I'm a substitute teacher in music. I also do payroll and bookkeeping for my hubby's company. I love subbing but I hate the bookkeeping and payroll.
Starving Actor (producer/director/writer); Ebay seller; Man-about-town.
-Craig Wichman
Starving comic book artist /colorist
http://comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1645 (http://comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=1645)
my workday begins at six in the morning at a place called general engine products in franklin, OH. i set the timing on military humvee engines. i get 'home' around three in the afternoon. i say 'home' because my house is actually attached to the convenience store my wife and i own. i run the store until eight at night. for those doing the math, that's fourteen hours a day, five daze a week. saturday i open at ten, close at eight, closed sunday. total, it's an 80+ hour workweek.
i often help my wife who runs an awards/engraving business inside the convenience store. yeah, i know, it's a weird combination, but you'd be surprised how one compliments the other more often than not. i'm roping people into plaques/trophies/dogtags/t-shirts/whatever all the time just because they came in to buy a coke while wearing a t-shirt with a logo or name on it.
btw, i'm starving, too. in a better economic climate, i would hope to be thriving. as it is, we're getting by. :)
Formerly: Medical Technologist (past 20 years), needed a change.
Currently: Full-time student (chasing B.S. in Accounting)
Future: Will change my nickname from "fibbermac" to "Loophole" and do accounting in one form or another. ;D
You've heard it said that "The only things certain in life are death and taxes." Before I'm done, I'll have worked on both sides of that street.
I am a Creative Director/Writer/Producer for Universal Studios in Florida. Some of my projects include HALLOWEEN HORROR NIGHTS, GRINCHMAS and anything to do with the Monsters.
teacher and student
Retired from Law Enforcement after 35 yrs
Full time newspaper reporter and part time psychopathic undertaker.
Conceptual Artist and 3-D animator for the U.S. Army, and freelance illustrator.
Freelance instructional designer and consultant--that means I create training and development programs and materials for adult learners, usually custom for the client
Another starving freelance artist, sculptor, designer... ex-mad scientist. Maybe we can pool our talents and make something happen!
John - cool stuff! And you did the Creepsters for Playing Mantis/Johnny Lightning? I LOVED those!!! I remember seeing them at Toy Fair that year and flipped!
Cool that you caught the Creepsters at the Toy Fair back when! Thanks for diggin' them!
Inventory/Production Control for a medical device mfg. (Arizant Healthcare) and performing/studio musician weekends or whenever there's work. Wifey-poo still unemployed but looking and temping. We do not starve but kids are getting sick of eating pet food.
Bon Vivant
QuoteBon Vivant
No Way!
You're a dead body digger upper. You sell those bodies to medical research institutions in seedy sections of London. And you get paid in tuppence and brass farthings and pounds.
Production Manager and Shipping Manager for a small company that makes drug tests. Problem is that we've cut back on people so much that I'm only managing one other person. Luckily I've been with the company longer than anyone so I know at least a little about everything, so I should last as long as the comapny does. Keeping my fingers crossed that the comapny lives on. My wife is a Nurses' Aide. My daughter is in Middle School. My two dogs do nothing. I may have to rent them out for laboratory testing. I wonder what they pay?.....
Rob
Well, OK. I considered it more recreation than occupation, but OK.
Cartoonist, commercial artist, illustrator and sculptor. Teacher in the comics program at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
'Cartoonist, commercial artist, illustrator and sculptor.' just saying 'unemployed' is easier. just kidding. :) wish i had a cool job.
I am a cable tv tech. I have been doing it for 29 years. I have worked for different companies because they keep getting sold. I have done everything from being the Chief Tech to running the warehouse. I have acquired 14 diplomas over the years. Now I am now with Time Warner as a regular tech but I do cable, phone, and road runner installs and repairs. It's a good, steady job and that is important these days.
Residential Roofer (for over 30 years) :P
& (I must say)-
I've been a fan of Inkfink's stuff
for a long time!
All things to all men... and one lucky lady.
But really, I'm a professional singer/musician, sometime writer, and Halloween artist. Make of it what ya will.
Mike C.
QuoteIs your neighbors' lawn in violation? Wish to report a lawn disturbance? Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters
This is very interesting. We have a lot of very creative people here, artists musicians, etc. No wonder we all enjoy this board. Everyone has such great imaginations. That's where the monsters start.
Quote from: raycastile on March 07, 2009, 02:17:33 PM
Full time newspaper reporter and part time psychopathic undertaker.
