Life What a Long Strange Trip it's been - Page 5

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 03-07-2011, 11:08 PM

I swear to God this is the worst economic situation that any of us will face in our lifetime. It's just brutal out there, still. Never in my almost 34 years of life on this planet have I ever had a hard time finding a job. I'm good at what I do, and my resume backs it up. For the last year and 3 months I have been unemployed and freaking out. Tried this and that, here and there, and nothing seemed to work for me.

Determined to get out of the field I was in, I moved halfway across the country to Springfield, MO knowing full well that my level of expertise was just not in demand out here. I know times are tough, and people are lucky to have jobs but if you're positively miserable in your day to day existence, what's the ****ing point? We haven't starved. We've paid our rent every month. It's been a scratch, kick, and claw existence, but to some degree that can be good for the soul.

Anyways, I ramble. I'm excited. I got a job today. It's not glamorous. It's not glorious, but mother**** I can pay my bills, and look at myself in the mirror every day while I do it. And while it may not be glamorous, it is in the top establishment in town for it's field. I'll make close to 50k a year doing a not so glamorous job, and frankly, I can live with that.

So congratulate me. I'm Hootie. I'm waiting tables for a fine dining establishment. And I give not a ****, because Goddammit, I can pay my bills again. What else really matters?

**bevischief** · 03-08-2011, 07:28 AM

Congrats.

Mr. Plow · 03-08-2011, 08:04 AM

Congrats man!!

**doomy3** · 03-08-2011, 08:08 AM

Congrats on the new gig, Floppy!

milkman · 03-08-2011, 08:18 AM

Mr. HootieNuts?

It's about time your lazy ass went to work.

MOhillbilly · 03-08-2011, 08:19 AM

Congrats Nuts! For real dude couldnt be happier for ya.

**Old Dog** · 03-08-2011, 08:50 AM

Congrats.
Doesn't sound like a bad job money wise, but even if it was, having a job you enjoy doing makes a heck of a lot more sense than having one that will fatten your bank account while making you miserable.

Jenson71 · 03-08-2011, 08:50 AM

JPII:

On the basis of these illuminations emanating from the Source Himself, the Church has always proclaimed what we find expressed in modern terms in the teaching of the Second Vatican Council: "Just as human activity proceeds from man, so it is ordered towards man. For when a man works he not only alters things and society, he develops himself as well. He learns much, he cultivates his resources, he goes outside of himself and beyond himself. Rightly understood, this kind of growth is of greater value than any external riches which can be garnered.... Hence, the norm of human activity is this: that in accord with the divine plan and will, it should harmonize with the genuine good of the human race, and allow people as individuals and as members of society to pursue their total vocation and fulfill it."[79]

...

There is yet another aspect of human work, an essential dimension of it, that is profoundly imbued with the spirituality based on the Gospel. All work, whether manual or intellectual, is inevitably linked with toil.

...

Sweat and toil, which work necessarily involves in the present condition of the human race, present the Christian and everyone who is called to follow Christ with the possibility of sharing lovingly in the work that Christ came to do.[85] This work of salvation came about through suffering and death on a Cross. By enduring the toil of work in union with Christ crucified for us, man in a way collaborates with the Son of God for the redemption of humanity. He shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day[86] in the activity that he is called upon to perform.

...

The Christian finds in human work a small part of the Cross of Christ and accepts it in the same spirit of redemption in which Christ accepted His Cross for us. In work, thanks to the light that penetrates us from the Resurrection of Christ, we always find a glimmer of new life, of the new good, as if it were an announcement of "the new heavens and the new earth"[88] in which man and the world participate precisely through the toil that goes with work. Through toil--and never without it. . . .

Groves · 03-08-2011, 09:04 AM

Awesome perseverance, MFN.

You didn't throw in the towel or go postal.

You'll own that place in a year.

Halfcan · 03-08-2011, 09:04 AM

Congrats!!

seclark · 03-08-2011, 09:07 AM

good luck w/it, floopy.
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Over-Head · 03-08-2011, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I swear to God this is the worst economic situation that any of us will face in our lifetime. And I give not a ****, because Goddammit, I can pay my bills again. What else really matters?

Not a ****en thing!! Congrats!!

tooge · 03-08-2011, 09:23 AM

good deal man! where are you gonna be working? We go to Branson every june and stay down at Big Cedar with the fam, but we get up to Branson two or three times while were there. Always looking for good grub.

