4.06.2011

My Curious Careers
































I’ve worked:
  • as a waiter
  • in libraries
  • at theme parks
  • on stages
  • backstage
  • fully-clothed in a Playboy video
  • in an Oscar-winning film
  • as a movie extra
  • as a store merchandiser
  • in a tuxedo shop
  • as a pants-hemmer
  • in a convenience store
  • in an army surplus store
  • at a deli
  • as a paper boy
  • in a dental lab
  • for a veterinarian
  • in a Christian bookstore
  • as an English teacher
  • for dance studios
  • in trade shows
  • in a puppet show
  • wearing a dinosaur costume
  • on cruise ships
  • at the YMCA
  • as a photographer
  • for a floral designer
  • as a writer
  • as an editor
  • as an office temp
  • as an event planner
  • as a tchotchkie buyer
  • as a PR person
  • as a call center rep
  • a cell phone programmer
  • a warranty program administrator
  • for Actors’ Equity Association
  • singing Disney songs in Spanish in Spain
  • all over the U.S.
  • wearing wigs
  • doing magic tricks
  • lifting women over my head
  • through wardrobe malfunctions
  • through degrading auditions
  • on tour with a movie star
  • at a nature store
  • in a college speech communications office
  • as an advertising manager
  • for mentoring bosses
  • for bosses with martyr complexes
  • for bosses with ADD
  • for bosses who let me boss them
  • and as the kid who inserts wooden sticks into corn dogs...

I know these all tie together somehow.  Let’s see if we can figure it out.  

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