What do you do in real life by Gelassenheit

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What do you do in real life

POSTED BY: GELASSENHEIT
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Friday, February 24, 2006 9:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by gotkaylee:
Student. Philosophy major, PoliSci Minor. Getting nice and ready for law school next year. Very exciting stuff.

Good luck to you! It's tough but you can do it--how are your rote memorization skills?

I'm now at the point of studying to take the bar, driving a school bus to put food on the table, and being a single mom. That's, uh, three jobs. And being a Browncoat.

"Do not go gentle into that good night....
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. . ."
--Dylan Thomas

Though my soul may set in darkness
It will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night.

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Friday, February 24, 2006 10:10 PM

DINKY

16 year old high school student :P

Though I relate most to Mr. Universe in the Serenity movie :D.

Kinda funny too.... I use two monitors for one computer... Which is kind of today's standard for Mr. Universe.

I'm homseschooled and I study all kinds of Digital Media software by myself. Right now I am working hard at learning Maya 6.5.

But I have mastered Photoshop and fluent in languages: Actionscript, HTML, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, M.E.L., English and Spanish.

And I'm a huge PC Gamer!!!

This post has a lot of replies...

"Th3re !s n0 spo0Ne." -The Matricks

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Friday, February 24, 2006 10:22 PM

MELAM

Quote:
Originally posted by wanmei:
I'm a 17 year old high school student by day.

An aspiring author by night.

And a dancer everywhere in between!

You stole my identity!

Except that I'm also focusing on becoming a Script Supervisor. Yeah that's every girl's dream.

"Putting the Me in Mercinary, Jayne Cobb."

"Joss, what is the future of television? What will we watch? And how will we watch it? Surely you must know, for you are wise, and slender."

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Friday, February 24, 2006 11:23 PM

EYESDRIEDOPEN

Part time Flooring Sales part time stay at home dad. Former gamer, present YouTube junkie*

For a super smooth visual and auditory melding with all that is good and pure check out:

What's with all the friggin librarians?

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:35 AM

ISAACSHEPARD

I'm 21 year old student right now majoring in English/minor in Linguistics, and I work at my city's Water Plant lab, testing water and stuff. Its a cool job. In two years I'll finish school and get some stuff published hopefully.
IS

The Bible's a little fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:47 AM

LAUGHINGMUSE

Mid-30s web host, developer, tech- and copywriter, and sometime IT contractor, with the occasional jaunt back to the local college whenever an interesting-looking class shows itself.

My unofficial designation, however, is "cat toy and warmblooded furniture".

Mankind makes tools; we use them to augment our hands, arms and legs.
The computer augments the brain and this makes it very unpopular with totalitarians. - Charles J.C. Lyall

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:04 AM

SMUGGLER

I'm an 18 year old student studying computer programming in scotland and a part time shop assistant

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:04 AM

SMUGGLER

I'm an 18 year old student studying computer programming in scotland and a part time shop assistant

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:31 AM

HIXIE129

Was a Sr Partner in a Wall street brokerage firm 20yrs. I consult when i get bored. Presently trying to get my spine fixed.

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 10:58 AM

LAUGHINGMUSE

...ow...Sympathy pains, Hixie129.

What happened to your spine?

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Mankind makes tools; we use them to augment our hands, arms and legs.
The computer augments the brain and this makes it very unpopular with totalitarians. - Charles J.C. Lyall

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Saturday, February 25, 2006 5:41 PM

VERA2529

Quote:
Originally posted by Lawler:
I am a program assistant for a non-profit agency. I work on regional and state conferences that focus on community economic development.

I am also a program assistant for a nonprofit, but I work on sustainable fisheries and ecolabels for food products.

My second job is lots of volunteer work realted to native plants of the Pacific Northwest and habitat restoration.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:20 AM

HIXIE129

Need major back surgery, trying everything short of that. Had 10 spinal injections since november, back is worst and taking major pain medication.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:30 AM

KILLERBANANA

Right now I'm a freelance web graphics designer while doing a bit of writing on the side, its just small stuff though. I'm hoping to get a more...solid job.

