I ended up quitting eighteen months later because I learned that Zale Corp., based in Texas, refused to provide health benefits to legally married same-sex spouses but, when I started, I was lucky to find a store where the manager was smart, reasonable, and competent to a level that was far above the average I had experienced. Not being independently wealthy and wanting to eat more than rice and beans, I got a job at a jewelry store. After I got a master’s degree in conducting, I couldn’t find work for nine months, and even then all I had was about about fifteen hours a week of work in music. I have to apply my love for conducting to all the work of being a conductor, which includes some tedious, boring, annoying crap.Īlso, being a professional artist has meant being unemployed. But I don’t get to stand in front of a choir every day, and I don’t get to conduct the way I want every day. As someone with far more education than the Average American, I can represent white collar America–heck, white tie America–and say, “I get it and I agree!”Įven more, Mike’s re-invented poster platitudes and relate directly to conducting.ĭon’t follow your passion. I don’t think Mike is dissing white collar America. In the meantime, though, I do also enjoy it. My rehearsals should be fulfilling to my performers, and the performance should lift the spirits of the audience members. I want my work not just to be an indulgence for me to enjoy, but to produce something of value to others. It also reinforces what I have posted before about my sense of responsibility to humanity, to use my work to make people’s lives better. It’s bliss to be able to do something I love and Dirty Jobs is a show that reminds me to be grateful for that even when it’s not ideal. My work is neither dangerous nor even uncomfortable. I love what I do–no, even better than that, my work is not what I do, it’s who I am. So I’m going to write a letter to not complain. As each segment listed one of his snarky interpretations, I kept thinking, “that’s true for conducting, too!” And he kept saying, “I know someone is at home at this very moment writing a letter to the network to complain…” and he’s probably right. Mike used the work he has done to mock the poster platitudes about teamwork, efficiency, innovation, etc. It could have been just a clip show re-visiting previous jobs, but instead it was a clip show that interpreted previous jobs, including some new footage. That makes him charming, funny, and engaging. He’s also a person who can get along with anyone because he sees and values people’s humanity. He got into hosting Dirty Jobs after doing the voice-over narration of Deadliest Catch, the Alaskan crabbing show. I like Mike for several reasons, not the least of which is that he’s a classically trained singer.
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