What's your job? by Aramina

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What's your job?

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:13 AM

Probably already been asked a million times, but it'd be interesting to see the different backgrounds we all have.

I'm an editorial assistant, what about you?

When I think of an interesting signature you'll be the first to know.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:59 AM

SHANNARA

litigation attorney.

"Ship like this, be with you until the day you die"

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:21 AM

IN2THEBLACK

I'm the 1-man IT department in a middle school - I run the network, fix the machines, train the staff, etc, etc..if it plugs into a wall, beeps, and has flashy lights, it comes under my nose at some point

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Management is not responsible for ball failure

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:29 AM

PENGUIN

Quote:
Originally posted by Shannara:
litigation attorney.

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:30 AM

PENGUIN

I work for Medicare...I talk to providers all day long!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:35 AM

DOCTROID

Physicist. Nuclear physicists think I do particle physics, and particle physicists think I do nuclear. They're both right. Or wrong.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:38 AM

FLATTOP

For money:
Wireless Telecom Engineer.
I make sure the phones and towers talk to each other proper.

For the joy of it:
Tae Kwon Do Instructor

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:39 AM

NAUGHTYMAN

Bookbinder.

"Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all"

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 4:47 AM

STINKINGROSE

Nurse.
Thanks to Flattop, Penguin and I have probably spoken without even realizing it!

..and now I can't get down.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:05 AM

JOHNNYREB

Credit and Collections. I extend credit lines to people and businesses, then wish I hadn't.

Take my love. Take my land...

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:53 AM

GLADIATOR32

I'm the administrator of the Property advertising team for a local newspaper group. Essentially, I sit and do reports and talk to estate agents all day. Fun fun fun(!)

I also do all heavy lifting/physical labour stuff in the building

Oh, and any computers/equipent goes wrong, that's my job too. Guess you could just call me 'Office Dogsbody'

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www.myspace.com/32dan32

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:05 AM

22CLAWS

Entirely pointy.

Cook, and the restaurant I work for is working me to death.

'Tis the season.
22

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:17 AM

SHANNARA

lol to the penguino. how do i steal the little backpeddler and use it as my own??

flattop, ever hear of general choi? or is that like asking firefly fans if they've heard of niska?

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:06 AM

PENGUIN

Quote:
Originally posted by Shannara:
lol to the penguino. how do i steal the little backpeddler and use it as my own??

Right-click on the image and save to your computer.

Read this on posting images...

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=5&t=22105

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:12 AM

CHOO1701

I'm only Part Time, so its supermarket work for me. Work on thw Deli and Meat and Fish counters.

of course being part time i've been left in charge before, on my own, to run a counter, yet i know how to do jack s*it!!! :disappionted:

And Christmas is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!

Future job: want to do either Concept Design or 3D work. Got a long way though

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TRAIN!!!

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:18 AM

STEAMER

Here's a pic of me on the job:

Is my screen name still a mystery?

Mal's evasive
Womack's uppity
Wash is going
Shadow-puppety
FIREFLY

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:30 AM

FLATTOP

Quote:
Originally posted by Shannara:
flattop, ever hear of general choi? or is that like asking firefly fans if they've heard of niska?

I've heard the name (though not nearly so often as Niska's). Can't tell you anything about him.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:38 AM

PENGUIN

Quote:
Originally posted by Steamer:
Here's a pic of me on the job:

Is my screen name still a mystery?

I would love to have your job! I grew up next to two railroad lines...I love trains!

King of the Mythical Land that is Iowa

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:43 AM

SISTER

Reporter; currently for newspaper; used to be radio and television.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:50 AM

CYBERSNARK

For pay:
Freelance proofreader, Homework Centre Facilitator (I run workshops to help schoolkids with homework).

Trying to break into:
Screenwriting. Well, scriptwriting technically, since I'm not averse to video games, comics, or staged plays, but It's TV that I'm aiming for. I want Joss' job.

Just gotta escape from the ass-end of nowhere first.

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We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neural reaction from either patient.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:10 AM

LADYSINGS

Currently laid off at the moment but I just heard word on Friday that I am being called back to my old position. The hospital that I work/worked/working for laid me off because of health reasons. (Yes, I know that is illegal but they [or should I say "she" because it was actually the director of my department] found a loophole) I have been laid off for four months. But, I am happy to say that the "higher-ups" forced her to take me back because the department has gone to Hell in a handbasket since I left. (Don't you just love Karma?!?!)