I've been thinking of starting a new career as a psychopathic undertaker. How's the pay these days? ;)
Currently I'm an agent of the Evil Empire...which sounds marginally cooler than admitting I'm employed by Wal-Mart. One nice thing about a bad economy is that more people than ever have been shopping at Wally World.
George
Full time hammock weaver for The Original Pawleys Island Hammocks.
Quote from: HARRY HAMMOCK on March 07, 2009, 10:32:13 PM
Full time hammock weaver for The Original Pawleys Island Hammocks.
Good product.
Quote from: ramsey37 on March 07, 2009, 09:11:54 PM
Currently I'm an agent of the Evil Empire...which sounds marginally cooler than admitting I'm employed by Wal-Mart.
For an Evil Empire, you would think their dress code would be cooler. :-\
Quote from: Nicole on March 07, 2009, 11:21:49 PM
For an Evil Empire, you would think their dress code would be cooler. :-\
Well, they're only Kinda Evil instead of Totally Evil, otherwise we'd get cool black capes and death rays ;)
George
Monster Artist, animator and screenwriter. Sometimes an actor, but only if Larry Blamire is making a movie!
Full time musician. Writer, producer on occasion. Aspiring porno star, but i think that ship has sailed... Mainly teaching guitar privately at the moment. Worked on some original media related music projects with my bro over the years that miraculously culminated with our work being heard on some of my favorite shows like Ren & Stimpy, South Park, the Simpsons, along with some of my not so faves like Martha Stewart and Oprah [go figure]. My proudest achievement to date has been recording not one , but TWO full length CD's with my all time favorite childhood idol [and sweetest person on the planet] John Zacherle, Whom as a result, has become an extended part of my family for over 20 years now.
I own and operate Forney's Too Ltd., a retail gift shop. 24 years and counting....
I am an assistant manager at a Kmart by day (and two evenings a week), and freelance artist by whenever I can do it!
Mike
http://home.att.net/~illoman (http://home.att.net/~illoman)
Wow! Some real interesting people here. I'm just a blue collar working schmoe. I'm the central region distribution shipping supervisor for Makita power tools. With the housing industry down so is our business. So if you have any bodies you need to take care of I can cut you (no pun intended) a good deal on chainsaws and power cutters. ;)
Quote from: GAKENSTEIN on March 08, 2009, 03:02:15 PM
I own and operate Forney's Too Ltd., a retail gift shop. 24 years and counting....
Did you folks ever carry the Disney Classic Collection line?
Well I'am a postal worker, for 26 years, but don't hold that against me. Mario( lugosifan1)
- Teacher
13 years and counting...in the summer I work at a camp as well. Don't make much but I love my job...
(Folks, if you haven't heard Mike's ZACH work - do! TOP shelf.)
Youse guys who are acting starry-eyed about those of us toiling in the arts, or downplaying your "prosaic" jobs - stop it! The world needs it all - the garbage man every bit as much as the portrait painter. And I've poured iron in a GM Foundry, filpped burgs at a Burger Chef, and manned the counter in a Pawnshop.
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
You are definitely right! Dr King was a genious.
Quote from: Wich2 on March 08, 2009, 08:44:41 PM
"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep the streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hear! Hear!
Quote from: Wicked Lester on March 08, 2009, 03:28:32 PM
Wow! Some real interesting people here. I'm just a blue collar working schmoe. I'm the central region distribution shipping supervisor for Makita power tools. With the housing industry down so is our business. So if you have any bodies you need to take care of I can cut you (no pun intended) a good deal on chainsaws and power cutters. ;)
Hey listen, most of what I do with Halloween and animatronics work REQUIRES power tools, and I have plenty of Makita, Dremel and B&D items to prove it! If you don't do your job right, most of the working world can't do theirs!
I want to hear from more UMA soldiers who are in the trenches with real meat and potatoes jobs like this... enough of us mamby pamby artsy types! ;)
Mike C.
Quote from: toysoldierman2001 on March 07, 2009, 02:14:25 PM
Retired from Law Enforcement after 35 yrs
Cheese it! Here comes a cop!
Quote from: fibbermac on March 08, 2009, 11:54:55 PM
Cheese it! Here comes a cop!
Nah, he did say
retired... which means it's cool, he'll take some graft and probably help us keep the rookie cops off our backs!
Mike C.
My brother is a cop and my dad is a retired cop. I have a cousin who is a cop. So it is a wonder I didn't become a cop.
Quote from: raycastile on March 09, 2009, 12:56:55 AM
My brother is a cop and my dad is a retired cop. I have a cousin who is a cop. So it is a wonder I didn't become a cop.
