Mind on my money and time on my hands.
I always like to watch horror movies that have a ton of sequels and try to pinpoint the film where the villain becomes the favorable anti-hero because it’s usually the worst movie of them all. Right now I’m watching Child’s Play 3 and I think this is the point where the moviemakers gave up making Chucky scary and just turned him into a sarcastic prick. I would call this the worst movie of the franchise if Seed of Chucky hadn’t been made.
So that was a random opening to a post, wasn’t it? I’ve been wondering for a while now how many movies I own that I’ve never seen and finally I got up the gall to actually make a list, except I didn’t count all the random box sets I own, just single movies, and I had a tally upwards of 76 movies. I think I’m going to just stop counting there and start working on that list before I tackle the box sets, like all the James Bond films I own. It’s just better that way. Anywho, I own all the Chucky movies but never watched the first three, so I decided to today. Don’t ask me why, I just have a lot of time on my hands.
It’s a dangerous thing to have a lot of time on your hands because you start to think about things and it’s usually not good. I’ve been thinking lately about how much I’m worth, not in a sense of my possessions or my character, but work-wise how much I think I should be making right now. I have a degree (albeit in Film) and I make roughly $250 a week. Right now that’s enough to sustain a decent living but that’s only because Bethany makes about four times that a week and can pay for all the bills. As much as $250 feels like at the beginning of a week, it goes by pretty quickly once we start buying gas and food. That doesn’t leave much else for fun stuff like going to the movies, going to dinner, and buying the occasional hooker or two. It’s a rough economy, I know.
I like what I’m doing right now is the problem. I don’t want to quit working at Six Flags (though I might not have a choice soon enough) but I just want to make more money and I know that won’t happen. I don’t think I have the time to work a second job since I’m working five (sometimes six) days a week, so the only alternatives I can see to my current financial situation is to either sell my body to science or get a different job.
Trouble is I don’t know what to look for. I have some accounting experience from Universal and Six Flags, but nothing that would really mean a damn in the real world. I don’t think I could honestly apply for a real accounting job and get it because I lack the degree, even if I have the experience. I know, I can still try, and I will, I just really loathe accounting. I don’t mind the cubicle work if the work I’m doing is at least interesting, but if I’m banging my head against a keyboard for eight hours a day to stay awake, it’s not worth it, especially if I’m only making $8.50 an hour. But how do I judge my worth? Do I base it on degree or experience? How do I even begin to start doing something else? I want to go back to school (already) to get another degree but I don’t have the money to do so nor do I know what I want to do. I’m sure everyone else out there is in a similar situation so I’m done ranting for now. I’m pretty sure I’m missing some deep meaning in Child’s Play 3.
So that was a random opening to a post, wasn’t it? I’ve been wondering for a while now how many movies I own that I’ve never seen and finally I got up the gall to actually make a list, except I didn’t count all the random box sets I own, just single movies, and I had a tally upwards of 76 movies. I think I’m going to just stop counting there and start working on that list before I tackle the box sets, like all the James Bond films I own. It’s just better that way. Anywho, I own all the Chucky movies but never watched the first three, so I decided to today. Don’t ask me why, I just have a lot of time on my hands.
It’s a dangerous thing to have a lot of time on your hands because you start to think about things and it’s usually not good. I’ve been thinking lately about how much I’m worth, not in a sense of my possessions or my character, but work-wise how much I think I should be making right now. I have a degree (albeit in Film) and I make roughly $250 a week. Right now that’s enough to sustain a decent living but that’s only because Bethany makes about four times that a week and can pay for all the bills. As much as $250 feels like at the beginning of a week, it goes by pretty quickly once we start buying gas and food. That doesn’t leave much else for fun stuff like going to the movies, going to dinner, and buying the occasional hooker or two. It’s a rough economy, I know.
I like what I’m doing right now is the problem. I don’t want to quit working at Six Flags (though I might not have a choice soon enough) but I just want to make more money and I know that won’t happen. I don’t think I have the time to work a second job since I’m working five (sometimes six) days a week, so the only alternatives I can see to my current financial situation is to either sell my body to science or get a different job.
Trouble is I don’t know what to look for. I have some accounting experience from Universal and Six Flags, but nothing that would really mean a damn in the real world. I don’t think I could honestly apply for a real accounting job and get it because I lack the degree, even if I have the experience. I know, I can still try, and I will, I just really loathe accounting. I don’t mind the cubicle work if the work I’m doing is at least interesting, but if I’m banging my head against a keyboard for eight hours a day to stay awake, it’s not worth it, especially if I’m only making $8.50 an hour. But how do I judge my worth? Do I base it on degree or experience? How do I even begin to start doing something else? I want to go back to school (already) to get another degree but I don’t have the money to do so nor do I know what I want to do. I’m sure everyone else out there is in a similar situation so I’m done ranting for now. I’m pretty sure I’m missing some deep meaning in Child’s Play 3.