All our nations seem more like what they aren't supposed to be than models of their own propaganda. I've found freelancing (originates from mercenary) tough - partly because agencies often tout dud jobs that don't exist or at fees not really on offer. Teaching is my fall back and I've done some ghosting. The bane has been research and getting paid as promised and other people to meet deadlines. It would have been easier to stay in a full-time post - but one has to chance the arm. Good luck Chris - if you are American there's always hope.
On Oct 5, 9:53 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Understand that,, am wondering if there might be away of GB international > Allan > On Oct 5, 2011 10:48 PM, "Chris Jenkins" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Allan. I've lived through worse, so have some sense of a light at > > the end of an eventual tunnel. I have 11 years before I can do any > > substantial travel...I'm anchored by parenthood. > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hang in there Chris. You need to keep the goal in mind. > >> Wonder if there is any work here but the Netherlands as a expensive > >> place to live. > >> Allan > >> On Oct 5, 2011 5:13 PM, "Chris Jenkins" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > > >>> Not unless you'd care to invest in a small design and development agency > >>> with no consistent history of profitability. :D > > >>> I'm part of two equity projects right now as well, and we brought in a > >>> new CEO yesterday who advised she'd be fully funding our project. That's a > >>> bright spot I'll be able to hold onto for the next couple of months as > >>> that > >>> comes together. In the meantime, the winter's looking a bit cold. > > >>> *C'est la vie, non? *I'm sure with a fine tooth comb and a judgmental > >>> attitude, I could likely point to hundreds of micro-decisions along the > >>> way > >>> which have contributed to my current position. It's not without a strong > >>> sense of personal accountability that I rail against the bigger problems > >>> in > >>> the system which contribute to this economic environment. Perhaps if I > >>> were > >>> more business educated, more vigilant about basing my decisions on bottom > >>> line accounting, I'd be better prepared, but that doesn't change the fact > >>> that the current economic environment is brutally unforgiving. > > >>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> I think the free lance world is a very difficult one to survive in.. > >>>> and takes a lot more than an average person has.. it is difficult to > >>>> hang in > >>>> there some times,, I am hoping every thing will work out.. > >>>> is there anything I can do to help? > >>>> Allan > > >>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Chris Jenkins < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> I don't think further bleakness is really what I need. > > >>>>> We've lost much of our hubris here, and perhaps for the better. Now > >>>>> that I'm out in the freelance world, I find clients paying later and > >>>>> later, > >>>>> new opportunities hotly contested, and many falling off the edge every > >>>>> day. > >>>>> I'm reminded of Floyd's video for ABITW Pt II, where the children simply > >>>>> topple off the edge of the walkway into the meat grinder. It's > >>>>> difficult to > >>>>> maintain minimal optimism under these circumstances, moreso arrogance. > > >>>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:30 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> On the bleak side Chris there's William Blum's 'Killing Hope' - > >>>>>>http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/2007/02/125025.pdf- one can find > > >>>>>> similar on the British Empire too. Blum wrote of a Holocaust denier > >>>>>> asking if she also denied the US one, and we are all hiding such > >>>>>> skeletons. I suppose another method might be how many hectares of > >>>>>> planet space needed to support an individual in the US lifestyle. > >>>>>> Apart from the hair-shirt stuff I always think of generosity and a lot > >>>>>> of diversity. Your academics are less smug and more Bolshie than ours > >>>>>> and I once thought you thumbed noses at authority better than most. > > >>>>>> On Oct 4, 4:59 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>> > LOL I may not be able to drive for medical reasons,, ( I still am > >>>>>> > perfectly able to drive, the law asks me not to and the reasons are > >>>>>> valid.. > >>>>>> > and actually after over 3,000,000+ miles of driving.. and far to > >>>>>> many > >>>>>> > driving courses I just prefer not to drive .. and this is actually > >>>>>> a great > >>>>>> > excuse.. > > >>>>>> > Truth is growing up I actually admired the USA for good reason,, > >>>>>> but since > >>>>>> > the beginning of the Reagan era onward the nation as a whole has > >>>>>> > degenerated,, becoming uncaring that is not saying the people but > >>>>>> it lies > >>>>>> > in the leadership.. Just where their values are I do not know. Many > >>>>>> or most > >>>>>> > claim to be christian, but I think we read same but a different book > >>>>>> one > >>>>>> > with changing words depending on who is reading it.. > > >>>>>> > My grandchildren and children still live there,, I would rather > >>>>>> bring them > >>>>>> > here as it would be a memory for a life time as they would have the > >>>>>> chance > >>>>>> > to see a different way of life. besides I already know what is > >>>>>> there, but > >>>>>> > they do not know what is here. > > >>>>>> > The economic and political leadership on all levels is sorely > >>>>>> lacking.. not > >>>>>> > only there but here also. > >>>>>> > Allan > > >>>>>> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Chris Jenkins < > >>>>>> [email protected]>wrote: > > >>>>>> > > When I hear that phrase, I'm reminded of McCarthy, determining > >>>>>> from > >>>>>> > > congressional committee whether or not someone was properly > >>>>>> American. > >>>>>> > > Apparently, being an artist, musician, philosopher, or wanting to > >>>>>> implement > >>>>>> > > social platforms to help the less fortunate were all considered > >>>>>> such. > > >>>>>> > > Allan said that he had become un-American due to losing his > >>>>>> ability to > >>>>>> > > drive. I'd like to hear you flesh that out some more, Allan, and > >>>>>> then I'd > >>>>>> > > like to get some feedback from everyone what they think it means > >>>>>> to be > >>>>>> > > American, or UN as the case may be. > > >>>>>> > -- > >>>>>> > ( > >>>>>> > ) > >>>>>> > |_D Allan > > >>>>>> > If your life is not going right, try making a left turn > > >>>>>> > life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. > > >>>> -- > >>>> ( > >>>> ) > >>>> |_D Allan > > >>>> If your life is not going right, try making a left turn > > >>>> life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
