Originally Posted By avromark ^^^ So now we know who to go to if we ever have problems with out 8088.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy No CT, that's wonderful that you're good at what you do. It was the easy "foot in the door" part w/ no degree that hit me in the stomach, lol. ;-)
Originally Posted By avromark <<It was the easy "foot in the door" part w/ no degree that hit me in the stomach, lol. ;-)>> Even with, and a practically focused mind you still can't today eh? Lifes no fair. I wish I made 2000 a week.
Originally Posted By Kira Wow! It's so cool to be able to read this thread and feel like I've gotten to know LP'ers a little bit better (I pretty much have no background or personal knowledge on most LPers here even though I see their posts nearly everyday!). This thread is definetly helping me understand and make connections with all the posts I have read here on the boards! Great topic idea! So about me. I'm a youngin' who is still beginning life. I'm currently a student at a local community college (which I have been attending since I graduated high school in 03). I originally had plans of becoming a marine biologist but now my degree course has changed and I have chosen to be a dance major. I'm slowly moving through classes and SHOULD be ready to transfer with an AA in general education and an AA in dance in another year. My long term goal is to be a dance teacher, I have not yet decided if I want to take it to the school system or keep it at a dance studio level. I work at the Disney Store about 40 minutes from where I live. I travel back and forth all the time to work at a minimum wage level, but it does not bother me. I LOVE my job and the people I work with. It makes the travel and low wage worth it. Eventually I would like to work at the park to become a part of the entertainment department for the experience (and to live out a life long dream)! I have one brother and live with my mom while I complete my college education. I have a few close friends and I am a geniunely down to earth laid back person. I'm a total goofball that spends most of my spare time sleeping, playing world of warcraft (sometimes city of heroes/villians), going to disneyland, surfing LP (daily), attempting at making my myspace pretty or just choosing to do whatever the heck I feel like doing lol. That's me in a nutshell
Originally Posted By avromark << I originally had plans of becoming a marine biologist but now my degree course has changed and I have chosen to be a dance major.>> Have you met the LPer who changed majors 2 times? That LPer has studied 3 different areas in his post secondary education. You're not quite as indecisive yet. (And he may be going back to study for a related track since his department has been delisted by the "wonderful" Liberal provincial government.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I am a 58 year old divorced male with 2 daughters and three grandchildren. I was married for 29 years and through out that time I held a variety of occupations. I started out as a retail store manager, and then went into printing and publishing as General Manager and Assistant Publisher. Followed by 14 years as the owner of a licensed residential care home taking care of the elderly, developmentally and physically challenged and the mentally ill. Forced out of that business due to changing social requirements I decided that I would train to do something that could carry over into semi-retirement and that was to become a bus driver (Disney was on my mind at the time). After doing that for a while I was promoted to Field Operations Supervisor for the same public transit group that I worked for. I am now about 3 and a half years away from semi-retirement where my plan is to split my time equally between Florida in the winter and up here in the northeast in the summer. I became a Disney fanatic when I first took my family to the "World" in 1983 and have been at least once a year since then. I will miss 2007 but am bounding back in early 2008 when I bring my Daughters, their Husbands and My Grandchildren (their kids) to WDW for a family trip...paid by dad. This is to make up for the years when I couldn't afford to do the things I wanted to do for them. It's payback time and my chance to actually see them enjoy their inheritance.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy ^^^Hmmm, got room for a cyber nephew on the trip, Uncle G.? ;-) (really though, that's awesome and sweet of ya---should be great memories for all for sure!) Like DAR I am a bachelor, though the "younger brother" version at 28. I am in the process of becoming an uncle to a little niece later this year. a college-graduated English major stuck in life and trying to dig his way out of what seems to have been some wrong turns in the education and working world. I have a minor in American Sign Language and would love to get to use that some more. My "career" moves in order have been a Shoney's host and cashier, a Dawahare's suit associate ("ha", never sold one), a Staples copy center dude, a counselor for a summer camp for teenage boys with behavioral and emotional problems which a deaf boy was in (I had been fresh out of my first college ASL class and really wanted to use it), a Nielsen Media Research telephone researcher (I may have spoken to you in 1999!), a Writing Center "coach" at my college, a Disney Store cast member for about 16 months, a technical writer where I got paid over 16 dollars an hour to do barely any work (they barely had any) and had 10-hour days and 3-day weekends every weekend (MAN do I miss that...my position was cut when realized it wasn't needed...it gets me down when I dwell on how spoiled I was), a telephone co. in-store bill collector, a data entry clerk for keying in immigrants' Visa information, and I am now a full time news monitor (ugh) and a part time men's shoe salesman. I am sick of not having a career in something I would thrive on and really succeed in, so this is "The Year of Change"---I do have a couple more writing prospects coming up and a few promising ideas, so we'll see what happens. Hobbies (barely any time for "hobbies", but "areas I used to hobby in but still love even if my time is extremely limited") include Greek mythology, Narnia, Muppets, nature/the zoo, 1980s kids' entertainment, photography, things that change color, writing and recording song parodies, and I love sitcoms, particularly 1980s sitcoms on DVD.