Cue COPS theme music...
(http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/gg138/coffinjoefan/raycop.jpg)
;D :D Oh my! I'm now haunted by "Y-M-C-A" for the rest of the day.
I'm a medical doctor, in my final year of residency training.
And a custom monster toy maker.
Now... if only the monster making and the medicine could somehow be combined...nah, that's just ridiculous.
Matt
I've been working for a residential concrete paving company for around 8 years now.....OMG, has it been that long. The job was only supposed to be temp when my brother got me hired after I got laid off from WorldCom (where I was a technician) way back in 2000. You name the job at the paving company (usually something to do with mucking around in dirt, concrete, mud, or moving forms) and after 8 years I've been there and done that, was even a foreman for a little while ('til the economy started sinking). Anyone out there living in a subdivision in St. Charles or Warren county, Mo chances are I was there putting in the streets but also did work in Chesterfield, Black Jack, Jonesburg, Farmington, Fenton, etc., etc.
With the economy down I've only worked 1 day so far this year but luckily my wife works and unemployment is still paying out. I'm getting lot's of time to stay home with my daughters and work on my monster basement, unfortunately those two things don't always gel together very well. Hopefully they find some more work soon and if I really do have to get back to work I am a member of a Laborer's Union so I may be able to find work thru them when necessary.
hopefully you'll get back to work soon, z. the stimulus package is in large part another works programme (not sure if it's ever actually *worked* historically, but...) that seems to be kicking off with infrastructure repairs. just up your alley. :)
yeah, it'd be cool to be an artist, which is what i should have been, but i gotta say that i'm still pretty proud of being a business owner kinda guy. in all reality, seeing as how i have every thing i own in it i should have been a professional gambler. compared to others it's hardly as glamourous, but there's something to be said for not having to answer to some jerkarse supervisor (except to my wife, which is much, much worse).
artistically, i would be a screenwriter, doubtlessly doing bad horror and sci-fi movies as my bread and butter and trying to figure out how to dodge writers' guild dues.
Unfortunately, I am not currently active in the work force at this time. However, to at least, "fit in" with this discussion, I'm listing my former duties as an unknown primate. An unusual and fairly motley "career", I must say.
1969-'70: Morning newspaper delivery (plus typical summer jobs til 1974, my year of graduation).
1974-'80: Laborer, laborer, laborer! Railroad, construction, landscaping, fence builder, etc.
1980-'93: Professional wrestler, nightclub bouncer, liquor store clerk. Too "even" out the some-
times dark & seedy nature of those occupations, I also worked as a weightlifting trainer
for teens, senior citizens and handicapped persons (including, volunteer work at the
YMCA).
1993-'06: Forced to retire from wrestling, due to injuries, I worked part-time in a gym and did a little
freelance artwork, mostly doing large-scale murals and ad posters (yes, the posters were
for friends who owned taverns).
2006-now: Moved away from my hometown into a medium sized apartment and haven't made a
dime since! Been spending my days trying to improve my artwork (monster related,
of course) and teaching myself how to sculpt. My beautiful wife of 21 years has been
employed for 20 years and puts up with me and my pipe dreams.
At this exact moment, I post long, rambling replies on the greatest forum in the known universe (and probably, the UNKNOWN universe) ...the UNIVERSAL MONSTER ARMY.
Quote from: mjaycox on March 09, 2009, 08:13:23 AM
I'm a medical doctor, in my final year of residency training.
And a custom monster toy maker.
Now... if only the monster making and the medicine could somehow be combined...nah, that's just ridiculous.
Matt
Hey, Victor Frankestein didn't have a problem with it! ;D
Mike
Elementary (aka Primary) school teacher, teacher-librarian, editor of professional journal, back to teaching, now back to teacher-librarianship. Part time writer.
Freelance graphic artist/painter and willing to sell out for just about anything these days. It aint easy livin in the Detroit area.
Quote from: ARTMAN666 on March 09, 2009, 03:56:56 PM
Freelance graphic artist/painter and willing to sell out for just about anything these days. It aint easy livin in the Detroit area.
I hear ya! This area is almost dead....
BK
I'm a published poet and I try to write about things that I'm passionate about so I'm a writer too.
Quote from: Unknown Primate on March 09, 2009, 02:46:49 PM
1980-'93: Professional wrestler, nightclub bouncer, liquor store clerk.
At this exact moment, I post long, rambling replies on the greatest forum in the known universe (and probably, the UNKNOWN universe) ...the UNIVERSAL MONSTER ARMY.
