The other thing I did lately was quit my job of nearly eleven years. I quickly learned to sympathize with Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: everyone asks you the same questions, all the time. So I can be forgiven for making things up. I just didn’t expect anyone to believe me.
HUMAN RESOURCES (calling my cell): I can’t believe it! I just heard the news! Where are you going next? What’s your plan?
ME: Well, I never meant for this company to be my entire life. I want to get back to my real love--the thing I was doing before I took this job. And that’s what I’m doing. I’m going back to porn.
HR: ....
ME: But I don’t want to call it ‘acting.’ I think that’s crude. I think of it more as performance art. And there’s a lot I’ve learned here that I can take with me. For example, when you do a marketing campaign, there’s a point that I like to think of as ‘the money shot.’ Now, it’s not an apples to apples comparison, but I think the money shot of business-to-business marketing can be very applicable to a literal money shot.
HR: ...
ME: ....
HR: ....Ohhh.
ME: I’M KIDDING, KAREN.
HR: Oh! Okay. I take it very seriously when people tell me where they plan to go next, so I thought, well maybe that’s what Greg is planning to--
ME: Even if I wanted to, in what alternate universe do I actually have the qualifications?
funny.
Whaaaat??????? Congratulations on the house and congratulations on your career change. Wait, is it a career change? I need more details!
Not a career change, just company and location--working in the city now. Housewarming invite location forthcoming...although by “forthcoming,” I mean “around March after I get through all this crap and can buy some patio furniture for the deck.”
I hope by March you mean March ‘11. Otherwise you have very optimistic goals.
How did I miss this post? Congrats. I want to hear even more!