susannah said:

amen to that!

I'm a Database Administrator....

What do I do?
I protect the corporate data by verifying that access to said data is controlled & secure. I also tune the database to make things run more efficiently.

This is me all day

BobGeorge67 said:

Cool!

We have one of those...But Im not really sure what she does. Things that are far too important to tell em about I assume

raveon2tnek said:

Lawyer?

I'm an office monkey. I make sure clients are comfy, answer emails and telephones, send out information packets, schedule appointments, make travel plans, manage a bunch of stupid paperwork that shouldn't exist, keep track of registration for a bunch of seminars, take book orders, process payments, call people and remind them to make payments, sort mail . . . sometimes I organize stuff, water plants, wash a few dishes. . . it's a small office, so I do some of pretty much everything.

And I org.

susannah said:

If she told you, she'd have to you. And, even though I don't know you, I'd hate to see you

By the way, I noticed you're from Edinburgh...

I was there once, in '87. The ship I was on docked @ Rosyth prior to wargames in the North Atlantic with the British Navy.

I ate at a Blimpie Burger there

Well...


I'm a line cook at a resort. I do some prep work, come up with nightly specials, and I take pride in the fact that the food I make almost never comes back to be remade due to an error on my part. Once a week they make me do a cooking demonstration in the lobby. Yay But, other than that I like my job

When I'm at work, I'm on the Org about half the time.

I'm still taking time off to be with my son, but I am an Auto Claims Adjuster and when I am at work, I literally have no time to do anything but actual work.

I'm a superintendant/account manger for http://www.thompsonind.com/...I work with the industial cleaning division.
We provide services to production industry that are either part of their routine maintenance
plan or keep them in compliance with E.P.A. regulations...It's actually a pretty dangerous job and we have unbelievably strict safety regimen..I've been doing this for 11 years...

CarrieMpls said:

Oooohhh sexy!

BobGeorge67 said:

Im from not far from Rosyth, but thats the other side of the water!

Did you not go up to Dunfermline instead? Thats where the sailors usually go

Nikster said:

Cool! I love cooking

JustErin said:

Hope your sons ok

Enjoy the time off, you seem to have plenty time to org now

susannah said:

Nope... it was Rosyth.

Before I get to my cubicle (with no windows to the outside world) I go see clients at our Main Jail and our Minimum Security Prison. I'm there to see if they need counsel. If they do I have to interview them so that The Public Defender's Office can help them out. We handle misdemeanants as well as felons. Being a Paralegal for the county is pretty interesting. I've heard it all. Trust me.

My faves:

"I had just borrowed the pants that the drugs were in."

"In the past I have stolen things but this time I didn't" (their rap sheet is 10 feet long)


Don't get me wrong there are a lot of clients that I believe are innocent but a lot aren't. I have to help them all the same.


M

Hookers.

JustErin said:

Can we look forward to you going back to work soon?

jerseykrs said:

I spend all day bitin' my tongue and tryin' not 2 "accidentally" end up with my hands around someone's neck

BobGeorge67 said:

No I meant when they go into a town, to do stuff. Dunfermline as opposed to Edinburgh? Theres bugger all to do in Rosyth!

You cant move in Dunfermline when theres a ship docked

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

That sounds like a pretty cool job Miguel! Apart from the helping the guilty party part...Ive never been very sure about that one! I hope you enjoy it

my professional future is totally up in the air, which is rather exciting. i will complete my degree by september, go on vacation then look for work, or just see what falls in my lap, more like it.

right now i chase a toddler around, take her to the beach, & do other things w/ her, get some work done here & there (i carry around these great notebooks for marking random inspirations), move stuff across the building to my in-laws's apartment, drive a few minutes over to my house and supervise the rebuilding + water the garden... go to the library sometimes for peace & quiet (when my daughter is not w/ me, or in the kid room when she is), practice my mandolin... etc.

oh yeah, and i hang laundry to dry. i actually enjoy doing laundry, kind of a mediterranean thing i think. hardly anyone here has a clothesdryer, so the clothes end up with that nice breezy, sunny smell.

right now i'm drinking and trying to wake up. then i'm going to change the sheets & sweep my house because there's sand everywhere.

does that answer your question? whoa it's sunny and i'm getting off this org!

Heiress said:

Sounds very nice Heiress! Very chilled! Im glad youre making the most of your free time with your daughter before you have to go to work, thats good

susannah said:

see, i had both parents at home from the time i was 9... my dad retired from the gov and became a consultant; my mom had retired years before that to become an artist. i'd like that for my own girl... at least if both of us could work part-time and be more present for her.

might take a couple of years but we have some ideas. now i'm really going!

I used to run a Helpline for Students at a University - For the Wireless Internet Access they had provided in their rooms. Basically involved setting up laptops / PC's to connect to the Network, lot's and lot's of Virus Removals and general monitoring of the Users on the Network.



Now I am at home, looking after my son until I get sorted with a new Job.

...1/3 of it is actual shooting fashion, the rest is production of the shoots...i'm always on the phone or shipping/ receiving samples from designer showrooms in paris milan or new york....in meetings to cast models from large agencies for the jobs i shoot...my editorial jobs give way to advertising as a stylist, same duties but less fantasy and more demographic specific because it's about sales. hi fashion allows me to spend an inordinate amount of time daydreaming to inspire myself to shoot bullshit pictures that make no sense to anyone but my collegues and myself...advertising requires me to focus on other people's reality...both arenas require broad thinking though, so my tenedency to spend spare time soaking up books, music, and different cultures is essential for me work for an international clientele...

when i can get away with playing hookey from work duties i like to sing. as a backing vocalist under an assumed name. my house is a very musical one so people are always here for gig rehearsals or happy go lucky demo collaborations for gigs or other client pitches, if i'm not working on the project taking place here, i still make sure the snack trays are out, the expresso machine is working, and the post-music-making wine is chilled. lastly i spend time gardening the little flower boxes on my terrace and twitching my behind through the kitchen like a woman possessed; this year i'm growing gerber daisies, rhodedendrons, hibiscus, petunias, and camelias. yesterday i cooked penne with hearts of palm, cracked black pepper and olive oil, & grilled herbed chicken salad with basil, & sundried tomatoes, served over arugula..the weather is warm today so i will whip up a spanish egg tortilla, served cold over mache.....i want to change careers and become a food writer/cookbook author one day, so i spend waaaaay to much time experimenting in the kitchen.if you came to visit me, i would probably knock myself out putting together a moveable feast just for you, whoever you are. i like to spend time ensuring that when people come to my home, they feel relaxed and in a state of grace, and when they finally leave they feel nothing less than content and inspired by the beauty of life....coffee dates with me are always at least 90 minutes, whether in my home or at a local cafe, of which there are scores accessible 5 mins from my place. sundays are ALWAYS off for me unless i'm on location. i spend them reading newspapers, watching arts documentaries, and listening to jazz or bossa.

i am, in short, a scattered fool, trapped in a bohemian fantasy (or nightmare?)---but it takes up a heck of a lot of time, actually

Ottensen said:

hey, when i'm done being a beach bum, i'm going to do like you.