"Line?"

[jmfargo]

Tonight I started a new job. It's only a week-long, and lasts from an hour to an hour and a half each evening, but it pays well, and it's probably one of the most interesting positions I've ever accepted. Coming from a man who (at last count) has held over 60 jobs, that means something. I'm not sure what it means, but something. Definitely.

I'm a line-reader. I'm helping a graduate student/actor learn her lines for a Shakespearean play in which she is taking part*. I have to correct her if she makes even the tiniest of mistakes, which means that it demands my attention at all times, but since I enjoy reading and I "get" Shakespeare, it's more enjoyable than work.

Don't tell her that, though. She might not want to pay me!

Still, pretty cool, huh? What's the neatest job you've ever held?**

*I wanted to say "play that she's part of," but felt bad slaughtering the language in such a way after mentioning The Bard.

**I'm tempted to wait until tomorrow morning to post this, because that's when I get most responses to questions like this one, but I know that if I don't do it now I'll never remember.

Comments

[akdidge.livejournal.com]

What's the neatest job you've ever held?

Hmmm...Neatest?

Security Guard at the college. That was the BEST job I've ever held. The pay was crap, the hours weren't enough, but by god not only was it fun, it was a variety of getting paid to hang out (talk with students, check on things around the campus), and trying to convince people that while as security I didn't have a gun I did have the incredible power to "call for backup" which consisted of a couple of guys in the 60's, and maybe the boss who was in his late 40's. Who may or may not show up. In about 20 minutes.

Yeah, fun times. Most of the trouble that happened was dealt with by my nature ability to diffuse a situation with joking/conversation. Well, that and practically everyone on the campus knew me and vice versa. I'm not kidding. I was like super-popular in college, and while it was only a community college, I was liked by everyone (young and old).

[jfargo.livejournal.com]

a couple of guys in the 60's

I read that and tried to figure out how guys from the 60's were going to get to whatever year it was to help you. Security guards have access to more advanced technology than I would expect!