real job

Take back your summer – take back your life

Written on by SamWatkins in Join My Team

My worse fears in life are played out on screen in such films as Office SpaceThe Company MenThe Devil Wears Prada, and this latest commercial I just saw for Visit Las Vegas. Read more


I couldn’t even get a job at Grindr

Written on by SamWatkins in My Journey

Lately all my friends have been telling me to, “just go get a job already!” It’s been 2 years since I left the comforts of a steady bi-weekly paycheck. And while it’s true that I’m not thriving out here financially, I’m not quite impoverished either. The thing is, I just can’t seem to get excited at the prospect of sitting in a cubicle doing some mundane task and getting paid a crap wage for it every single day. “But everyone hates their job,” my friends assure me. Should I consider that argument sound real-world wisdom, or a cautionary tail — kind of like when your parents said, “well if everyone else jumped off a bridge would you?” Well I’m not jumping off a bridge and I’m not going going to suffer through a job that I hate either. Although at this rate I might be living under a bridge soon, so let me know if you do decide to jump so I can get out of your way. Read more