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"No! I can't. Too much hair."

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:49 AM

FOLLOWMAL

*Hugs* to Hixie for all that pain. Hope they get you squared away soon.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:01 AM

HIXIE129

Thanks FollowMal, you are so sweet!

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:34 AM

LUCCIOLA

Hello, Gelassenheit. I am one of those librarians, and I think I made my choice of name here in the same way you did.

Lucciola (which means Firefly)

Go, librarians!

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:45 AM

LADYSINGS

For the past 16 yrs, I have worked as a computer troubleshooter in the professional billing department of a hospital. Never a dull moment! If I had my choice though, I would love to be a professional vocalist!

"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." ----Lawrence Dobson

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:46 AM

KIMMYKAYLEE

I am a letter carrier for the post office (USPS) in Omaha, NE.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:34 PM

KAELE

Kaele is a stay-at-home mom now.

But I wasn't always...

BA in Music Performance (clarinet which I don't play anymore!)
Was very involved in my college's Marching Band and Music ensembles: Symphony Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Choir, Woodwind Quartet.
Life member of Delta Omicron, Music Fraternity.

Since graduation, I worked at a bank as a teller and at a convenience store. Then I got my big break into my dream job.

A parochial school hired me to teach computers, which I did for eight years, doing computers, Pre-K, music appreciation, and substitute teaching. My last position moved my job title up to Media Specialist where I built and maintained a computer lab and grew a school library from scratch.

Plan on going back to school soon to get a Master's degree and an elementary teaching certificate.

Kaele
AIM - Dewlanna
YID - jedi_kaele

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:08 PM

JAYNESBUNKWOMAN

Project manager for Federal Gov. Canada....*uses hand to cover big ass yawn* Full of bureaocracy, politics, blah blah blah BUT am working with team to develop web app. which will be used nationwide by upwards of 20000 by the time we finish!! So that is exciting.

I'll be in my bunk

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:14 PM

AGIRLYMAN

What ever the hell I want, i'm a ruttin Caveman!

AM I NOT MERCIFUL?!?!?!?

Tee Hee

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:22 PM

SEARINGFLESH55

22 year old Library clerk hoping to move up the Librarian by the end of this year! ::keeping fingers crossed:: But there is a lot of bureaucratic gos se that goes on but I still like to hope!

I am Joss' bitch!

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:28 PM

BCOAT7

I am a twenty-two year old student and aspiring film maker.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 5:34 PM

GELASSENHEIT

Quote:
Originally posted by searingflesh55:
22 year old Library clerk hoping to move up the Librarian by the end of this year! ::keeping fingers crossed:: But there is a lot of bureaucratic gos se that goes on but I still like to hope!

I am Joss' bitch!

It took me a few years, lots of good work and someone noticing, and not to mention more schooling, but it was so worth it!

Gelassenheit means Serenity

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 8:26 PM

METABOT

Freelance animator, full-time daddy :D

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Sunday, February 26, 2006 10:57 PM

ALEN

Quote:
Originally posted by j6ngo1977:
IT Helpdesk support. Im looking for a new job at the moment because I hate the company I work for. I can't stand gorram corporate politics and lip service. Trying to tell me how to think and speak. It's like working for the Alliance and I am Independant through and through :D

AMEN to that, bro :)
28yo IT with MCSA and CCNA, only high school tho, so I feel a lot like you... :(
Right now I hope I get to escape to NZ permanently... (crosses fingers)

if life were a Lucasarts adventure:
Use CHAINSAW on BOSS. PULL CORPSE. OPEN WASTE DISPOSAL UNIT. USE CORPSE on UNIT. CLOSE DOOR.
USE LIGHTER on CIGARE

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Monday, February 27, 2006 8:33 AM

SICKDUDE

(singing)
Oh, Inside Sales is the life for me,
I sleep all night and I watch TV.
I cut down queues, I answer the phone,
I like to collect wildflowers...

