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PeleBRONZE Member
the henna lady
6,193 posts
Location: WNY, USA


Posted:
We've covered ages, names, how long we've been spinning, injuries and embarrassing moments. I read in one of the threads that Dangerboy is into biology or something which got me wondering...what do you do as a day job????For me, this is my day job. I also am a freelance writer. I own a production company called Creative Illusions, which helsp coordinate different acts, including Pyromorph. I also direct/teach improv theater and write for events.Other than that I have managed a book store, been a bartender at a wild bar and taught first and second grade special ed, none of which is nearly as fulfilling as performing to me (though bartending is close).Oh, and now I can also add that I am the newly inducted Reptile Specialist at a small pet store chain here in the middle of nowhere. It doesn't interfere with the performing and it is another job I love to pieces!And yes, I do know I am one of the lucky ones! tongue ------------------Pele Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir..."I prefer not to go where there is a path but to blaze a new one!"[This message has been edited by Pele (edited 05 January 2002).]

Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK


Solmember
33 posts
Location: Melmac


Posted:
Full time computing and networking student by daypart-time moon watcher in the nightWind blower and rain dropper all life longA helpy hand in between these timesMaybe one day I'll make a career out of it.

Sol


majikbratmember
12 posts
Location: Derby, VT,USA


Posted:
I flirt for a living ------------------Around the pyre, a circle of thirteenThroughout these woods, ecstatic screamsI look deeply into your eyesI smell your hair, caress your thighsNow we'll make love by fire lightA blaze so high it lights the night"Type O Negative"

Around the pyre, a circle of thirteenThroughout these woods, ecstatic screamsI look deeply into your eyesI smell your hair, caress your thighsNow we'll make love by fire lightA blaze so high it lights the nightType O Negative


SorchaTheFlamingmember
235 posts
Location: Calgary alberta Canada


Posted:
i am a community support worker for mentally ill and mentally challenged adults, i wokr in a group home with them..the night shift8pm-8am 3 nights on three night off AND im a full time collage student.going into an art and design degree in about 4 more years..and i do the fire thing in what time i have left..

Teach tolerance, not competition.
Send food, not bombs.


SpiralOolering Man
729 posts
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire


Posted:
Im a full time mature student at sheffield university studying a BSc in archaeological sciences. I dont work at the minute, which is going to get remedied soon hopefully grin------------------Trance the sacred spiral dance.Love and LightSpiral

pkBRONZE Member
Lambretta Fanatic
4,997 posts
Location: United Kingdom


Posted:
hey cantus i know what you mean mate..those pilled up uv glowing pokemon pixie kids with the dumies and winnie the pooh backpacks n shit! i dont get it?thank f**k i dont work there at night haha i have a nice sociable day job in the club..i couldnt stand to work in that place at night any more..unless they paid me to perform outside fer big money, tight arse's i'd call it a nice pay rise and soming i would and mybe the only thing i'd love to do for that place unless they hired me to be a contract killer of all those pilled up crasher kids, but then maybe i'd have no job to goto in the morning so a lesson to you all "drugs pay my wages" but not as much as any dealers lol yeah 16 years of age rings a bell in there too..pop n crisp's night hahacould be worse i could have said CLUB WOW hahalaters....pkspin high spin low..throw an arm wrap in for good measure!

KaeKaeKEIKImember
4 posts
Location: san diego, california, usa


Posted:
i'm an 8th grade student during the day, a babysitter after that, and at nights...i'm a whore!!!!! *gasp* lolNaaah i'm an 8th grade student and a babysitter--I LOVE little kids and watching mai poi boi do his poi thang!lol

-kaekae--KEIKI-alwayZ member...-~*KaeKae*~- LuVs YoU!!!mai poi boi gonna beat ur @$$


Raymund Phule (Fireproof)Enter a "Title" here:
2,905 posts
Location: San Diego California


Posted:
Hmm me thinks that I need to go to Pitsburg, but on a less hormonial driven topic, if you dont know by now I am a US Marine, to break it down for you I fix guns. Nothing mounted in planes or anything but some are put on choppers and the rest are pretty much hand carried with the exception of a few that have to be broken down to be carried. I also fix morters and rocket launchers. My dream job is being a GM on Ultima Online. Paid to play a game. How much cooler of a job can you get?!?

Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"


RoziSILVER Member
100 characters max...
2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia


Posted:
Not mine, why do you think I am on the web too much!!!I try to be a client services coordinator with an international remuneration consultancy. Then fail horribly...Involved in political organisation as Treasurer, & previously women's officer. Finding the time to learn Spanish & plan a holiday in Cuba.Dance SambaStaff & poi to relax after stressful day (ie. most days)Cook...Want to be a theatre and/or short film director when I grow up...Failing that, a voice coach...R.[This message has been edited by Rozi (edited 27 February 2002).]

