Naturally, I'm not supposed to blog about my new job, so with apologies to Bukowski's Factotum, I'd like to offer my past and future Employee Index.
Most Ridiculous Job Ever Held:
Arcade Attendant and Manager, Austin, Texas, 1983? My duties included giving change, even though there was a change machine, and scolding Scientologists for smacking around the pinball machines.
Number of Movie Theatres I worked at in Austin and San Antonio:
Five
Number of Ice Cream Parlors I worked at:
Two
Worst On-the-Job Injury Ever:
While working in a shopping mall taco stand, I chopped up a mess of jalapeno peppers, got the juice on my fingers, and didn't wash my hands. Ten minutes later, I put in my contact lenses.
Most Justifiably Unpaid Job Held:
Manager of a rock band. I criticized the drummer for "ting-tinging" too much.
Profession in Which I Least Excelled:
Roadie.
Best Exchange Witnessed Within the New York City Magazine Business:
"We should do a music feature on Stone Temple Pilots."
"Why?"
"Because they sound just like Pearl Jam, but they do press."
Most Shameful Resignation:
Quitting my gig as a photographer's assistant by leaving a note on his apartment door.
Most Uncharacteristic Gig for Someone who has Trouble Operating a Can Opener:
Writing about technology for Wired magazine.
Second Most Uncharacteristic Gig:
Writing about water monitoring technology for a Viennese water monitoring company.
Coolest One Day Job:
Production Assistant for a Bill Moyers TV special on the history of the song "Amazing Grace." We shot one scene in a sweltering Baptist church in a rough neighborhood in Philadelphia, and the choir who sang the song were amazing.
Dream Job, age 70:
the guy in the Godzilla suit for Godzilla Versus Glendale (in production, 2032)
3 comments:
You lived in Austin? I went to high school/uni there (hook 'em horns!) and started my career with Dell Computer Corp. in Round Rock. I haven't been back since 2001, but it's a great place to live.
Hell, yes, I'm Austin born and raised, and I miss it. Which high school did you go to? I was a drama fag at Lanier. What was Dell and Round Rock like?
I went to McCallum (home of the fighting scotties!).
My first year at Dell was early enough in the company's development that it wasn't a rare thing to see Michael wandering the hallowed halls. I stuck around long enough to see the company go through the roof... then cashed out my stock options and defected to Intel. heh.
Round Rock was more than a little redneck. Austin really is a rare oasis of non-dubya supportin', fairly normal, left-leaning, anti-gun-rack, non truck driving people. I stuck to it like glue, even while working in RR.
Glad to know there's another texan in the midst... I bet you feel my pain when I wax poetic about decent tex-mex. I'd kill for Chuy's salsa. sigh.
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