illustrate other people's books and articles, and now to manage a few websites, all activities I enjoy and that I do not call 'work', and that pisses you off does it?

Well, sorry about that, sport.

You obviously have no idea what I am talking about. And for that I am sorry for you... oh well, boo hoo

A tip if I may? By putting words and references into people’s mouths; merely makes you look the fool. And perhaps before becoming the hostile like chimp n' ape, maybe you should ask for more information. Especially considering your lack of understanding on my own personal point of view. silly silly

Plus, your mentality seems poor quality; when the topic involves labour.

MeeQ - I put no words in your mouth. I built my response strictly around the language you used in your post.

Your exact words were 'Something about the morality of the wasteful losers that stroll through this world looking for handouts and tax-free services just pisses me off.'

And if by '...wasteful losers that stroll through this world looking for handouts...' you did not mean 'parasites', then one of us sadly misunderstands the meaning of the word 'parasite'.

And in your recent post you say '... your mentality seems poor quality; when the topic involves labour.' I've never said anything against labour. A friend of mine in La Gracia Village grew up on a farm, has farmed for himself since he was 13, and like me has never had to work for a living. He labours hard, puts in long hours cultivating his fields and tending to his livestock, but for him it's not work. He would never be happy with a day job, any more than I would. Is he, also, a 'wasteful loser'?

I'm off to Cayo for the weekend. Back Monday.