Oil Pulling

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, and my irritation was compounded because yesterday yet another clueless friend called me in the middle of the day to chitchat, and I told her I was really stressed about money and needed to get back to work, and she said "Well, couldn't you get a part-time job?"

Yeah, because it TOTALLY makes sense to get some part-time retail job in order to free up a few hours for fucking off midday. But I get dumbass suggestions like that all the time, usually from people who don't have kids or significant bills to pay.

She crowned off her glorious suggestions by telling me that she's heard "there are programs now" where you can "just stop paying your mortgage".

Um.

[Freeky]

   WAT

[Cain]

She crowned off her glorious suggestions by telling me that she's heard "there are programs now" where you can "just stop paying your mortgage".

Um.

Yeah.  It's called home insurance + gasoline + a credible alibi

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

  WAT

Yeah.

I also loved her mysterious conviction that I was probably totally unaware of how mortgage relief programs work.

I am, however, still looking for a part time bartending job. Because that would actually work AND be worth it.

[East Coast Hustle]

You know you're talking to the guy who's working part-time at Starky's, right?

OK. Maybe you should get a job at Dollar Tree.

I mean, it's practically the same thing, right? I mean, if it pays the bills...

I'm not trying to be bitchy, it's just that while joking around about making novelty wares is amusing, but I've been in the glassworking business for almost 20 years, both on the creative and supply end, and have a sense of what is and is not viable as a handmade artisan product. So it's funny, but no, it won't actually pay the bills. And, it would either require ruining my reputation as an artist, or starting a new business with a different name and marketing it from scratch during a very tight market.

Thanks for the cute suggestions though.

Believe me, I was being far from serious about the whole idea.

I mean, having me drive them across country? They invented this neat thing called "shipping".

Well, the dildo thing was rather clearly a joke.  I was just starting to get annoyed with the rather serious-sounding "you do whatever pays the bills" insistence that cropped up a few times, as if I'm somehow totally clueless about my line of work.

Oh, no doubt. Like my self-respect is worth less than being able to pay my internet bill on time.

I just got confused about who that was directed at since it was in a reply to my quoted post and I hadn't said anything along those lines, but I fully endorse your efforts to squash that particular brand of idiocy.