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On How My Job Search Has Been Going
@Mike Dang Since this is a site about money, perhaps the jobs should have to offer that instead of "experience"?
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On Places I've Lived: A Mugging, Parking Lot Brawls, and Fleas
@redheaded&crazy When I lived in NYC, I only knew like two people originally from New York State who lived there. I live in Boston now - plenty of people here grew up in the suburbs of Boston/farther out in the state, but still, the majority of people are not from around here, because there are so many big schools.
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On Odd Jobs I've Considered to Subsidize My Freelance Career
If you get the foot modeling gig, make sure a friend knows where you're going and when you should be back, because that has a 50% chance of being a dude who wants to masturbate on your feet and a 25% chance of being a dude who wants to masturbate with your feet after they've been removed from your body. Which leaves 25% for "money for having cute feet!"
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On My Imaginary 20-Something Kid Moves Home
Here is a question: Billfold readers, how do you feel about working a well-paying job while still living at home? Paying rent, yes, but also trying to pay off insane student loans due to dumb financial decisions (or due to going to a public university out of state without having any money for it)? This isn't my circumstance, but I keep thinking about it - like, if this were five years ago the response would probably be FAILURE TO LAUCH Y'ALL. But as long as the family dynamic is a healthy one and there are rules r/e division of labor, is this generally acceptable in American society?
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On Haircut Negotiations
@redheaded&crazy Curl Up and Dye is a Blues Brothers reference! It's the name of Carrie Fisher's salon where she sits and paints her nails while reading the manual for a rocket launcher. And, for no real reason (WHY WOULD I NEED A REASON) here is a link to the scene with James Brown where John Belushi does backflips down the church aisle.
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On Conference Survival Skills
@Michelle Yes, this has also been my experience with academic conferences! for those I think my rules are 1) find journalists and other people who can hold a conversation 2) never say no to going out after 3) someone taught me the 1,1,5 rule: every day, get 1 good meal, 1 shower, and 5 hours of sleep. These are negotiable though!