Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:18 AM
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ONE DAY MORE! (at this job)

I'm really looking forward to figuring out what's next!
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:19 AM
You know what I'd be really good at? Traveling companion for old people.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:20 AM
There's probably a market for that.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:21 AM
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:21 AM
People want to go visit their kids in Sioux City.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:21 AM
They love me! I've had a few fake invitations today.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:21 AM
But it's a small step from joking invite to "pay me and I will," ain't it?
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:21 AM
Just say, "Y'know, I actually do that. Here's my card."
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:22 AM
And leave it at that.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:22 AM
Exactly!
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:22 AM
Nothing creepy about it.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:22 AM
And you might actually get hired.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:22 AM
Look, I have a knowledge base beyond my years and I dont' eat much!
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:23 AM
Ha ha ha!
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:23 AM
Yes, you are conversant in the cultures of preceding generations.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:24 AM
The real trick, though, is to let them talk.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:25 AM
For sure.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:27 AM
And the BEST thing about this would be the plurks.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:27 AM
I always wanted to see Sioux City!
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:27 AM
Can you even imagine?
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:28 AM
You need to connect with the local retirement homes. What would you need? A clean driving record and a background clearance?
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:29 AM
Like, I don't wanna be a nurse or home aid. I just want to be a traveling companion.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:29 AM
(and even then I'm like, spitballing here)
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:29 AM
Right, but I'm thinking they might have some minimum requirements.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:29 AM
Can you do CPR?
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:29 AM
(I was helping an old couple with their Hawaii forms and they joked, "you should come with us, we don't know what we're doing!")
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:29 AM
You can learn that for free from the Red Cross.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:30 AM
SEE!
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:30 AM
Oh yeah I've had that class a few times, can do
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:30 AM
Honest to God: You could be in Hawaii right now.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:31 AM
I told them I can live on shave ice
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:31 AM
There's a school of thought that says you should never deny an opportunity
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:31 AM
I've been invited to Kenya several time! Though not exactly with a free ticket...
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:31 AM
Make a free ticket your condition for companionship.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:32 AM
I think it could work!
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:33 AM
Get busy!
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:34 AM
And then you have to figure out how to capitalize on THAT. Like, a blog or something.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:34 AM
Right! Honestly I should have been blogging about my delivery/lyft adventures.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:35 AM
Yep, you never know where these things could lead.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:35 AM
it's just one of those things where I never know whether all my obsevations go on the same blog, or...
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:39 AM
Blogs can get out of control. This isn't my area of expertise, but I think it's best to keep it simple.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:43 AM
then there's getting people to read it...
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:44 AM
That was always my immediate issue with blogs: I'm not going to write something for free that no one will even read.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:44 AM
See when LiveJournal was active, it was different. No money, but it was VERY communal.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:44 AM
But what you're really doing is building a body of work that you can mold and reconfigure.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:44 AM
True.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:45 AM
And maybe people will read it, but even if they don't you'll have all that material.
Luke Skywanker
@original_fine
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:45 AM
True. I do need the practice/habit.
PlurkDevi
@PollyPaperclip
Sun, Mar 14, 2021 1:46 AM
Believe me, it's easier than building a book from scratch.
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