**Donger** · 03-08-2011, 09:29 AM

Congratulations.

R8RFAN · 03-08-2011, 09:51 AM

Quote:

What a Long Strange Trip it's been

If you are just 34, it's only just begun...

Good Luck

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 03-08-2011, 11:23 AM

Thanks to everyone for their support in this thread. I turn 34 next month. I sure didn't think 10 years ago that I'd be in this line of work going into my mid 30's. I had to get drunk last night to even post this thread. Honestly, I'm not proud. It's a sign that things in my life haven't gone the way I had planned.

Oh well, I guess. Shit happens. What I am proud of is the fact that I can support my family again the way that I am supposed too. Thanks again.

03-07-2011, 11:08 PM
Mr. Flopnuts FINALLY! The wait is over. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Future Is Now!!! Casino cash: $19947565	What a Long Strange Trip it's been I swear to God this is the worst economic situation that any of us will face in our lifetime. It's just brutal out there, still. Never in my almost 34 years of life on this planet have I ever had a hard time finding a job. I'm good at what I do, and my resume backs it up. For the last year and 3 months I have been unemployed and freaking out. Tried this and that, here and there, and nothing seemed to work for me. Determined to get out of the field I was in, I moved halfway across the country to Springfield, MO knowing full well that my level of expertise was just not in demand out here. I know times are tough, and people are lucky to have jobs but if you're positively miserable in your day to day existence, what's the **ing point? We haven't starved. We've paid our rent every month. It's been a scratch, kick, and claw existence, but to some degree that can be good for the soul. Anyways, I ramble. I'm excited. I got a job today. It's not glamorous. It's not glorious, but mother I can pay my bills, and look at myself in the mirror every day while I do it. And while it may not be glamorous, it is in the top establishment in town for it's field. I'll make close to 50k a year doing a not so glamorous job, and frankly, I can live with that. So congratulate me. I'm Hootie. I'm waiting tables for a fine dining establishment. And I give not a **, because Goddammit, I can pay my bills again. What else really matters?
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Old Dog Supporter Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Central Kansas Casino cash: $4766131	Congrats. Doesn't sound like a bad job money wise, but even if it was, having a job you enjoy doing makes a heck of a lot more sense than having one that will fatten your bank account while making you miserable.
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03-08-2011, 08:50 AM	#67
Jenson71 fides quaerens intellectum Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: United States Casino cash: $8330900	JPII: On the basis of these illuminations emanating from the Source Himself, the Church has always proclaimed what we find expressed in modern terms in the teaching of the Second Vatican Council: "Just as human activity proceeds from man, so it is ordered towards man. For when a man works he not only alters things and society, he develops himself as well. He learns much, he cultivates his resources, he goes outside of himself and beyond himself. Rightly understood, this kind of growth is of greater value than any external riches which can be garnered.... Hence, the norm of human activity is this: that in accord with the divine plan and will, it should harmonize with the genuine good of the human race, and allow people as individuals and as members of society to pursue their total vocation and fulfill it."[79] ... There is yet another aspect of human work, an essential dimension of it, that is profoundly imbued with the spirituality based on the Gospel. All work, whether manual or intellectual, is inevitably linked with toil. ... Sweat and toil, which work necessarily involves in the present condition of the human race, present the Christian and everyone who is called to follow Christ with the possibility of sharing lovingly in the work that Christ came to do.[85] This work of salvation came about through suffering and death on a Cross. By enduring the toil of work in union with Christ crucified for us, man in a way collaborates with the Son of God for the redemption of humanity. He shows himself a true disciple of Christ by carrying the cross in his turn every day[86] in the activity that he is called upon to perform. ... The Christian finds in human work a small part of the Cross of Christ and accepts it in the same spirit of redemption in which Christ accepted His Cross for us. In work, thanks to the light that penetrates us from the Resurrection of Christ, we always find a glimmer of new life, of the new good, as if it were an announcement of "the new heavens and the new earth"[88] in which man and the world participate precisely through the toil that goes with work. Through toil--and never without it. . . .
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03-08-2011, 09:04 AM	#68
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03-08-2011, 09:23 AM	#72
tooge MVP Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Liberty, MO Casino cash: $3954112	good deal man! where are you gonna be working? We go to Branson every june and stay down at Big Cedar with the fam, but we get up to Branson two or three times while were there. Always looking for good grub.
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