Entonces… (I think that means something like, “So then…”) I’m going to get home in June, and in addition to doing some math, I need to collect data on how people are working. That is to say, I have very little experience in jobs that are not kitchens or amazing. So to all my friends in PDX (and those in Boston and NYC, for my brief stays there), this is my request: let me come to work with you. I will do whatever molding of myself you need: dress in drag (of whatever sort), do all your work for you, craft elaborate cover-stories, sit in another building with binoculars while listening to hidden microphones (unless that’s overtly illegal), mop the floor in the hallway, pretend not to speak English. Whatever gets me a few hours to observe your worklife. Also, if you know anyone who you believe would be willing to offer me the same but that I don’t have much of a friendship with, I would still love to watch them work. No boundaries for work types; I just need to see things.
If that is not to your liking, or in addition to a workday, I would just like to hang out with people in an attempt to catch up on the last year of life I have been outside of. Being at work makes that hard, so just having fun will have to wait until after work. Anything you’re doing, I’m willing to tag along: chores, studying, games, cooking and eating, building a houseboat. If you want to combine the two into a Martin-overload-festival, I’m game, but I shouldn’t linger too long on any data source in the first little while. Say, 24 hours, max?
Other than that, I know I need to binge a few times to get through any of the worthwhile video games and movies that have happened (for which I will need suggestions), and I will need to do house-chores and cooking for at least a half dozen houses whether anybody is home or not.
If you are up for any of what I just described, or have information leading to the acquisition of such a situation, please contact me or comment below.
April 23rd 2009 Posted to
martin