What's My Line?

[botias]

I met someone I'd been in high school with today. This made me think of high school reunions and what I would say to people who ask me what I do. Hmmm. It's not unusual in this strange white-bread Jamaica sort of place in which I live for people well into adulthood to say 'oh, a little of this and a little of that' in response to that question, so I would not be alone. Some possible answers:

• kept woman... hmmm, common-law wife is catchy too


• teacher


• small business owner


• early childhood development specialist


• fangurl


• aspiring pornographer


• recovering Whedonite


• groundskeeper


• cookie baker

Comments

[missus-grace.livejournal.com]

I was at a MOMS Club function last night and we played 2 truths and a lie (you write down two true things about you and one lie and the group tries to guess which one is the lie).

You don't know how badly I wanted to say that I'd had fiction published on the Internet (or even kept a blog), but that would lead to all sorts of questions and inquiries that I'm not prepared to share in RL.

Your list pretty much encompasses what I do, too! I'll get business cards printed up right away :)

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

Most of those answers sum up my life also. I hate having to explain - esp when I say "I used to work at......"

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I particularily love the aspiring pornographer choice....guaranteed to put off those you'd like to and intrigue others. You WOULD be remembered!

Kathleen

[beanbeans.livejournal.com]

I'm most of those too. :D

You could also add:

* writer (because you totes are)

* literary analyst

* editor

* eco-warrior (again, YOU ARE, OMg)

Also, a dear friend, but I don't think that qualifies as a job description-- BUT IT SHOULD.

♥

[botias.livejournal.com]

Awww! Thanks so much beans. *smooch*

[botias.livejournal.com]

Yes! I write vampire porn! Though not so much lately...

[botias.livejournal.com]

It's been 8 years now, I can't even really say that anymore...

[botias.livejournal.com]

Isn't a bit... something that we have these second identities? I certainly never thought I'd wake up one day and realize I was a member of a secret society of vampire pr0n aficionados who know one another only by a nom de guerre.

P.S. Please tell me what movie your icon is from. :D It's on the tip of my brain.

[mere-ubu.livejournal.com]

Aspiring? Oh, I think you're already there, darling. ;)

*sigh* People can be terribly tiresome in their rush to define one's identity by job title. Back when I was still a full-time SAHM, I had to flee a work-related faculty/staff gathering of B's after no less than three people responded with a "Really? Still?!" upon learning that I was continuing to stay home with the girl. "Don't you get bored?" Ahhh! (Quite honestly, I'd be there still if it were economically feasible.) When I went to my 20th high school reunion last year, that seemed to be the only conversational avenue possible; most folks just went around the room asking each other about their careers. Baah. Sheeple. *sulks* Wish I'd thought of the "kept woman" thing!

[devylish.livejournal.com]

in theory, it would be nice for you to say recovering whedonite... but honestly, does anyone every truly recover from Whedonism?

go with pornographer... it'll shock the ones you wanna shock, intrigue the ones you wanna intrigue.

[devylish.livejournal.com]

princess bride

kick butt movie... even better book!

[botias.livejournal.com]

Ohhh! Yes, I completely agree. :D Though that Wesley guy was plenty pretty.

[botias.livejournal.com]

No, I think it's like a couple of other well-known -isms in which one is forever in recovery. ;)

I agree. Though I may promote myself to amateur pornographer, rather than aspiring. :)

[botias.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! :D *squishes you*

The kept woman thing is good because it absolutely requires a red dress and a decent make-over. >:) I love being my own boss. I won't go back even though my glasses are held together with fishing line and Yankee ingenuity and one of my cars is almost old enough to drink.

[mere-ubu.livejournal.com]

Ha! Minx. I'm forever telling the man that a liberal arts education really only qualifies one to converse well--I'd totally be good mistress material. Where's a sugar daddy when you need one? Or can you just apply for a grant? :P

*nods* One semester, I accepted an adjunct theatre history job that probably paid less than working at Kinko's, and one day I made the bleak discovery that most of my students were younger than my '83 Accord! When it got to the point where neither me nor B. were as old as the combined age of our two ancient cars (and our floors began to get alarmingly smooshy in places) that I finally had to give in and seek semi-conventional employment again. But good lord! I can't imagine wanting to define myself by what I do from 8 to 5.

I salute your Yankee ingenuity and your fishing line! Stay hooome!!

[botias.livejournal.com]

I just thought of another: bath attendant

That's not true! Liberal arts educations also allow one to do smashingly well on the New York Times crossword puzzle.

I'm impressed! My Honda is merely an '87. :D

I married an ingenious and frugal Yankee, very useful. I can make him fix the smooshy floors and it costs me only materials and putting up with a bit of sulking.