What name did you wrestle under? Would we recognize you? I haven't watched wrestling since Tony Murino and the Iron Sheik, Jimmy Superfly Snooka, Pompero Firpo (sp?), etc...
You are exactly right about the UMA being the
best place to be in cyber space!!!
Mike
Quote from: Illoman on March 09, 2009, 06:59:09 PM
What name did you wrestle under? Would we recognize you? I haven't watched wrestling since Tony Murino and the Iron Sheik, Jimmy Superfly Snooka, Pompero Firpo (sp?), etc...
You are exactly right about the UMA being the best place to be in cyber space!!!
Mike
Back in the day I had a chance to meet Ivan Putski after an event in Bangor, Maine. He signed a picture for me as he was throwing his boots and gear into the trunk of his car outside the arena. Really nice guy. Not sure of the year, but quite a thrill for a kid. Have not watched it in decades.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/angryhugo/Ivan20Putski_62642.jpg)
"I haven't watched wrestling since"
Bobo Brazil!
Quote from: Wich2 on March 09, 2009, 08:36:48 PM
"I haven't watched wrestling since"
Bobo Brazil!
I believe I might have an old Ring Magazine around here with him in it. I will have to take a look.
Quote from: Illoman on March 09, 2009, 06:59:09 PM
What name did you wrestle under? Would we recognize you? I haven't watched wrestling since Tony Murino and the Iron Sheik, Jimmy Superfly Snooka, Pompero Firpo (sp?), etc...
You are exactly right about the UMA being the best place to be in cyber space!!!
Mike
No, I doubt you'd recognize me. I "rassled" in mostly independent federations. Worked on some shows with Jim Duggan, Randy Savage, Greg Valentine, Dick The Bruiser, Hillbilly Jim and others. I was a journeyman "heel" (bad guy), but never made a great living at it, fun & grueling as it was. Used several names such as Axeman, Masked Superstar, The Brute and Golden Gorilla (that's been my nickname for the past 30 years)... not so Golden anymore, more like silver!
The wrestling biz is wayyyy different from when I was active. I don't watch it at all since Vince Jr. took over, though I do still keep in touch with some of the boys.
And to Wich2, Bobo Brazil was a class act. His "son" works as Bobo Brazil Jr. and is a geat throwback to the old days. World Wrestling Superstars honored he & myself with an induction into their Hall of Fame a a few years ago. Bogey, I never met Putski, but knew some powerlifters who worked out with him back in the 70's.
In the 60's & 70's, monster movies and wrestling went hand in hand for me... or is that, claw in claw?
Thanks for your interest.
QuoteIt aint easy livin in the Detroit area.
You are so right my friend. So far we're hanging in there. Just taking it day by day.
I'm a "Maker of Things". That's what my business card says so I'm sticking to it.
When needed I am an Evil Minion of Doctor Shocker.
I'm also a stay at home dad.
Before that I was IBM AS/400 Operations Specialist.
the lights are still on but dimmer by the day
Quote from: Unknown Primate on March 09, 2009, 09:05:50 PM
No, I doubt you'd recognize me. I "rassled" in mostly independent federations. Worked on some shows with Jim Duggan, Randy Savage, Greg Valentine, Dick The Bruiser, Hillbilly Jim and others. I was a journeyman "heel" (bad guy), but never made a great living at it, fun & grueling as it was. Used several names such as Axeman, Masked Superstar, The Brute and Golden Gorilla (that's been my nickname for the past 30 years)... not so Golden anymore, more like silver!
One of my best buds (who looks like a wrestler, BTW) was best friends/grew up with Randy Savage- they lived in Downers Grove and are still tight.
Most probably already know I am a Firefighter. Was in Iraq and now heading to Kuwait. Same job, better living conditions and food. Plus, no one shooting at me or trying to blow me up.
I just survived a mortar attack two nights before leaving Iraq. A mortar actually hit our Fire Station. We are all ok and immediately went out searching for others who may have been hurt. A young female soldier was killed in the attack. We though she would be ok but then her condition soured and she was airlifted out but expired in the Helo.
I have job opportunities also in Afghanistant but am going to take a more tame job for now.
I am currently vacationing in Germany though. They have some great forests here that are just awesome for a wolf's paws running through them. Full moon is coming so I will be out and about.
Quotethe lights are still on but dimmer by the day
Hold on tight my Detroit brother. It is tough here. My hubby is considered one of the suppliers to the auto industry. Thankfully he has other irons in the fire. I'll say a prayer for you and keep my fingers crossed.
Wolfman - OMG. you are one brave person! I admire your courage. You are doing a job that I could never do. Bravo to you!
