Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

You're such a trooper!

So what's this improv comedy stuff about then?

sinisterpentatonic said:

and people on the org now make fun of my substandard job benefits!

TypoMarx said:

oh. i spent the last year and some odd months studying improv at second city, here in chicago. this october i'm gonna start taking sketch comedy classes there, and if i get daytime hours at my job, i hope to be auditioning for some shows this fall as well.

Anxiety said:

Hopefully, that made you feel better.

Anxiety said:

Cool. Let us know how it goes.

sinisterpentatonic said:

i should probably make that my damn computer wallpaper.

I have been working swings for the past twelve years! It makes you crazy, health goes to shit and it turns off your mental filter. I am too tired to censor myself when I am talking and it takes a lot of energy to give a fuck! I try to reserve those moments for my child. It sucks and the pay can never compensate for your sanity.

ShySlantedEye1 said:

hell, i kind of look forward to that!

Not when your tired. I never know what will come out. It is strange, I will think about something and swear it is only in my head. Then the look on peoples faces tells you otherwise. The bad part is I am a supervisor and am suppose to be setting an example! Yeah right!

I think I just saw the origin of the term "Graveyard Shift" on the Discovery channel....they were doing a show on "gadgets" (I think) and they showed how back in the day they used to attach a string to a bell that ran all the way down to the coffin underground....that way, in case the person wasn't actually dead, they could ring the bell and the person working the graveyard shift could rescue them.... is this right or am I just outta my mind?

Well I have been ringing a bell and no one has saved my ass yet! But you are right. That is where that term came from.

ReturnOfDOOK said:

well, the outta-your-mind part is a given either way....

Anxiety said:

ReturnOfDOOK said:

i can't help it. the sleep deprivation is making me unhinged, you mammary-addicted ass poodle!

i mean...sweetie!

Anxiety said:

ShySlantedEye1 said:

i want you to be my boss! hire me!

ShySlantedEye1 said:

Aaaah, so that's it.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Anxiety said:

You want to come in this prison with me? Oh hell! They would check our asses in! And that is not good! Luckily I am here at night and no one out ranks me!

ShySlantedEye1 said:

oh, that's right...you work in corrections, right? just like my dear sweet mama.

ehhh, never mind then...i already worked in a prison once. i spent a summer one year teaching drama to juvenile delinquents. seriously.

Anxiety said:

So you understand my pain!

theAudience said:

What are you trying to say?

ShySlantedEye1 said:

it isn't very pretty! though if you work at OZ, i'd be happy to work there, because i notice all the inmates are either gay or like to be muscley and naked. or both!

plus there's rita moreno.

what more could i want?

ShySlantedEye1 said:

Nothing really. Just waiting for my clothes to finish drying.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

Anxiety said:

Oz is not real!

ShySlantedEye1 said:

it is too! i want to be sister mary pete's personal assistant! i want to hose down unruly inmates! it's gritty realism at its finest and i want to be a part of it!

Anxiety said:

Jesus Lord! That is what's wrong with America, you believe that bullshit on TV! You want gritty realism? I have some pics for you!

ShySlantedEye1 said:

no, that's okay. i know what it's really like. it's far more gross and not sexy at all. and there's no rita moreno.

Well, I'm a night owl by nature. But when forced to work all night, it can really grind you down. I worked midnights at a youth shelter on and off for about 4 years. Even by the 2nd one in a row, I could feel myself physically aging as the night wore on - a truly disgusting feeling. When you've only been working a few hours, and you already feel like you need a shower after getting one a few hours before, you know something's wrong. Plus, it didn't help that a kid could potentially run away in the middle of the night, any variety of crisis call could come in, and that we were were stationed right in the most drug-infested part of town. The house across the street was a major drug and gang headquarters. It wasn't unusual to hear gunshots in the middle of the night. Fun stuff.

GangstaFam said:

i can relate 1,000% to all of this. fortunately, after my first week of doing this last week, i was able to snap back pretty well over the weekend. and also, they have me working four day weeks, with 10 hour shifts each day. it's a really grueling schedule, but i have three days to recover and get some actual "real" sleep during the night hours.

if they don't hire someone for the position i'm covering by the end of this month, i'll likely have some form of lovely mental collapse.