Anyways, my official title is Control Clerk in the hospital's Professional Billing department. I know, I HATE that title! Everyone always asks me, "Are you a control freak?" I always like to reply with Joss' line, "No, I am a control enthusiast."

To explain what a Control Clerk is....it's basically a jack-of-all-trades. I maintain our billing software database and am the unofficial computer guru of our department.

"Well ya know, we studied bludgeoning in the academy first year but by the time you graduate, you just forget everything. I'm a bad cop." ----Laurence Dobson

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 9:33 AM

DOCTROID

Quote:

Is my screen name still a mystery?

Train Job, eh?

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:28 AM

STEAMER

*snerk* Yup, Train Job. Is it just me, or is that the reaction of every Browncoat who finds out what I do for a living?

Quote:
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Trying to break into:
Screenwriting. Well, scriptwriting technically, since I'm not averse to video games, comics, or staged plays, but It's TV that I'm aiming for. I want Joss' job.

Don't know about anyone else, but I sure wouldn't argue with getting you into a position where you could work on putting Serenity back in the air.

When shooting hoodlums
You don't need
To open eyes
If you can read
FIREFLY

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:16 AM

SABRI3L

Massage Terrorist..err.I mean...therapist

Knitter of Cunning Jayne Hats

http://www.myspace.com/gazthegloomy

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:39 AM

SIRI

Director of rural community mental health center - psychotherapist - for money.

Yoga teacher - for peace of mind.

I was wondering about this topic, too, but figured I could check the threads. Thanks for putting this one out there.

"That's the plan."

Siri

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:40 AM

ARAMINA

I can't WAIT to get out of my current job. Well, no, that's not true. I like the job, I just hate the place. It's run by idiots, for idiots and I just wanna leeeeeeeaaaaaaaaave!!

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When I think of an interesting signature you'll be the first to know.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:45 AM

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

University student and part-time administrative assistant for the university's Residence Life Activities director.

Lovely job and all...but I am too efficient for my own good

Literature has shown us some of humanity's greatest achievements; history, some of our greatest failures -- Alun Lewis

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:07 PM

TRAVELER

Design solenoid valves for the automotive industry. Sounds exciting, doesn't it.

Traveler

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:13 PM

ROBERTEGGLETON

I'm a therapist in a children's mental health program in West Virginia -- the state with the highest rate of child maltreatment deaths in the U.S. Author proceeds from the sale of my first science fiction novel are donated to prevent child abuse. I can't afford to advertise, but I have had some success through pro bono contributions, including two book reviews. Please see the following links. So, I guess I'm a writer too.

Robert Eggleton

www.fatcatpress.com - the publisher, click on the book cover for a sample and to order

www.wingspanquarterly.com -- a satirical essay about its promotion, click on the cover, then my name

www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/BookDetails.asp?BookID=30929 -- $2 more here, but different electronic formats, such as to take on the trail or to the beach

www.okalrel.org/lynda_reads/2006/11/rarity-from-hollow-by-robert-eggle
ton.html --
Most recent mention

www.specficworld.com/books/index.html -- a site that gave me free advertising for a year

www.baryon-online.com/baryon103/rarho.html -- 1st professional review, by a famous science fiction reviewer

http://www.missourireview.com/tmr-blog/?p=310 -- most recent review by the editor of a major book review firm

http://katlynstewart.com/author.htm -- 1st free advertising on a child abuse survivor site

There have been other contributors that were not mentioned above so as to eliminate redundancy of content.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:20 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Oh, steamer, you lucky man. Who do I hafta kill to get a job like yours?

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:24 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

I fergot. I work as a Maintenance Mechanic in a plastics factory. Think of an ugly, fat, greasy, middle aged male Kaylee... come to think of it, maybe you shouldn't.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:25 PM

SHANNARA

where in the 'verse do they still run a steam train? i'm quite curious.

"A ship like this, be with you until the day you die"

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:45 PM

STEAMER

Quote:
Originally posted by Shannara:
where in the 'verse do they still run a steam train? i'm quite curious.