And the company I work for is SICK. Hence the name.

"It's a cow."

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Monday, February 27, 2006 8:46 AM

SHIRLOCKC

Ph.D. in molecular biology, currently writer/producer of medically-oriented content websites. Current work (and yes, please browse):

http://www.invisionguide.com
http://www.invisionguide.com/heart

Past work:
http://www.dnaftb.org
http://www.ygyh.org
http://www.dnai.org

Regards,
Shirley

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 5:21 PM

GHANIMAPIRATE

19 year old College student. Currently going for a degree in History.

Mal- Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. Besides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. There's a whole airflow.
Inara: And you'd know that because...?
Mal: You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 6:01 PM

K4S4EVA

I am a Vet nurse in Training.In the great land of Australia

Simon: Can you move your feet? Kaylee. Stay with me. Can you move your feet?
Kaylee: Are you asking me to dance...?

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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 8:01 PM

BROWNSPARROW

Wow, this is a diverse crowd.

I'm a college student pursing my masters in (bio)mechanical engineering, currently on full-time internship with a pediatric injury research and prevention center. I help determine causes and trends of vehicle related injuries in kids.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 1:24 AM

HOEPERATIVE

Quote:
Originally posted by GhanimaPirate:
19 year old College student. Currently going for a degree in History.

Me too :)

Except I'm 20.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 2:37 AM

BOOKADDICT

Hello, Gelassenheit another Librarian here. Manager of a small public library in Australia.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 2:58 AM

THOUSANDCUTS

Hey there fellow BrownCoats...im a 19 year old student, work part time in a call centre...
Keep on smiling...you all rock :)

"Might have been on the losing side...Still not convinced it was the wrong one..." Mal - Bushwhacked

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:00 AM

DOFFE

30 Y.o.
IT Consultant : Programmer /DBA.
Stockholm.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:11 AM

GUENEVER

Quote:
Originally posted by danfan:
Systems Engineer for a defense contractor. Been earning my living this way for nearly 28 years.

WooHoo! Systems Engineering. Same here; do large scale acquisitions for the federal gov't. If it costs more then a billion dollars, I'll help you buy it. But, I work for an FFRDC -- essentially a think tank. Let's go military! was in the Navy, then the Air Force -- paid for grad school. Grew up in a small rare & antiquarian book store. Our town librarian died when I was a kid, so they closed the library. I never wanted to be a librarian. When I was 8 I shocked my grammer school teacher and told her I wanted to be a forensic anthropologist.

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:28 AM

RHODRI

After graduating with a degree in International Politics I used my diplomatic skills doing retail.

11 years later and I'm a Transport Manager (and occasional interpreter) for a UK fuel company.

Oh, and a Reserve Army Officer teaching cadets - we're always shiny!

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 7:57 AM

SHINEYSHINDIG

Designer - graphic design, advertising. Side company also doing the same, illustration (computer, conventional), web but mostly print. Some cartooning. Hoping to break into writing and illustrating books.. College grad alum in the biz some 20yrs.. yikes. Been a big fan of everything sci fi so started out doing portrait sketches of characters way back (ST TOS, BSG) and scenes drawn from books, glossies, bubble gum cards. You get the idea.

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:56 PM

FREDGIBLET

Almost finished with college, hoping to be a Network Administrator in a couple of years. Right now I'm unemployed and mooching off my parents.

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 4:09 PM

SAVEWASH

Now I am learning about scary.

I process contracts for an independent phone book (although my bosses insist I call it "telephone directory") company that now publishes over 50 books across the United States. It alternates between interesting and boring, and my co-workers alternate between human and Reaver.

In my spare time, I like to write fiction and watch birds, among other things.

Mal: How's business?
Inara: None of yours.

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:15 PM

FWBBROWNCOAT

Ex-computer tech, decided to join the USAF a couple years back. Now I work with Munitions! Nothin like playin with things that go boom. Like it says...kinda Jayne's dream job, hehe.

