My Job

I realize I haven't said much about my new job. One of the founding fathers of this blog was my joblessness and search for a new one, whether it be in screenwriting, flipping burgers, digging ditches, or a combo of all three (what would that be like?)

It started as part-time and became full-time pretty quickly which was good of course. And I like the job and people I'm working with, learning a lot of new ideas and skills which always appeals to me. The only thing that sort of had me walking around there with a question mark over my head was the lack of ... dirt. I'm not talking about actual soil and grime, although it is a very clean facility. I'm talking about dirt, you know, stories, affairs, fighting, gossip, all that. The other place I worked was chock full of it. It was so thick around us it almost made it worth going in every day just to find out what the hell was next.

But these people seemed nearly angelic. I started to wonder if I might be working in some secret branch of the church. But then, it started trickling in. A comment here. An overheard conversation there. Like I said, just a little trickle at first. And then it was like the dam wall suddenly exploded and here it all comes. I feel right at home.

I just hope they realize their full legal names, addresses, and all their sordid stories will be in my next screenplay ; )