I Don’t Need a Real Job

I don’t have a job for the summer. It’s kind of sad, and nice at the same time. On the one hand I’ve always been the one with a good job in a good location and good pay… on the other, I’ve never really had a lot of time to relax.

Ian and I talked to Ryan Francoise last night. He’s this amazing dancer that just finished touring with the Broadway hit “Swing.” One thing he said was that he’d never had a day job. He didn’t enjoying flying all the time, but he liked the excitement, the changes, the people.

I’m no professional entertainer/dancer, but I do know that there’s a lot to be learned when you’re not so committed to the daily grind. In other words, it could be fun to just fuck around and be a poor college student.

I have a lot already that I want to do. There are well-over a dozen books piled up, at least four of which I’m in the middle of. I have my guitar, which can finally be a focus instead of a distraction. And then there’s the web and my projects… my own possibilities. I have a lot of ways that I’d like to work for myself: a DC dancer yearbook, a dance T-shirt selling page, website design, website host reselling. And of course I need to redo this page. There’s a lot that I want to do. Throw dance into the picture and there’s no doubt that I can be busy every day.

But I would like to work at a fun job, part-time. I’m taking suggestions if you have any. I’d love to work in a small tea or coffee shop, but not a commercialized one. Or maybe a book store or a greeting-card place. The idea of waiting tables has even crossed my mind. I’ve also applied for a few jobs where I could learn a lot and have fun with computers… even if I wouldn’t make as much money, like working for dreamhost.com. I don’t know, there are a lot of possibilities. Please let me know if you have any ideas.

The moral of the story is that, for once, I’m not rushing home to get to work. But I will be working, one way or another. And more importantly, I will be happy.