It's True

[mbarrick]

"The only thing worse than having a job is looking for a job"

I'm rather tired today. Nothing but phone calls, research, pouring over job sites, mailing out résumés and all that fun stuff, with a little accounting thrown in for good measure. Don't get me wrong, I'm coming up on two full years of independent consulting, and I am damn proud of it (the bank job was just a contract, after all, regardless of my intention of staying on when the contract was up - their loss... statistics show it costs between 50% and 100% of the worker's annual salary to replace a skilled worker).

I might be a little worried right now, but the fact is I have a swank apartment in a very posh neighbourhood and I've been getting by doing just what I am doing now. And it's light-years away stealing bread and running a rickshaw, selling jewellery on the street in the rain, or some of the other creative things I have done for food and shelter.

I really have to relax a bit. Quoth my (fictional) childhood hero, "As long as there is life, there is hope."
(And huge bonus points to anybody who recognizes the quote)

Comments

[snap-dragon.livejournal.com]

That quote (>_<) It so familar... Arg! If only i can remember. -Allison

"As long as there is life there is hope."

[(Anonymous)]

It's actually an old Italian proverb - "Finché c'è vita c'è speranza". As true as this is, I think the more profound truth is: "As long as there is hope, there is life."

Re: I think I know

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Half marks for getting the *original* reference, but (just to make it impossible) I was referring to a fictional character that was fond of the saying. And this particular character, while by a well known early 20th century, isn't the author's most famous character.

More hints: the character is the hero of said author's first book, published in 1911. The author's most famous character first appeared in 1914. Several movies were made featuring the more famous character, the most popular of which featuring a seven-time Olympic gold medal winner as the lead actor.

Yes, I am doing this just to drive you crazy.

typo

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

"while by a well known early 20th century" should read "while by a well known early 20th century author"

Mwaaaahaha

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Further hints: In the movies that were made about the other character by the same author, the character's male "side-kick" was in fact played by a female, and that same female played opposite seven diffent actors who played the main character in different movies.

The author's home town in California was renamed after this more popular character.

The author, while no relation, shares a last name with one of the Beat Generation authors.

BTW

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Thanks for thinking Cicero was my childhood hero. But I'm not quite that geeky!

Wooo!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

How about a copy of the Gutenburg Project e-text of "A Princess of Mars"? LOL

I'm impressed.