Comments | meshinda: Shallow is my name....

meshinda

Shallow is my name....

Apr 29, 2007 16:25

So lately i've been thinking about my general want to make a difference in the world and i've decided that I should really stick to things I like to do. What that means is that I shouldn't make committments to organizations that I can't keep. I want to have a social life which I don't have much of now. Sitting in a room with other like minded ( Read more... )

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steppinrazor April 30 2007, 07:22:37 UTC

Hey!!! I've been wondering what you've been up to! (and I'm stupid for not just emailing). It sounds like you found a job, so that's really good news (I was kinda worried). I'm envious of you, out there in Portland. Oregon's been more and more appealing to me lately.

As for being shallow, no, you're not. I kinda subscribe to the whole end theme of Candide... that we all ought to simply tend our gardens, etc. etc. So, while it's great to be an activist and try to make the world a better place, it's also great to make your life better. If you're not hurting anyone, then don't sweat it. Be happy. Life's too short not to.

Sorry meshinda June 10 2007, 22:33:50 UTC

Sam ( ... )

Re: Sorry steppinrazor June 22 2007, 05:47:46 UTC

Hey! Glad to see things are going better for you :D I'm sure you'll be able to hop right into another position after this one ends. And thanks for the good thoughts - we definitely need em :P Dad's been hitting the old age wall lately (nobody wants to hire 50 year olds).

I haven't found another job yet, but I have been looking (though not TOO hard - trouble is, with only one car, dad wants to get a job first... he's just encouraging me to keep working on my art and get that out there). Long story short on the publishing company - it was a temp position (didn't know that when I applied), and they'd have to buy out my contract to hire me on... so they kept me for ninety days, then HR decided it wasn't worth the paperwork just to keep me for a month more. When the work ran out, I had to go.

As for the art, it's going, slowly :P Partly because I'm all creatively constipated and a bit depressed (though that could be laziness, too). I just wish Ohio were more of an artistic area to live.