Actually, some Chinese railroads ran steam in regular service until about a year ago. Branch lines and industries are still using some that were built in the late '80s. (The fanfic lightbulb went on when I randomly correlated Chinese steam ops with the cultural blend of Firefly.

)

Here in the States, there are about 150 operating steam engines run mostly as tourist attractions. The one I work on is 81 years old and still runnin' like a champ.

Quote:
Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
Oh, steamer, you lucky man. Who do I hafta kill to get a job like yours?

Believe me when I say you don't wanna be killin' folk for my job. The world of classic railroading needs everybody it can nab who knows go-se about steam engines.

This plastics plant you work at....it isn't in Warminster, PA perchance, is it? 'Cuz I deliver resin-loaded rail cars there twice a week......

FOX watch out,
Warns Uncle Joss:
There's some Rivers
You shouldn't cross.
FIREFLY

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:46 PM

KELAI

Assassin

No. Student. Graphic Artist and the occaisional web designer. And I write. And draw.

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//breathe today So many lies s w i r l i n g
All A R O U N D You
you're S U F F O C A T I N G
the e m p t y shape in Y O U
s t e a l s your b r e a t h

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:58 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

Ninja.

And I moonlight as a biomedical engineer making cool implantables in the medical industry.

Nobody suspects that I'm really a ninja.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:14 PM

PDCHARLES

What happened? He see your face?

Pirate!

...and by day a Software Developer. So far, have developed software for police dept.s, fire dept.s, art/picture framing industry, and now medical.

...and people do sometimes suspect I am a pirate.

latest vid

the lyrics http://www.greenplastic.com/lyrics/lucky.php

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 1:22 PM

FORGE

I'm the director of a semi-rural ambulance service, and full time student

This is just another sign of your tragic space dementia, all paranoid and crotchety...breaks the heart.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:09 PM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I'm a lowly laborer. I install garage doors and electric operators.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:21 PM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Quote:
Originally posted by Steamer:

This plastics plant you work at....it isn't in Warminster, PA perchance, is it? 'Cuz I deliver resin-loaded rail cars there twice a week......

FOX watch out,
Warns Uncle Joss:
There's some Rivers
You shouldn't cross.
FIREFLY

Alas, no, but it's spelled close. it' in
WESTminster, Ca. We make trays, bins and dish washer racks for the restaurant business.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:07 PM

SHANNARA

PDCHARLES - do you by chance design the functional back end of web sites? i have need of such a person. sadly, i'm very very cheap ;)

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:08 PM

BLAZESOLO

I'm a security guard and I love it!!

I wear a blaster under my Browncoat

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 5:03 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

I work hard to do my part to make sure that the CEO of my comany will never have to do a real day of work in his life.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:09 PM

WHIMSICALNBRAINPAN

I am a burdern on society. I also volunteer at the Red Cross.

"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle." http://whimsicalnbrainpan.blogspot.com/

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:21 PM

MONKSDAD

I am a publisher, of what you ask. A Luxury Real estate Magazine in Las Vegas. I am also the graphic designer of said magazine. Its not really a job, more of a hobby that pays really well. other than that my real job is dad. being a single dad is a job in itself.

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:24 PM

SASSALICIOUS

Student and deli supervisor. Also a bit of a wanderer.

Soonish to be English teacher in Vietnam.

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Wisconsin sucks. I don't want to be here.

~Forsaken Forever

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:41 PM

DTUCK

Network admin for an internet gaming center.

....

And a pirate.

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http://www.myspace.com/citrusblast
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The best way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

- Oscar Wilde

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 6:47 PM

DJTOES

college student.

"hell, if i'd wanted schoolin' i'd gone to school."

wish my life was that simple...

"When you can't run, you crawl. When you can't crawl, when you can't do that...You find someone to carry you."

You don't truely understand that quote. Until you needed it.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:01 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

Jill of all trades-otherwise known as an Aministrative Assistant and a single Mom.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:34 PM

INDIGOSTARBLASTER

Federal bureaucrat. More specifically, a policy analyst for Health Canada.

I used to be a corporate lawyer, but I'm much happier now :)

Indigo S.

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Sunday, December 17, 2006 8:38 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Your change in carreer stirs up nothing but the utmost respect for you Indigo.

'Course you coulda told me that you work as a greeter for Walmart now and I would feel the same way. Welcome back to the human race.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." http://www.myspace.com/6ixstringjack

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