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Old 05-27-2007, 01:23 PM
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First career...

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.
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Old 05-27-2007, 01:40 PM
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I drink, do research and play golf in the Summer. I attend the occasional law class in the Fall/Spring.

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Old 05-27-2007, 01:48 PM
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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?
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Old 05-27-2007, 02:32 PM
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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!
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Old 05-27-2007, 04:46 PM
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I'm a high school English teacher. I just survived my first year- thank God!
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Old 05-27-2007, 10:01 PM
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I'm a high school English teacher. I just survived my first year- thank God!
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Old 05-27-2007, 10:35 PM
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Drolefille, translation, please?

This is so Earpese, I don't even know where to start!
At your service! A two-fer in fact.
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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(?).


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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.

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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...

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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.
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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!

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job was a relationship killer, omg --- bad pun.
Ha ha, Get it?


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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.

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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.
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Old 05-27-2007, 10:51 PM
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and I'm SO proud of you
Woohoo! Just think, you'll be saying the exact same thing next May!
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:41 PM
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Old 05-28-2007, 12:25 AM
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I work for myself..... I make stained glass and jewelry.
I am also a MonaVie distributor.
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Old 05-28-2007, 12:20 PM
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Wow, Drolefille, you're really good at that!

Anyway, I'm pursuing my BSW (Bachelor of Social Work) and will be done this time next year. After that, I continue not having a life until I get my MSW, and then I will hopefully have a job.
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Old 05-28-2007, 12:29 PM
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During the week, I work as a TSS to children with behavioral issues, such as Autism, ADD, and ADHD.

On the weekends, I work at a small winery, giving wine tastings and selling wines.

And I'm thinking about going back to school.
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Old 05-28-2007, 02:17 PM
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no, not one.

satanist? no.
i have covered them, as well as a serial killer, a serial rapist, rogue cops, happy cops, and a chimp. and comforted those who have lost loved ones suddenly.
and I've won 2 state writing awards, got 1 law passed, and mentored several young women new to the field, as in journalism.
An on-the-job injury ended that, now, I get to start over.
Ha Ha ha?
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Old 05-28-2007, 04:40 PM
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Starting this fall I'll be teaching freshman biology and coaching football and either basketball or powerlifting at a HS in Texas.

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Old 05-28-2007, 05:27 PM
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That CaGirlInTex sounds waaaaaaaaay to much like Tom, it is actually kinda scary

Good work translating that mess Drolefille, you may be the only one who can understand that jibber-jabber
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