Thanks man, I appreciate that. I had 6 different fucking doctors look at me, and every single one of them said something different. Every. Single. One. The surgeons were the worst though, bloodthirsty motherfuckers.

Aw shit, thats just scary. And What a fuckin prick that Doc was to say that in front of your son.

I really hope everything turns out alright man. And I know you dont need me to tell you this, but take it easy.

I'll try and end on a positive note.....Hawaii eh? Sounds pretty sweet!

Man, that's ridiculous. Best of luck with getting shit sorted out.

Aw, Stash, best of luck to you and your body. And sorry about that prick of a doctor. Damn. Have a blast in Hawaii, though! Place is awesome.

So i found these two videos on youtube :

Sven Väth is playing Saturate - http://www.youtube.c...h?v=0xqv_7PAkyQ

A Chemical Brothers Minimix - http://www.youtube.c...h?v=TG5p8Ybj48U

Pumisher did you do that Minimix?... If so, it aint half bad!

Indeed--the minimix is hot.

And the Sven Vath set--WHAT A PARTY!!!

No, i didn't.

I am off work till Monday, then my last day is the 1st of august, and i dont start my new job till the 12th! WOOoOoOoOoOOoOOoooooooooooOoOoOOOOOOOOOOOooo

Nice--new jobs are usually full of great experiences and opportunity.

::cheers::

So Pooter, I figure you would know seeing as you work in law...

Is court reporting/stenography a good profession to get into?

I ask, because I want to go to school this coming winter. It's been soooo long since I've been in school and I'm kind of fearful to be honest. I'd really love to study art history, but what I really need to learn is a trade that I can make a living out of... because the thought of working in customer service til age 65 (if I'm lucky and can actually retire by then) really scares the crap out of me... I thought about going to court reporting school 14 years ago but that idea got nixed (and the only places around were private schools, which I couldn't afford). Now that the economy is in the shitter, I know people are going to be heading back to school in search of a trade. I found a community college that offers online courses for stenography, but I really don't know anyone out in the real world that has any pearls of wisdom for me when it comes to that type of profession.

Any thoughts?

It takes some dedication and I don't the percentage of people that actually goes through with it--a friend of mine took classes for two years and still wasn't certified.

It is, however, fairly lucrative, and from what I understand it's flexible, too. Give a few reporters a call and shoot them a few questions--I'm sure they'd be more than happy to answer. If you really want I can do some research for you.

That's good advice, Pooter. I'm still tossing the idea about and have been prodding about on the internet. There's some local court reporting associations nearby, so I might inquire with them. Outside of court reporting, there's medical transcribing as well as using stenography for closed caption and subtitling. Nothing's for sure school-wise, but I feel I need to make some changes. Part of that motivation is being stuck running the hamster wheel - I've had it up to 'here' with working a job with no foreseeable future. I'm grateful to have a job, but I don't want to do what I'm doing forever. It's the big jump to actually moving in a different direction that has me nervous.

Change is abound--keep listening to your intuition. Go where you know your life needs to go.

You have my love. :)

If you want to make a career change Whirly, give it a try, just as long as you enjoy doing it and that there's plenty of space for that type of work on the job market.Part of my job is customer service and damn do I hate it, but most of my job is pretty cool,just making sure stores are compliant, inventory, operations, task managing, etc. But I now consider myself very concerned about my job because of the rumors of job cuts that I heard internally.

Whirly, take any opportunity that can give you an advantage! School's a good way to start.

I agree with Pooter and inchemwetrust. If your gut is tellin' ya to go seek something else, do it! I've personally found that stirring up the usual rut for something wildly new - while kinda scary sometimes - is 99.9% of the time completely worth it in some form. More of my love your direction for good things! =D

I'm in agreement as well. I did it a few years ago, back to Uni for 5 years, and was the best thing I ever did. My wife's now looking to do a similar career change - life's too short to be doing something you don't enjoy. It's definitely worth doing. Good luck.

Man, I am blessed to have my own little cheer-leading squad. Thanks so much for the encouragement! I'm 36 years old and I still don't know what the heck I want to do with my life. Hopefully one day, I'll arrive. :D

I was supposed to have breakfast and hang out with my girlfriend's dad and somehow slept through his calls. He biked over here from Marin over the Golden Gate Bridge.

I feel like a total fucking asshole.