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occupations

POSTED BY: BORIS
UPDATED: Friday, February 12, 2010 10:35
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Monday, February 8, 2010 3:24 PM

this thread has been so very interesting to read!

I'm a music teacher/freelance musician. I teach private violin and viola lessons, and I play in several symphonies and a string quartet in my area.

:)

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 9:34 AM

FREELANCERTEX

I would so take violin lessons if I could play lefty, but I don't think they make those *frown*

Avery: yes, hockey rules. Never was a fan of field hockey because of the running, but skating, WOOT! gliding feels almost like flying ^_^

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 10:18 AM

UNABASHEDVIXEN

Have you tried traditional four wheel skates (as opposed to roller blades)? As I find they are more stable. That said, it definitely takes a while to "find your feet" as my coach put it. A few months in, I'm much more steady that I was at the beginning, but I still crash into things (and people) from time to time

My problem with my job is that's I've become spoiled: I make a very decent amount of money, plus benefits, a fantastic pension plan and five weeks of paid holidays a year. It's hard to find that kind of deal outside of a traditional nine to five. Plus, I really like what I do. I just wish I could do it from twelve 'til eight... Thanks for the suggestions though.

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People before profits

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:07 PM

MINCINGBEAST

weird that there are so many accomplished people, from so many walks of life, with such bad taste in sci fi.

i'm a reaver. well, an unenmployed, pre-mutilation reaver, but reaver is most certainly my dream job.

for the time being, i'm a student who doesn't have to go to class. i extern for a federal judge, and post bar, hope to either a) continue being a useless clerk or b) keep your streets full of drunk drivers and drug addicts.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:39 PM

BORIS

the only skates I've tried are ice skates and my 1980's four wheelers: tragic balance on both. I've not tried roller blades. Its not a lack of confidence issue...I could keep falling and it wouldn't bother me, but falling ain't skatin . I think it's the balancing and coordinating movement at the same time factor that causes the problem. I fall over or miss step and stumble at least twice a day and regularly sway into stuff I'm trying to avoid and thats just walking at a normal pace. I am a graceful swimmer though.

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010 2:41 PM

FREELANCERTEX

Well at least you're a grateful swimmer 'cause I SUCK at swimming. I go farther and faster just kicking my legs than using my legs in conjunction with my arms, oddly enough.

Vixen: I have a very strong hate for traditional roller skates (but certainly no offense to your preference for them). All I did was fall down on them. Thank God for strong bones or I might've broken something--like my poor mother did when she fell trying to skate on a pair.

I much much prefer roller blades. Way more stability (for me anyway) and a lot more fun, much more fluid to glide on. easier to stop when you don't have to tip onto your frakin' toes to use the brakes @_@ Hell I even learned how to skate backwards eventually ^_^

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:41 AM

VIOLYNS

my brother's left-handed and plays just fine. I teach both left-handers and right-handers. They all do great.

If you have an issue with your left hand (like missing fingers or something), you can get a custom-made violin for playing. All they have to do is switch around the insides and the strings.

:)

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:54 AM

FREELANCERTEX

well see I play guitar lefty, so I pick with my left hand and use the fretboard with my right hand. Do they make lefty violins or is that a custom order type thing?

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:19 AM

BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER

Quote:
Originally posted by boris:
I'm just curious to know what you all do career/vocation/hobby wise. I have hinted at my history at before and after school care and vacation care. I worked in that field as both a regualar staff member and a director.I also worked in respite care and disabilities with some seriously disabled kids and their families, and i did youth work with teens and volunteer work with the elderly on and off. all of these contributed to an amazing education process and were extremely rewarding.I decided to go back to Uni full time to become a Speech Pathologist. I'm interested in doing research relating to Stuttering, Executive function disorders and pragmatic/social communication problems.
I have been doing casual afterschool/vacation care work while studying...I think I'm hooked. I am also a major craft boffin and do handfelting, leatherwork, jewellery making...basically anything relating to textiles.
I really would like to know more about what some of you do, if you feel like sharing :-).