It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.

What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...


CantusSILVER Member
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom


Posted:
*Bump*

Meh


SabineGOLD Member
member
29 posts
Location: Australia


Posted:
Hi gang,I'm a full-time first year arts student, a part time conservator (not conservationist - no trees) and part-time swashbuckler. In my spare time I twirl fire and turn it pretty colours...Sabine

Auspoiboymember
219 posts
Location: Melbourne Australia


Posted:
Hi, my name's APB, i enjoy candlelit dinners and long strolls on the beach.apart from that i work retail in a specialist hockey store. (thats the field hockey variety, for all those northeners)CheersAPB

Good on usGood on us all


Marlboromember
180 posts
Location: St.Annes, Lancashire, England


Posted:
HELP!! I've had enough of being a IT Helpdesk monkey - - I really want a job teaching scuba diving ( I got my assistant qual), anyone on here work within the scuba world?Plse before my eyes go completely square!!M:-)~

We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.


Gruffmember
106 posts
Location: Gloucester


Posted:
Reading through a few previous posts this sounds like a bulletin board for a lonely hears column!! TEE HEE! Very entertaingMe?Im a full time sleep artist at the mo having just finished a full time uni degree at the end of January. Im THINKING about getting a day job. No, really... Seriously..... I AM......ZZZZ ZZZZ ZZZZ zzzz

miss_rummageSILVER Member
member
63 posts
Location: london, United Kingdom


Posted:
sheesh! go away for a week and there's a hellavalot to catch up on.
well im a graphic designer by day , cafe girlie at night, inbetween i freelance as an illustrator and party wherever and whenever i can.
i am working like a dog because in september i leave my job and become unemployed. can't wait!
6+ months of travelling for me.
first south america for 4 months and then back home to nz for a while... then who knows..

time to chill...

*kealaigh*

[ 05 April 2002, 20:02: Message edited by: kealaigh ]

stay smilin


ellieBRONZE Member
member
38 posts
Location: England


Posted:
I love my job - I'm a youth worker which means I get to act like a teenager, going shopping and the like and get paid for it!!I'm also a student studying how Youth work and Theology. smile

stickyfishmember
39 posts
Location: Lingfield, Surrey, England


Posted:
Just another stop-out student.Love & Peace from LondonRob

Salingermember
382 posts
Location: Southampton


Posted:
I work as an influenical financial analyst for the biggest investment managemant company in the world which for me is pretty twisted as I have no care for capitalism, especially where the rewards go to fat cats rather than developing countries.Started in this dirty world by going to uni and doing an international business degree that promised good money and was broad in choice but then I learned a few things about whats important in life and now my motivations have changed dramatically. These days I switch into the robot for the day then spin fire and mix tunes during the night in order to shake off the past 8 hours.Sorry for weaving this sorry tale but I've been producing and drinking all night and the only ones left to listen are you!

A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words...


RoziSILVER Member
100 characters max...
2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia


Posted:
Sounds like a similar story to mine, hence my weird dream career hopes.Fancy establishing an alternative society where there is no concept of money? winkR.

It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.

What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...


Kanela Kelimember
5 posts
Location: San Francisco, California USA


Posted:
Hello everybody,
I'm a bit new so be gently..lol. Anyway, right now I go to a community college (because Art School made me bankrupt). I study Japanese language, printmaking, photography, sewing. I also take Hula, Tahitian, & Maori dance class at night at MUCID.
So to earn money for my lavish lifestyle I am a freelance graphic designer. Might as well use that degree for something, right? Also I design and make Polynesian dance costumes. Need a Poly costume? I'm your girl!
Mahalo!

Kanela Keli


phunkyold hand
877 posts
Location: Edmonton, AB


Posted:
Yah for me, i'm unemployed!

MikeGinnyGOLD Member
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA


Posted:
I don't THINK I already responded to this, so here goes:

Medical student by day and night, weekend and weekday, summer, spring, and fall. Medical school pervades my every waking (and sleeping) moment. There are always more nitpicky facts to learn, more exams ahead, and higher and higher stakes (today, my grades, tomorrow, my career, and the next day, someone's life). And yet as much as I hate it...I love it and wouldn't trade it for the world.

However, sometimes on the weekends when it's not f'ing raining (which it is ALWAYS doing here), I can, for a brief, but heavenly few hours, be a fire spinner.

Fire keeps me whole.

Peace.

