I've got a job (a good job)!!!

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alec

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I'm so friggin' glad!
I knew this would happen, but to be honest: it wasn't sure yet. I had to do some test two weeks ago and work a few days there on trial, but today (about an hour ago, actually) I received the bloody good news:

alec is going to be a journalist for the Federal Department of Justice in Brussels!

You hear that, people? A real job! And a good one as well. I'll be making 1490 Euros netto each month. 1490. That's more than my dad ever made. (And don't forget I have a cartooning job as well, which pays me a well-earned 450 Euros a month!)

Sure, I'll have to get up at 7 o'clock every morning, catch a train to Brussels and then take the subway, and it'll take me 45 minutes to get there and 45 minutes to get back home, but for that amount of money and for that kind of a job, I'm willing to do that.

Well, I'm not going to lie: times have been hard for me. The last three years of my life were misery, misery, misery. Heart-ache, addiction, family problems, never was able to find a decent job, trouble with my publisher, ... you name it, I encountered it. This news is about the best goddamn thing that has happened to me after all that time. That and my new girl.

You're gonna see some changes now. alec is going to be more happy than you guys ever expected. Finally, after all the trouble he's seen, this misanthrope has got something to look forward to. I'm starting in about two weeks. Wish me luck!

:D
 
Sounds good Alec! So, good luck!

Hehe, we'll know how its going on a week to week basis by how many noobs you accost here!
 
Congrats, Alec!


I'm happy for you, I recall the first time I got a "real job" (15 years ago), and nothing beats bringing home a good paycheck.

Again, congratulations, and well done!
 
7 o'clock? peanuts. I get up 5 o'clock... :wink:

ah well, congratulations, even though I don't know what the hell "journalist for the Federal Department of Justice in Brussels!" means...(ok, I get the journalist part, but that's it)
 
i actually am very happy to hear this. You mentioned having a job in my Tokyo thread, and i remember wondering: Alec? Job? Something's not right. But good, i can understand your excitement now, since i too have gone through some hard times with similar issues, and this year has been very good to me....... No girl though...grrrrr.

Aside from this, i will not appreciate it if you change your posting style. I actually always associated your more recent waves of hate posts to be a reflection of your new found hope in life. It's strange how when you claimed the opposite, you were actually nice to people. I guess that was ok, but come on, the NMA Lunatic role cannot be played by anyone else.

By the way, when was the last time you actually started a thread? :D
 
KQX said:
You mentioned having a job in my Tokyo thread, and i remember wondering: Alec? Job? Something's not right.
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I was referring to those trial days. It felt like having a real job, seeing I haven't done anything else but drawing cartoons and writing colums the past five years. In a way, I was already hoping to get that job, because everything there felt good and tolerable.

KQX said:
Aside from this, i will not appreciate it if you change your posting style. I actually always associated your more recent waves of hate posts to be a reflection of your new found hope in life. It's strange how when you claimed the opposite, you were actually nice to people. I guess that was ok, but come on, the NMA Lunatic role cannot be played by anyone else.
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Why, thank you very much, KQX. I know I often sound harsh and rude, not to mention downright negative and sarcastic, but one can not change his personality when one has reached the age of 29. Trust me: I've tried it and it's impossible. I'm a spaced-out misanthrope and I'll always be like that, I fear. I still hate humanity and Western civilization, but it has also occured to me that this hatred was and is probably fed by the fact that I felt left out. Everyone I knew was making progress, and I wasn't. I was and still am navel gazing and actually enjoying it. It will be a hard task to stop doing that. This job gives me an opportunity to 'fit in' and to see whether that makes a change. I hope it does.

KQX said:
By the way, when was the last time you actually started a thread? :D
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I know. I guess I just didn't have anything noteworthy to mention. :wink:
 
Ehehehe. Congratulations, alec.

What a surprise, the most negative, harsh, mysanthrope gets a real job. And a new girl.
 
Here's a story you can work on.
ohalec8wb.jpg


Congratulations, by the way. :D
 
Congrats Alec. Yes, a lot of your angst might have been due to your crappy circumstances. This should make life a bit brighter.

I am very glad for you.
 
alec said:
Oh, come on, be happy for me. Is that so much to ask? :cry:
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Damn, I was flamebaitin' so you would fall off the being-nice-wagon, but here you are actually being nice. I'm impressed. So I give it three weeks.
 
Would it be mean of me to mention that I've just gotten 1768.77 € for playing with kids for a month?
 
calculon000 said:
Here's a story you can work on.
ohalec8wb.jpg
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Nice pic Calcy. But tell me, why would a montenegrin newspaper write about Alec? Plus what does this headline have to do with the state of Montenegrin Universities?

The text above alec's avatar clearly says (in cyrillic):

ZAHVALjUJUCI UCEŠCU U PROJEKTU "ZAUSTAVLjANjE ODLIVA MOZGOVA I Z JUGOISTOCNE EVROPE", CRNOGORSKI UNIVERZITET DOBIO VRIJEDAN POKLON

Roughly translated into: Thanks to the participation in project "Stop Brain-drain from southeastern Europe", Montenegrin university receives a valuable gift.
 
'Grats Blade. Say, this doesn't mean that you're going to be happy now, does it?

Well, it's more than I earn, but I earn next to Fuck All anyway, so I don't know why I brought it up.

Jebus said:
Would it be mean of me to mention that I've just gotten 1768.77 € for playing with kids for a month?
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Yes Michael. STFU, will ya?

(Drunken Post - Ignore all contents)
 
Wow...I'm very impressed and glad.

Congratulations on your new job and well done in terms of the education and work you've done to get it.

Journalism huh? Good if you like your writing, bad if you dont. Since I obviously think you'll post your stuff here I think this will be good since I like your style.

Department of Justice? The people will be screwed...

Nice job again Calculon. Made me laugh as always.

Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
 
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