Quote from: Monster Bob on March 10, 2009, 09:13:37 AM
One of my best buds (who looks like a wrestler, BTW) was best friends/grew up with Randy Savage- they lived in Downers Grove and are still tight.
I worked with Randy in Angelo Poffo's (his dad) territory in Kentucky in the early 80's.
Salut (& prayers), Wolf!
A dear friend is heading to Kabul for the State Dept. ...
I teach art in a public school system to have a continual paycheck. I love to buy monster toys, lobby cards and posters. ;D
On the side, I do illustration and graphic design work. So I can buy even more monster swag and support my model kit habit.
Also, I have been known to dabble with the art of writing.
I co-authored a McFarland book about Claude Rains with my buddy, John Soister many years ago. That was a blast for a Claudian geek such as myself! 8)
Thanks Wich2, that is so nice. Keep in mind though that the Wolf Man never dies, I remind my wife all the time I am indestructable or maybe just charmed I can never remember which. After 22 years of fighting fires nothing has got me yet. I will probably end up getting run over by a guy on a bicycle.
Wolfman, Thank you for your service!
I'm a Credit Manager by day (commercial credit and collections for nearly 25 years! Ugh!) and have a classic horror toys business on the side - CJ Classics. I'm also Vice President of Merchandising for the UMA and proudly assist with the transportation and set up of the traveling toy museum.
I'm a project manager in creative services for a video game company (Ubisoft). I've been managing video game packaing for about 8 years.
I know... I'm part of the problem. :P
I work for Whole Foods. Prior to that, I did plainclothes security for a business called Schnuck's (Schnuck actually being the family name). I taught high school English. I've worked in malls doing caricatures. I've been a full time actor for a few short periods. I've worked in a funeral home.
I have worked in IT (Information Technology) for almost 30 years now. I am currently an IT Technical Analyst for a wonderful healthcare ministry. Computers....you can't live with 'em and you can't live without 'em!
"I'm a project manager in creative services for a video game company... I know... I'm part of the problem"
Getter, only if you guys do anything LIKE the Japanese "Rape Rollplaying" game I heard profiled last night...
-Craig
i was working as a photo editor, but now unemployed ??? i hope i can find something soon!
Good luck with finding work, Eric. Something's gotta be out there for you.
Quote from: The Drunken Severed Head on March 11, 2009, 07:21:02 PM
I work for Whole Foods. Prior to that, I did plainclothes security for a business called Schnuck's (Schnuck actually being the family name). I taught high school English. I've worked in malls doing caricatures. I've been a full time actor for a few short periods. I've worked in a funeral home.
Max: a true Renaissance head! Do you have any of your caricatures? I'm not sure I've ever seen any of your work.
Mike
Yes, I do. I'll have to dig them up and post 'em sometime.
A guy I used to work with doing caricatures just won a quarter of a million dollars on the daytime "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?". Imagine my surprise to see someone I knew back in St. Louis instantly becoming rich.
Until I got laid off in January I was a computer programmer. Now I am an unemployed web surfer!
Hearing about so many people being laid off makes me sad and very grateful for my job. Hopefully these times will be over soon and everybody will be back to work. Good Luck and God Bless
raycastile writ:
My brother is a cop and my dad is a retired cop.
I have a cousin who is a cop.
So it is a wonder I didn't become a cop.
*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear Brother RAYMOND,
... Oh, NOOOOO! I FEEL A LIMERICK COMING ON!
Please, observe:
:o ~~~~~~~~ ::) ~~~~~~~~ :-* ~~~~~~~~ ;D ~~~~~~~~ ;)
I would, rather, cop a feel, than, feel a a cop,
I'd rather cop a plea, than, say: "Please, stop!",
These voices in my head,
Are COFFIN RAY'S Undead,
And, when the Undead get going, they go, out, to SHOP!
:o ~~~~~~~~ ::) ~~~~~~~~ :-* ~~~~~~~~ ;D ~~~~~~~~ ;)
... But, more, about Moi, later!
EXANIMO EVERNOW,
TIMMY & THE BARON & FRIENDS, GOO-O-OODD-D!, B.G.G.
I'm a product selector at the Jo-Ann Fabrics Distribution Center in Hudson, OH. Been there for almost two years.
Hey Monsterama!
I spend a lot of time at JoAnn's! Well and a lot of money!
I've had to go to Jo-Ann's to find stuff for different projects and always feel horribly out-of-place--the only unaccompanied male in a very female environment.
The name's Dan Henderson and I'm a professional wrestler.