-Mike

Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella



A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura


RoziSILVER Member
100 characters max...
2,996 posts
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia


Posted:
I have actually been wondering about this. Why do we work? And do you define yourself by what you do? I can kinda understand saying "I am a doctor" or "I am an artist", but I have never wanted to be a remuneration specialist (mainly because I didn't know such a thing existed).

What is your take on this? Are you your occupation?

It was a day for screaming at inanimate objects.

What this calls for is a special mix of psychology and extreme violence...


arashiPooh-Bah
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx


Posted:
i prefer the term "professional inspiration injector"
i was dividing my time between fire dancer and carpenter/welder for a long time, about 6 years. got paid lots of money as a carpenter, so i amassed a good amount of circus necessities, such as stage lights, puppet making supplies, schoolbus, etc. about 2 years ago poi started getting real popular, and i could just dance with fire as an odd job thing, and i was able to start really phasing out carpentry... now i'm a full time all ages circus performer/puppetteer/storywriter... but don't get me wrong, i'm totally broke... but blessed nonetheless.
now i am able to start putting more energy into my long term job, which will be to set up the circus as a non profit, with intentions on preserving the rainforests through education in the fire shows, which are fairy tales about nature and tribal wisdom, and by using profits to preserve rainforest land. unfortunately we are horrible with paperwork, and too consumed by practicing and stretching and sewing and meachanics and fire toy making and carting all this equipment around to deal with all the forms. so we just do the circus and someday we'll meet that business minded person...
also lately we've been trying to set up a kid's day care/summer camp for the fairy arts/circus arts, with hopes that it could be used as an education/outreach for underpriveledged as well... but again with the paperwork...

-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.


poipixiemember
53 posts
Location: Brisvegas, Aus


Posted:
unfortunately im still in high school. i have a major problem with it as i cant stand having to be the same as everyone else and learn things that i cant see as having any relevance whatsoever to my life. but im determined to keep on going because one of my dreams is to study theatre at uni. i think that regret is one of the worst things in the world so i dont wanna leave and then regret it. so anyway, i dont work at the moment but i do volunteer work at a childrens hospital which is so rewarding that it almost makes up for the 30 hrs a week i spend at school. thats about it for me. except that i would absolutely LOVE to be a writer of some kind. also at some stage in my life im going to work with music. thats all
love, kisses and magikal wishes, *SaM*

--*SaM*--


catboymember
167 posts
Location: leicester, england


Posted:
hmmm... design engineer by day, kleptomaniac by night...

you can take the cat out of the jungle, but you cant take the jungle out of the cat


Wikkamanmember
259 posts
Location: The Birthplace of BlackSabbath


Posted:
I project films. It's interesting but I am part of a two and a half man team so there are a lot of hours to split between us. But a jobs a job hey? Much as I hate living in the world of Babylon and working in the shadow of Mammon and would much rather be frollicing in emerald meadows or overegrown forests, sleeping under the stars etc etc.
In the words of Beavis and Butthead work sucks.

[ 13 May 2002, 22:23: Message edited by: Wikkaman ]

The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer-- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.-- Ken Kesey


arashiPooh-Bah
2,364 posts
Location: austin,tx


Posted:
two and a half men? is that how tall a super smurf is?

-Such a price the gods exact for song: to become what we sing
-Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
-When the center of the storm does not move, you are in its path.


PeDeymember
189 posts
Location: nevernever land


Posted:
service technician!!?? What is that it's what I do 5 days a week but all I ever seem to actually do is sharpen stuff and float around on this site and others that appeal to my warped sense of humour

Spike

ask yourself this??.......... When was the last time you dug a hole you could be proud of???
answers on a post card


Wikkamanmember
259 posts
Location: The Birthplace of BlackSabbath


Posted:
There are no smurfs on my team not that i am smurfist, the half is a part timer...

The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery. If you seek the mystery instead of the answer, you'll always be seeking. I've never seen anybody really find the answer-- they think they have, so they stop thinking. But the job is to seek mystery, evoke mystery, plant a garden in which strange plants grow and mysteries bloom. The need for mystery is greater than the need for an answer.-- Ken Kesey


KaliBRONZE Member
member
577 posts
Location: Berlin, Germany


Posted:
I actually finish my job this week. But, since September I've been a counselor, working the graveryard shift in rehab center full of homeless people, ex-convicts, hookers, and all the other fun people. In the fall I go back to being a student (studying how to help homeless people, ex-convicts, hookers and other fun people, with a little dance on the side for sanity).

Marlboro, I have a friend from the U.K. that is a diving instructor in Malta right now. If you want me to find anything out for you, let me know here or e-mail me. Could see if there's an opening there or any tips on getting work doing that..

Beauty is the conscious sum of all our perversions.-Salvador DaliHope without action is hopeless.


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