Well...done a few things. However, the current trend of my employment appears to be Customer and Technical Support, since I world for Bell Canada's satellite television division aiding customers in their service needs. Not a horrid job, mind you...just get to encounter the darker sides of human nature when things go all 'blooey.

And for hobbies and interests? Let's see...literature, video & computer games (loving my Xbox 360 lots but not enough time to play and too many games to choose from, honestly), fanfic of different flavours and types (Flanfic is still #1 if I can get at it

) and anything computational.

"The revenge of the beaten comes in refusing to fall." -- Mal, in "The Losing Side - Chapter 45" by jetflair

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:33 PM

BORIS

I get the computer and video game thing. I really do. I had one of the old X boxes when they came out. I spent every extra minute with it playing Halo and Jade empire. I started skipping other activities etc etc. I eventually got rid of it when I did a straight 49 hour stint on it and was only bothered by the fact when my housemate gave me a berating. I just have no self control when it comes to games. I only have boring ones on my computer. I have also deliberately refrained from allowing myself to learn all but the bare basics about computers as i know I'll get hooked. I know just enough to get through my course run necessary programs and handle emails/communication etc. I recently had pre-paid broadband installed. the only thing that keeps me from being on the net all the time is how much it costs.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:39 PM

BORIS

I don't think thats odd at all. I don't use my arms much when I swim. I tend to keep them close to my sides and occasionally use them like underwater flippers to help me glide/turn. I use my legs mostly. I find coordinating arms and legs for traditional stuff like breast stroke and Freestyle is cognitively tedious and takes away from my enjoyment of the water.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:49 PM

FREELANCERTEX

Lol, I agree; they do tend to get in the way, some :P Never met anybody else who swims like that though. cool.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:01 PM

BORIS

been swimming like that since I was 3. I learned to swim the old fashioned way. My dad put me in the water and said" look at me and do what I do...and I did. but a little differently from him...he swims like a frog.
I haven't actually had the time to do much swimming for the last four years due to study commitments. Sad really as I live near some great beaches. my exscuse lately is that they've been closed a lot due to rough conditions or sharks. getting back into a fitness routine is a big goal for this year.I'm aiming to hit the beach on Friday. woohoo!

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Friday, February 12, 2010 12:15 AM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."

Well to jump on the band wagon, I swim that way too, I always thought I was a handicapped swimmer(no offence ment). Ijust can't get it.:(

I work for the Dept. of the Interior, at the National Business Center, we have 4 large IBM Main frames, over 200 servers, 2 robot tape drives, 2 Xerox large printers and on and on, we have 5 computer rooms. I m a MCO (Master Console Operator) and I run the Print & Tape rooms, 6 people total.
i am a geek!

Hobbies:conventions, knitting(Jayne Hats mostly),going to TEA,I do rescue work for the local no-kill cat shelter ,sew a little and love cooking. Looks like I'm kinda dull.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Friday, February 12, 2010 10:35 AM

PACHELBEL

I have a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and have been the, not 'a', the

Quality Design Engineer for a steel finishing facility for the past 2 years. Prior to that, I was a post-doctorate researcher at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, working in a group that did hand rehabilitation, primarily following stroke. However, my area was developing exoskeletons to control the fingers of the hand following spinal cord injury. Not being able to secure any grant money, and having 5 people (2 fish, and 2 cats, well, down to one cat now

) to support, I took the steel mill job. When I'm not cleaning up after kids, I like to exercise and watch TV. Oh, and, for some reason I agreed to be in a play for a local community theater. When asked, I said: "As what? A stagehand?" Instead, I'm playing an 80 year old Holocaust survivor.

I'm also trying to get back into the health care field. So, if anyone knows anybody, that knows someone, keep me in mind!

Thanks for askin'.

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