ONLY KIDDING!.
If you search my name that's what you get though, until maybe page three on google.
I'm (in reality) department chair for the illustration program at The Art Institute of Atlanta and have been teaching on the collegiate level for many years. Luckilly, my predilection for creating nutty art is (at least periferally) relevant to my career.
It gives me an excuse to decorate my office with abominable doodlings. And I can infect young(er) minds with visions from somewhere off the beaten path. When lecturing and showing historical illustration, i take it beyond Norman Rockwell and N.C. Wyeth; conjuring images from Bama, Gogos, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Wolverton, Freas, Rackham, I could go on and on...
Quote from: dlhenderson on March 24, 2009, 06:44:52 AM
The name's Dan Henderson and I'm a professional wrestler.
ONLY KIDDING!.
If you search my name that's what you get though, until maybe page three on google.
I'm (in reality) department chair for the illustration program at The Art Institute of Atlanta and have been teaching on the collegiate level for many years. Luckilly, my predilection for creating nutty art is (at least periferally) relevant to my career.
It gives me an excuse to decorate my office with abominable doodlings. And I can infect young(er) minds with visions from somewhere off the beaten path. When lecturing and showing historical illustration, i take it beyond Norman Rockwell and N.C. Wyeth; conjuring images from Bama, Gogos, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Wolverton, Freas, Rackham, I could go on and on...
YES! Thank you for infiltrating and setting the academic world right!
Infiltration is already under way. The Univ of Georgia has had a Jack Davis Lecture Series for a few years now.
Since Jack is from Georgia, that's not a surprise...
Quote from: MDG on March 23, 2009, 08:23:35 PM
I've had to go to Jo-Ann's to find stuff for different projects and always feel horribly out-of-place--the only unaccompanied male in a very female environment.
Tell me about it. I'm a scrapbooker. I get strange looks from the ladies when I'm shopping in the scrapbook aisle. :o
I'm a film and television producer, screenplay and book/magazine writer, actor.
I also get paid to dress up like a loon and host horror movies. (But these days...only in October)
But to pay the bills and to send my boy to Catholic school I'm a commercial Real Estate developer by day.
Now THAT'S scary.
Wow a lot of us are in entertainment! Lots of talent here!
A long since professional actor that never made it to the big time and has spent 30+ working shipping and receiving. Currently with a local Grocery Chain as a Receiving Wareroom manager. Still have the old acting resume around here somewhere............
Financial Advisor in Ohio
Retired! But was a librarian/media specialist for 30 years (jr high), taught Remedial Reading and Elementary French in lower grades--and after my retirement from the school district, taught for 7 years at the University of Cincinnati--enrichment classes for retired folks (my students during those years ranged from 55 to 95 years old!). The U.C. teaching was great fun, as I created my own classes and taught Classic Comedy Films, Classic Horror Films, Classic Suspense Films, American Popular Music 1900-1950, Everyday Life in Victorian America, and Fads, Fakes, and Frauds (all sorts of things from art fakery to quack medicine to pyramid schemes).
Homemaker and professional daughter...
and horror geek, sci-fi girl and unapologetic Janeite.
(Former secretary, mortgage processor, arborist and store clerk.)
QuoteTell me about it. I'm a scrapbooker. I get strange looks from the ladies when I'm shopping in the scrapbook aisle.
I go into somekind of trance when I go into JoAnns. I'm usually singing softly to myself for some reason. Yes, I guess I'm a candidate for strange looks.
I'm a pharmacist~been doing this for 33 years now. As my first paying gig, I worked some years at my Dad's service station, mostly driving his tow trucks (accidents, car starts, police tow-aways, etc.). My original intention was to be a high school art teacher and I took all the art courses I could in high school. A long story, but MY art teacher talked me out of my career choice one day in my senior year~said my work lacked technique & creativity and that I'd struggle to find a teaching job. Feeling deflated and knowing I needed to do something, I applied to pharmacy school after my high school graduation as an alternative. It's worked out just fine but I always wonder 'what if'?
It's never too late.
Quote from: Inkfink on April 13, 2009, 10:52:21 PM
It's never too late.
I know...but too many responsibilities right now.
Never say never, though.
I'm a cook in a mental hospital....
"I serve soup to nuts"
I'm a lawyer. I own my own small firm and work exclusively in the field of child protection.
I am Elmer Fudd, millionaire...I own a mansion and a yacht.
I'm a victim of a factory that migrated from Michigan to Mexico and I've been trying to find a job for over a year now. sigh!
