Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Tryin' to make a dollar out of 15 cents

After a blissful weekend at Hunter Mountain living commune style with some friends and worrying about nothing but cracking my head open on the ice while snowboarding, it’s back to reality. It’s always hard to come back to work after you’ve gone away, even if it’s just for a weekend.

This is especially true if you are secretly wishing your company would go under. But instead of harping on that I’ll just list a few job alternatives I’ve been thinking about lately:

--Professional Evite Writer. I’ve been contemplating writing a business proposal for the Evite folks in which I offer to write people’s Evites for a fee to make their events sound more snazzy and interesting. Amongst my friends I’ve always been the designated Evite writer, so I already have quite a few samples in my portfolio.
--Vitamin Water Label Writer: Actually my roommate’s suggestion. She said I could probably have written the copy for the “Formula 50” drink. I agree with her. I would have made it even better, adding the words “bitches” and “ho’s” to the description. Though “hydrate or die tryin’” is pure genius, I have to say.
--American Idol Judge: I already do it for fun, but could I get paid?
--TV Guide Blurb Writer: Seriously, who writes these things? If all you have to do is watch and write about the show in 50 words or less, I could totally do that. I could think of a better catch phrase than “hyjinx ensue.”

Any other suggestions?

2 comments:

airsusie said...

i'm thinking you could outwit the daily candy writers.

also ... karaoke playlist creator. i would definitely pay for that shiznit.

Anonymous said...

your boss's boss.... so you could fire his a$$.