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy LOL, well I'm very easily amused/mentally-occupied, so things that change color are right up my alley. I have a bonsai tree (fake) that you plug in, and when you do, these little clear-white sprays that lie among the leaves light up and change color...nice shades of greens, yellows, reds, violets, and blues. <a href="http://www.mountainvalleycenter.com/store/html/folamp.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mountainvalleycente r.com/store/html/folamp.htm</a> (doesn't do it justice, but there ya go) And I recently got some Watercolor Electronic Candles that rock. They're like cordless, flameless candles, but with the same light as a candle---how cool is that?! The traditional setting is the steady candle-glow, but the transitional setting has them change colors...among greens, reds, blues, pinks, and all sortsa shades inbetween as it goes between the "basics" (i.e., when changing from what I have dubbed "photosynethsis green" to "ice blue", you get "aqua" and "sea green" between). <a href="http://www.wowzzers.com/product_info.php?products_id=267&osCsid=29383f95879623dbcfd.." target="_blank">http://www.wowzzers.com/produc t_info.php?products_id=267&osCsid=29383f95879623dbcfd..</a>. They even come with a tray so that they automatically turn off when you set them down, and turn on when you pick one up. Perfect for needing light to get up in the middle of the night, a relaxing bath, a nightlight, etc. It's so easy to waste minutes and minutes simply by staring at their changing hues (or at least, that's what I've been, um, told, yeah, that's it). Spencer's Gifts is nice to supply me with such things that change color. And not look at me funny.
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Ah, gotcha. I thought perhaps you had a chameleon and/or kaleidoscope collection. ;-)
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Nah, these are much better---ya don't have to close one eye and squint to see 'em, and they don't die! ;-)
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I work for the Disney store 3 days a week. And my main job is a stay at home Mom. I have 3 kids and 2 are in school. Nikala a sophmore and Megan in 7th grade. And my son is 3. I only go to work when my husband is home. So my kids have never had to go to a daycare.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Was I supposed to say something about myself??? Well, When I really know people I am very outspoken, when I don't know you at all I'm well quite. I love disney with a passion, My love is my husband (17yrs) and my children. My husband and I own a karate school and we are all black belts,steven my son will start karate next year when he is old enough. I read Lp everyday that I can sit down and do so. Most everyday. And to me you guys are my second family. That's me...
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oh Disneymom443, that's lovely. I feel like LP is an extension of our family too!
Originally Posted By wonderingalice <<Well, your parents didn't give you a lot of other options by naming you "Goofball". >> True dat, mele! *LOL*
Originally Posted By wonderingalice TDG... Come to Las Vegas and try your hand at casino dealing. Mr. Alice has a degree in English and was a camp counselor during college summers. Earned his teaching certificate in Minnesota and did the student-teaching thing for starters, but found he didn't like kids well enough to go into full-time teaching. *LOL* Did a stint going around the country as a Sigma-Alpha-Mu start-up recruiter for various universities and then went into retail management for awhile. Came to Las Vegas on vacation and saw the potential and lifestyle here... Went to dealers school and then worked on his "chops" - starting at the bottom, literally, at the Golden Gate (dive) downtown. Came up the hard way - Circus Circus then the Golden Nugget after the 'dive,' but was hired Day One for the opening of Bellagio. He makes a DANDY salary now. (I could actually quit working, but I earn our 'fun-time money' while 20% of his goes into his 401K ;-) Just a thought... Your backgrounds are definitely similar.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Oops... "Salary" should be "TIPS" *LOL* Don't ya'll forget to tip your dealers when you play anywhere... They make less than minimum wage otherwise. ;-)
Originally Posted By mousegrl I was a stay at home mom for 8 years, and then started to work part-time as a teachers aide. (I still consider myself a stay at home mom.) I'm currently in the process of figuring out what the heck I want to be when I grow up. I'm 32 and didn't finish college due to becoming a mom at age 22, and making that my 'lifes' work for the next 8 years. I'm now at a cross road, and really need to get to figuring out what the heck I'm gonna do with my life! lol I think I'm gonna be college bound in the next few years. I have not a clue as to what I will major in. I love animials/nature and children. Teacher...zookeeper....preschool....McDonalds.....hmmmmm, it's anyones guess. lol Anyway, that's where I'm at on my path of existence for now. Only time shall tell.....
