Work is a funny word. Its one of those words that if you say it over and over and over again a lot of times in a row it just starts to sound funny and meaningless. Try it:
work, work work, work work work work
, work work, work, work, work work
Totall ridiculous right?
I've been doing a lot of work lately. I like my work however and often it is quite a bit of fun. Sometimes I talk with people who also enjoy their work, and its nice. Often you can end up in a situation where you both try to outdue eachother and it can get ridiculous.
: Well I love my job so much I would do it for half my salary.
:: Oh yeah, well I love my job so much I would travel 8000 miles and pay $3000 a year so that I could do it!
I call it work, but really I'm still a student. When I graduate I will be able to get paid for the same work -- even though I've already graduated and have been paid to do similar work elsewhere.
Working in marine science will not make me wealthy, but hopefully I'll get to travel to a lot of cool places. Working on dolphins and whales won't make me famous, but it might make it easier to pick up hippie chicks at a bar.
It might go down something like this:
[Wavy lines and fade to bar scene]
So, you're a freelance acupuncturist? [trying really hard to keep a straight face] Thats fascinating. I work with dolphins and whales. Well actually I work with sperm whales.
No, they aren't the ones that sing. They just make clicking noises.
No, I'm not trying to figure out what they are saying.
Well, actually no thats the walrus, but they are called sperm whales because the old whalers used to think that their large heads were filled with sperm, when actually they are filled with a fatty tissue that is used --
What do you mean you have to leave you just got here?
But I'm pretty sure you didn't come in to the bar with those people.
Right, well I'm glad I didn't offer to buy you a drink then.
Yikes, I need to work on my technique! Maybe if I spent less time at work and more time actually interacting with real people I would have more luck.
Work work work work work work work work kwerk kwerk kwerk
*** UPDATE 30 July 2006 ***
Maybe it just feels like I work all the time becaue I can't ever remember my weekends... didn't need those braincells anyway.
5 comments:
"All work and no beer make Homer something something...."
I would pay money to study whales. Honestly. I'm not even joking here. My friend's thesis worked on analyzing orca vocal patterns and now I know how to mimic three of her pod's whistles. Yes, I'm a dork. But then again, I'm friends with the other BS, so that might be a given. :P
The real question here Leslie is: would you pay me to study whales, and if so how much? I would happily let you tag along on my research--I only accept payment in gold or robots though :-)
Unfortunately we don't see orcas here all that often. There are only around 300 or so that live around New Zealand. I've been lucky and run into two small groups on two occasions. Sperm whales admittedly aren't as charismatic as orcas, but personally I think thats a good thing. :P
But sperm whales are exciting as a product of their mysteriousness. I think I recall something from long ago (marine biology class senior year of college - really only two years ago but quite a long while by my brain's standards) that they dive really deep and are extremely hard to study due to their elusiveness. And deepness. Or something to that effect.
I miss marine biology class. A whole lot.
Also, your pictures of New Zealand are gorgeous. I have to visit there sometime. SO BEAUTIFUL.
Oh, and the answer to your question is: yes, but probably less than would keep you alive. And alas, I have no gold or robots. :(
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