Dale
Confused spirit wandering around in a meat suit.
I work in a machine shop making Icee spigots for the Icee machines for all over the world.
Hello to all my fellow members of the Universal Monster Army - my name is Roy I'm a long time member ( back in the Yahoo days ) I just keep a low profile at times.
At this time I work for the mouse ( Disneyland - Anaheim - CA. ) in the animation department. We ( other cast members ) maintain all figures at the part -
includes rides like - Haunted Mansion - Pirates - Small World - etc- etc - etc... Lots of Kool stuff at the park - maybe on a later date we can talk about the stories
from the park - I have lots of them - all true !!! Before Disney I work in the SFX world for about Fifteen years - also played some Monsters on TV and film too. So in
a large nut shell this is me - Royman - I thank you all for your time and wish you all the best in life !! - no not going anywhere - this is my home w' you all !
Well as Gabby Hayes once said "Howdy Roy ".
It sounds like you have a job the rest of us can only drool over and envy .
I am looking forward to hearing your stories from The House of Mouse !
As a newbie here I thought it would be a good idea to go back and read some of the older threads - sort of to get to know everyone. It's been a lot of fun. I'm impressed with the number of folks working in the creative fields. As for myself, I was unemployed for several months until recently, when I got a position as a research analyst at the university here - which is what I was doing before I was laid off! Same title, same university, different department. Life is funny sometimes. But I am happy and grateful to be back.
I sincerely hope that the folks who posted months ago who were unemployed have since found jobs. I know how hard it is being unemployed; beyond the obvious financial difficulties, it can take a real toll on one's self-esteem. For those still looking, I wish them the best of luck.
Coordinator/ Auditor/ Chairperson for an Interdisciplinary Team that provides therapeutic services for a largely psychiatric client base
I am a Team Leader in a Transmission Plant.
I work in a mirror factory and reflect a lot.
Actually, I own a chain of tree surgeon's offices, but I've had to cut some of my branches.
No, I really sell razors to Amish men...and boy is it a tough way to earn a living!
A laid-off library worker, who loves classics of all kinds. Classic books, Classic Music, Classic Movies, and My BELOVED CLASSIC MONSTERS!
Elisabeth
Left the Corporate world in 2004, went back to school and earned a B.A. in English, Minor in Theater Arts in 2007, Teaching Credential in 2008. The last seven years of my corporate career was at DIRECTV, in Training and Customer Service. Was an Instructional Designer and wrote curriculum for our call centers.
Past careers include Employee Recognition, mail carrier (all at Hughes Aircraft), grill cook at Marie Callender's, and soda jerk at Baskin Robbins.
I am in my third year teaching English and Drama at Compton High in Los Angeles. I also act and direct for community theatre, notably the Torrance Theatre Company, where I live.
Quote from: Perry S. on November 18, 2009, 02:02:59 PM
Left the Corporate world in 2004, went back to school and earned a B.A. in English, Minor in Theater Arts in 2007, Teaching Credential in 2008. The last seven years of my corporate career was at DIRECTV, in Training and Customer Service. Was an Instructional Designer and wrote curriculum for our call centers.
Past careers include Employee Recognition, mail carrier (all at Hughes Aircraft), grill cook at Marie Callender's, and soda jerk at Baskin Robbins.
I am in my third year teaching English and Drama at Compton High in Los Angeles. I also act and direct for community theatre, notably the Torrance Theatre Company, where I live.
Well no wonder someone asked me if I was one of your students on Sunday..lol. now I feel flattered! I have many cousins that live in Compton. I hope you have none of them as your students! They are crazy!
As for myself, I am the recent, yet old college graduate who is now a SCARY Auditor working for a CPA firm that specializes in government and not-for-profit organizations. I was offered a job with the IRS, but I didn't want to be that hated! And I hate taxes... ;D
As a self employed graphic artist in the Detroit area most of my new duties are: floor sweeper, garbage taker outer, duster of the thousand knick knacks in my office and chief crap stirrer. In addition id like to thank all those that i have net at different horror cons in the past year and to some of you that were kind enough t o even go so far as to buy some of my artwork, thanks to all of you, great bunch of people.
Quote from: Perry S. on November 18, 2009, 02:02:59 PM
Was an Instructional Designer and wrote curriculum for our call centers.
Every time I tell people I'm an instructional designer, i have to explain it.
I am half owner of a rubbish removal company...I also own my own rubbish removal & carting gig which is just kind of laying dormant now.
I can say it like this: This economy sucks, and having a partner is something that...hmmmm outside of marriage, or teamates playing sports....dont do it.
