NationStates Jolt Archive

Been here for a little bit now and wanted to know what all of you various people do with your lives. I'm currently doing journalism at uni and until recently worked part-time at a petrol station. I quit because of my objections to the oil industry... Also because I hated it and was dangerously incompetent when it came to emergency procedures... Splitting hairs here...

Your turn.

I'm doing A levels in Sixth Form at my school, and I have a part time job at the Co-Op in my village.

I am flighty.

I stay at home with my kids, and home school them. I write books, I do tax and financial planning, I host websites, I teach classes on various subjects, I sell crafts that I make, I write a newsletter, I run a non-profit support group for kids, I volunteer a lot, I manage my husband's acting career, I lobby congress, and I am currently finishing up a screen play that hopefully I will film in 2008 if my husband is not running for office.......which I think we have decided to wait.

Student

Musician

Fast Food

Student

Musician

Fast Food

I like your lifestyle.

*waiting for uni to start*

Well *serious face*,
I'm a part-time super heroine (teehee, That sounds like a drug!!:D ), and a part time villainess...
I spend most of my time fighting me.
I am Such a crafty one.
I always get away from me.

*Sigh*
Fine, I'm a junior high (as americans would say) student.

:p

I am a Social Woker who licenses children's homes and do adoptions. I travel into the Dakota's on personel business quite often. I have three adult female children.

I like your lifestyle.

That's strange. I don't.

I'd really like to ditch my fast food job. A lot.

I actually love being a musician.

And the university life style would actually be pretty cool, if it weren't for all of those damn classes.


Musician's the best part of it. I'm a little sick of the rest. Been in college for three years, looks like I have at least three to go.

Work on the meat counter at my local Sainsburys. However I'll be leaving there in August, then heading to uni in September......also to study Journalism

That's strange. I don't.

I'd really like to ditch my fast food job. A lot.

I actually love being a musician.

And the university life style would actually be pretty cool, if it weren't for all of those damn classes.


Musician's the best part of it. I'm a little sick of the rest. Been in college for three years, looks like I have at least three to go.

I have at least a year and a half before Uni.I don't eat much fast food, which I suppose is a good thing. I mostly live off sandwiches though. I play Steel Pans,and have done for five years now, which almost counts me as a musician, but I've been doing drums for a little while now (the real ones, not steel ones.)

also to study Journalism

You're cool. :cool:

I'm a music student, I work in a shop, and I do some sound engineering on the side.

You're cool. :cool:

There was never any doubt :cool:

I'm Senior Producer for a company specializing in niche marketing, online - basically, we make very glitzy videos. I once thought of being a fine artist, working with traditional media, but a few years of hand-to-mouth persuaded me to become a commercial artist/illustrator instead. From there I got involved with computers, 3D applications, and video - editing, compositing, etc. - but what I do best these days is to create special-effects laden motion-graphic sequences as embellishments for existing videos and photomontages.

It's actually a lot of fun. If I'm not doing it for a living, I'm doing it at home - more for the mental exercise than anything.

Oh, and I love Indian cuisine, both preparing it - and eating it.

I'm a black gay handicapped alcoholic bellhop cashier customer service representative college student.

Woohoo.

I make shit louder and cause strange inexplicable humming noises.


Live sound engineer.

...and I do some sound engineering on the side.

Yay! for the humscum.

I make shit louder and cause strange inexplicable humming noises.


Live sound engineer.

*hires*

I am so damn sick of the one we've got.

There are a suprising amount of fellow musicians on here. I guess I ought to mention I occasionally (when I have time, and they have money) help out at a shop here in town.

I am currently an exchange student from US of A to Germany, in the eleventh grade, and when I have time aside from school and running, work on a campaign against child soldiering. I plan to study political science at USNA, and then serve as an officer in the navy or marines for a while.

I am so damn sick of the one we've got.

What kind of stuff are you doing anyhow?

There are a suprising amount of fellow musicians on here.

Yeah, but how many actually make money off it? - not being snotty, but just asking. We all know that the economics of local music scenes are severely screwed.

I'm Senior Producer for a company specializing in niche marketing, online - basically, we make very glitzy videos. I once thought of being a fine artist, working with traditional media, but a few years of hand-to-mouth persuaded me to become a commercial artist/illustrator instead. From there I got involved with computers, 3D applications, and video - editing, compositing, etc. - but what I do best these days is to create special-effects laden motion-graphic sequences as embellishments for existing videos and photomontages.

It's actually a lot of fun. If I'm not doing it for a living, I'm doing it at home - more for the mental exercise than anything.

Oh, and I love Indian cuisine, both preparing it - and eating it.

Wait, wait...

You're the guy who puts those real nifty 'On Global' graphics on every single program Global TV airs aren't you? Admit it!

What kind of stuff are you doing anyhow?
Think John Mayer meets James Blunt. But better. And then add in a freaking wicked keyboardist, and a mega-talented drummer. And a dash of hard rock influences. And then cart around all the real stuff, none of this cheesy fake crap. We want a Hammond, we cart a Hammon. And a Wurlitzer. And a Clavanet. And a piano. And of our great vintage gear causes a hell of a lot of hum, as does my bass of choice. Lots of fun. Our back up singer used to sing with Gladys Knight. I love my band.


Yeah, but how many actually make money off it? - not being snotty, but just asking. We all know that the economics of local music scenes are severely screwed.

