So, what do YOU do?

[jubilance1922]

Polymer Chemist for a very large defense contractor.

[Xylochick216]

After a stint in TV News (hated the 3 AM - 1 PM shift) and working in development at a children's museum, I've found something I love doing I work with the state's Youth & Government programs (Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y, Y&G Clubs) putting on leadership programs, mock trials, and Model General Assembly.

[Beachbrat]

Who, what, why, when, how....and yes, what.
Was news reporter covering crime. "i see dead people."
saw enough of them and too many silly editors. So, back to school I've gone. Started few years back, stopped, then realized beach brat not a career, sigh.
Intended direction, student affairs, as in study.

[shinerbock]

I drink, do research and play golf in the Summer. I attend the occasional law class in the Fall/Spring.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by ca girl in tex

Who, what, why, when, how....and yes, what.
Was news reporter covering crime. "i see dead people."
saw enough of them and too many silly editors. So, back to school I've gone. Started few years back, stopped, then realized beach brat not a career, sigh.
Intended direction, student affairs, as in study.

Good lord...are you the love child of Earp and cheerfulgreek or what?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by ca girl in tex

but am daughter of elementary school teacher and financial...well, never understood what my dad did. uncle ran a family friendly small town weekly, one i wouldn't work for. dumb, dumb, dumb. had to go it my own way.
covered city (as in silly) councils, school boards, etc. and wrote cute features first. then guy covering crime seem to miss just about every story, and i took on that role. i went from "writing about nice people and nice happy things to being the daughter of darkness"---that's from my mom.
would come home, to then live in, and he'd sniff sniff, and say "is that smoke" dah, had covered fire all day. or would return home from being at multiple shooting scene, he'd ask, "what is that on your shoe?" i'd look down, stare, say hmmmm, maybe blood or you really don't want to know. sorry. job was a relationship killer, omg --- bad pun.

Drolefille, translation, please?

This is so Earpese, I don't even know where to start!

[TrueBlueKappa]

I'm a high school English teacher. I just survived my first year- thank God!

[AUDeltaGam]

Originally Posted by TrueBlueKappa

I'm a high school English teacher. I just survived my first year- thank God!

and I'm SO proud of you

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Drolefille, translation, please?

This is so Earpese, I don't even know where to start!

At your service! A two-fer in fact.

Originally Posted by ca girl in tex

but am daughter of elementary school teacher and financial...well, never understood what my dad did. uncle ran a family friendly small town weekly, one i wouldn't work for. dumb, dumb, dumb. had to go it my own way.

My mom taught school, my dad did something with money that apparently I still can't understand despite being allowed on the internet on my own. My uncle ran a small weekly paper that I refused to work for because I was stupid(?).

covered city (as in silly) councils, school boards, etc. and wrote cute features first. then guy covering crime seem to miss just about every story, and i took on that role.

Apparently I worked for some other paper, a daily perhaps and I did all the shit work by having to go to meetings and listen to boring people talk and also writing fluff pieces.
Then I started writing the crime stories because their previous guy stopped doing his job.
This paper was most likely something like The Onion because I can't imagine someone reading stories written by someone who types like this.

i went from "writing about nice people and nice happy things to being the daughter of darkness"---that's from my mom.

Writing about crime has converted me to satanism...

would come home, to then live in, and he'd sniff sniff, and say "is that smoke" dah, had covered fire all day.

Being around a fire makes my clothes smell smokey.

or would return home from being at multiple shooting scene, he'd ask, "what is that on your shoe?" i'd look down, stare, say hmmmm, maybe blood or you really don't want to know. sorry.

Being around blood meant I could have blood on my shoe... or ketchup from my Quarter Pounder. You never know!

job was a relationship killer, omg --- bad pun.

Ha ha, Get it?

Originally Posted by ca girl in tex

Am emerging from dark world, some rogue cops, inane editors, co-workers who decide its time to go home---in middle of a breaking story, and have dark sense of humor. Well, had it before job, it just gave me place to use it.

Everyone I work with is crazy (explains a lot huh?) and they leave in the middle of important news, but it's ok because they laugh at it.

been on the end of news where folks stare at pursuits for hours, forced to cover it, and really never understood fascination of wanting for crashes, beyond it being my job. having to learn reel myself in.

I've never understood the fascination behind watching pursuits and wanting to see crashes, yet at the same time, even I have to reel myself in, so I'm contradicting myself.

[OneTimeSBX]

i am an Admissions Coordinator for a technical college in Virginia. sounds a ton easier than it is...