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

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 5:58 PM

JUGGLESGEESE

I am a high school English teacher... I am a bonafide nerd. Oh well.

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:01 PM

DANNYKOINTEGRA

23 yr old Ocean Engineer in Miami, Fl

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:13 PM

MALBABE

Lot's of students and librarians, with military & computer techie people! I'm afraid I'm quite boring.

I've celebrated a few anniversaries of my 29th birthday (refuse to admit just how many). I work in the courts. There's a big fancy name for it, but basically I'm a Judge's clerk, although I've moved a little away from the courtroom, and now worry about the whole office. But basically that's it.

I like to think Mal would love me anyway, workin' for the Alliance as I do!

"I aim to misbehave."

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:30 PM

RMMC

Well, my fancy title is 'Claims Processing Representative.' Realistically, I'm a medical biller who specializes in billing the Medicare program for a local hospital.

Before that I was a bill collector for a different facility, and before that...I was a vampire!

Okay, not a vampire, but close enough. I was actually a phlebotomist, which is that wonderful person from the laboratory who, when you're n the hospital, wakes you up before the crack of dawn to syph---er draw some blood for tests.

RMMC

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Thursday, March 16, 2006 6:39 PM

STEAMER

I've got a Train Job.

Wanting to be a railroader since the tender age of three, I've been one for about the past year and a half. Wacky fun.

~

"We'll pass through it soon enough."

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:47 PM

JOSSISAGOD

What do I do in real life you ask? I'll tell you, I go to college to learn about Gaphic Arts, I don't have a steady job so after classes I come home and watch Firefly/Serenity over and over again!
In other words I'm freeloading off parents for now, but hope to have a job soon.

JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 8:28 PM

SASSALICIOUS

4th year student at University of Wisconsin double majoring in Biology and Southeast Asian Studies. I work at a deli when I'm not partying like a rock star or studying. My hobby is travel and 4 weeks off at winter break is the perfect time to indulge that.

Eventually I want to go to medical school, become a doctor, and save the world one developing country at a time, but until then I will be kicking it in Vietnam for an as yet to be determined amount of time post graduation.

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Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:01 PM

BELUGASMOM

PET CARE.........I take care of clients' animals when they are out of town for business, pleasure, whatever.......Do housesitting, mostly, some mid-day dog walks for those with long-houred workdays........I think my clients are like many posters here:highly educated, high income, high stress jobs..........I don't know how they/you do it. I see the unrelenting activity, the stress, the aggravation, the constant go go go go.......the lack of time to just STOP and LIVE, stop and BREATHE, stop and ENJOY LIFE. Why have companion animals if you're never home to enjoy their company? I also volunteer at an animal shelter, have animals of my own, participate in fundraising events on behalf of the animals, rescue stray dogs dodging traffic............What would I do in the Firefly 'verse? Don't know......perhaps care for the health and welfare of those black market beagles? (As long as they were not destined for the "Good Dogs!" barbeque)..........

Life is short, brutal, and unpredictable. EAT DESSERT FIRST.

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Sunday, March 26, 2006 3:36 AM

MRSELLARS

For money- Author (Occult Suspense-Thrillers)

For fun and emotional profit- father and husband.

MRS

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Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:56 AM

GELASSENHEIT

Quote:
Originally posted by BelugasMom:
I don't know how they/you do it. I see the unrelenting activity, the stress, the aggravation, the constant go go go go.......the lack of time to just STOP and LIVE, stop and BREATHE, stop and ENJOY LIFE. Why have companion animals if you're never home to enjoy their company?

While my husband and I work at our crazy, stressful jobs (we are adrenaline junkies and LOVE IT) our 6 cats take care of the house. LOL.

When I got my first cat, I vowed he would not be left alone, so I got him a brother. Then brother #3, then 4, 5 and 6. We got them all at the Humane society. Then we can spend quality time with them when we get home, but they don't need our constant attention as they have each other.

Rather a mad idea, (think litter box cleaning) but it works out.

Gelassenheit means Serenity

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