Probably less of them than claim to. For example, my band currently pulls in a decent amount, but we sink it all into paying off the debt on the album (which sucks for me, because I didn't even get to play on it. It was before I was invovled). But I make some by studio gunning and teaching on the side.

Wait, wait...

You're the guy who puts those real nifty 'On Global' graphics on every single program Global TV airs aren't you? Admit it!

Well, no - but I know how it's done... and I can tell you when it's done poorly or when it's done well. Good guessing, though!

I am also a music student, first year undergraduate.

Well, no - but I know how it's done... and I can tell you when it's done poorly or when it's done well. Good guessing, though!

~On NSG~

Well, no - but I know how it's done... and I can tell you when it's done poorly or when it's done well. Good guessing, though!

You mean they do it well sometimes?

I kid anyway. Looked into the way Global works a bit back in college days. I know they do it themselves there.

As for myself, I partly owned a small moving company in Pickering that went belly-up in September. Currently working for the company I used to work for in their warehouse division, until I get a call for my 2nd interview at the Steel mill in Whitby. Glamourous, no. Well paying, yes. We'll just have to see...

I also go to bed when I've been awake for 48 hours. Goodnight folks. :fluffle:

I'm a high school junior taking six college-level courses and one honors level course. The classes I'm taking are AP Psychology, AP English Lang., AP Latin Lit., Dual-Enrollment Pre-calculus (it's pre-calc first semester and trig second semester), AP American History, AP Chemistry, and Physics Honors.

Right now, I'm planning on majoring in chemistry when I go to college. That could change, but I know for sure that I want to major in a science.

I am also a music student, first year undergraduate.

Cool, which uni?

Here's the put on: I'm a British writer-producer in television and film and am about to go to California to write feature films.

And the truth: I hang around the action but never effect it (so, a typical producer! But not the writer I want to be), getting paid but never getting anything I want done which troubles me greatly. So this move to America is a sad, desperate attempt to be able to look back on my life and say I actually got a bloody film made.

I'm a nuclear biochemist.




;)

I'm a nuclear biochemist.




;)

Armageddon! :eek:

I'm a nuclear biochemist.




;)

What's terrifying is he probably is. When he's not advancing the field of Mudology that is.

I'm a lazy college student allegedly studying chemical engineering.

I'm a journalist (job title: crime reporter) for a local paper. Don't wish to go to a national paper because it looks like a rat race.

In my spare time, I mess about with bits of old motorbikes. Current project is helping a friend who is doing a total rebuild on a 1967 Matchless G15 CS. Lovely machine, but a nightmare to work on.
Plus I've just started learning the guitar. No ambition to join a band or anything - I just want to be able to play a nice little tune now and then.

I'm a journalist (job title: crime reporter) for a local paper. Don't wish to go to a national paper because it looks like a rat race.


Do you still see yourself as the Smallsville crime reporter when you're 45?

I'm a lazy college student allegedly studying chemical engineering.

ChemE's Unite!

I'm a first year college student studying chemical engineering, and when I'm on break I am a machinist/person who assembles very small circuits.

ChemE's Unite!

I'm a first year college student studying chemical engineering, and when I'm on break I am a machinist/person who assembles very small circuits.

Woot woot!

Small circuits are probably also good.

Do you still see yourself as the Smallsville crime reporter when you're 45?

I don't even want to think about it. Probably what will happen is that I'll quit and get a proper job. One where you work from 9 to 5, with the minimum of stress and aggro in between.

Seems a shame though, because what I'm doing at the moment has such variety and gives me an excuse to go places that other people never go and do things that other people never do. Plus I'm the union boss for the newsroom, which is a great opportunity to let my attitude problem off its leash.

Cool, which uni?

Cambridge. Yourself?

Woot woot!

Small circuits are probably also good.

Its fun. I get to play with soldering irons.

I am a Bilingual Elementary Special Education Teacher who also volunteers at the State Hospital and a Rehab Hospital working with Alcoholics and Drug Addicts.

i study medicine, and am in the middle of exams,
(who scheduled exams during christmas and newyear :mad: )
i should probably work a litle harder. other than studying i like to listen to music, doing nothing, listening to music while doing nothing and going out.

I work here (http://www.therma-tru.com).

I'm currently cleaning houses and offices for $8 an hour until I sell my house and move (most likely NYC).

I'm also looking into online college courses, as I don't exactly have time to attend every class in person. Along with this, I'm studying music (online music theory lessons are a big help), and I'm learning to play the guitar.

As for what I'll be taking as far as college goes, it'll probably be something business-oriented. I figure that I can learn the ins and outs of music on my own without having to pay out the ass for music courses, so I can spend my money on much better things.

I ponce off the state while decent taxpayers like you fund my drink problem. (I'm a student.):p

I'm a first year university student studying biochemistry. On the weekends I volunteer at the hospital. Next year I'm going to try and get a job at the local pharmacy.

Playing on the streets, like I have been since High School in 1977.

Currently working as an Assistant Fire Marshall for the County Emergency Management, Office of the Fire Marshall. Basically, doing fire safety inspections to ensure compliance with the fire code, and fire investigations. Also work on Public Education Outreach Programs, basically teaching fire safety to the citizens and businesses.

I'm a 3rd year student at Central Michigan University where I'm studying French. I'll be studying in France for my spring semester.