To be continued......
I just finished my Masters degree in Acupuncture and am not setting up my practice.
GS
Rad Tech, central Ohio in a outpatient surgery center. I also am asst material mgr (Bair Huggers huh packy?), IT dept, surgical asst and handyman (It's just me and 20 female nurses-Uggg!).
Do the occassional DJ gig on the weekends and computer geek
I am a case manager for the seriously mentally ill.
I am an art teacher for grades K-12 (for 10 years). I am also a minister and have pastored the same church for 28 years.
Actor/Senior in college
Waitressing part time.
Travel agent at Universal Pictures, Hollywood (well, Universal City).
To start of I couldn't be more blue collar. I am a Union Sheet Metal Worker, since serving my 10,000 hour apprenticeship I have been employed by the same contractor for the last 16 years. I am currently our shop Super-Intendant, and hold a part time job with my Local. I also work for a friend who has a refinishing business. Hopefully I can manage to dodge this louzy economy, I'll keep my fingers crossed. I have watched my brother deal with loosing his job at Chrysler. They closed his plant and moved it to Mexico, after they received BAILOUT money? I don't get it! My entire family has all worked in the UAW in some capacity all the way from line worker to skilled trades to high ranking union official, it always provided a good living for our family when I was young and took good care of my mom and dad once retired. Sadly to say that looks to be a thing of the past. Anyone who is out of work, I wish you and your family the best and lets hope this turns around soon.
Sadly, Monsterholic, that's the same problem here in Michigan. I'm seen bumper sticker that say, "Out of work yet? Keep buying foreign cars and you will be." All of the cars are foreign nowadays.
Not quite all of them yet, but we are well on our way. I don't know of any other job in this country that provides as many jobs as the car industry did. I have always purchased American made cars and I always will. Yes it does limit your choices, but the argument about foreign cars lasting longer, I don't buy that statement.
Friends still say American made cars have a certain percentage of imported parts. This is true, but you cannot dispute the fact of the labor that assembled those cars is from this country. That is money that stays in this country, pays taxes and spends money at our grocery stores. Every has to make a living and I can't fault them for that, but I wish people had been more aware of this.
Well thats enough of that talk. I'm surely not gonna fix these problems today.
Happy monster collecting to all.
I'm a youth counselor in a group home & a day program setting.
Adjunct in Sociology at a local community college.
Working on my PsyD in clinical psychology
STRONG background in counseling and mental health.
Bizarro Jeff
Commercial illustrator/designer for the past 22 years . . . I also do a little sculpture and jewelry work on the side.
Quote from: Gillman-Fan on April 25, 2010, 06:07:11 PM
Commercial illustrator/designer for the past 22 years . . . I also do a little sculpture and jewelry work on the side.
Glad I saw you here Gillman-fan. I put on my Vincent Price transfers today. Very cool and great instructions. I have got to pick up a shirt for the wife for her bride transfer. Quality product, much appreciated.
I run an attraction in Salem MA (Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery). This is a horror tribute museum which turns into a haunted house in October. You'd be surprised how many young people have no idea who Vincent Price, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Sr or Jr. or any of the others. They know SAW and that's it. I give them a brief and unforgettable schooling to the best of my ability. It's more of a fun hobby than a business though.
James Lurgio
Nightmare Productions
Fully employed Carpenter since 1974...Just got awarded my Gold Seal Certification as a General Contractor...Played my PRS lead guitar in a Band called Conspiracy for 18 years.... been building Aurora (and other) Monster Models since 1961... ;D
Mcdee
I run the molding department for a well known sporting goods store. Also get to do some product development as well. Basically it's molding dead fish to developer reproductions. It's actually a pretty cool job. I'm quite thankful for it!!! Before that I was head painter at the same place.
Propman, whose heads did ya paint?
Sorry ::)...
I am an in house Producer/ Coordinator for a Burbank based Post Production company. I am in charge of trailers, as in previews of coming attractions, as opposed to double-wides.
I've worked on some very fun films, over the past 16 years heading up this Department.
OG
Full time gardener and fledgling garage-kit sculptor!
1...A DAD...2...BOUNCER ..3...BRICKS..ROOFS....4..K-9 .......VERY BUSY LIFE.......ICEMAN...BIG-JOHN
I worked as a merchandiser, substitute daycare/kindergarten teacher
I work for VanHook Service Co. which is a commercial/industrial refrigeration and H.V.A.C. company. We do installation and repair of all types of equipment. I specialize in the refrigeration end and most of my days are spent in subzero walk in freezers.