Recent content by Underground Man

I roll my eyes whenever someone on Escapist talks about being old. Especially since a healthy proportion of you were apparently born in the 90s. Chill with the obsession over age. Trust me, we're all on that long slog toward the grave. No need to nitpick about who is first in line.

Once I was walking alone in London at around midnight, having just come out of a theatre performance. Some random stranger comes up to me and starts going on and on about my eyes and how they'd regret it forever if they didn't approach me. Then this person grabs my arm and tries to plant one...

Kids are so strange these days. When I was a young lad and got mine in the fourth grade, glasses were uncool. I don't really see the point, but since when have pop culture trends ever made sense?

I definitely found that, while writing my last book, my lack of experience in basic life stuff was a big problem. I need a bigger frame of reference other than the four walls of my room.

It's really nice hearing from someone who has actually been there. I haven't even lived in that part of the world since I was in middle school, so I'll take your advice to heart. I've thought about it, but I've never been mechanically inclined. In any sense -- things like cars and pipes...

I think I've already cast my lot as far as school goes. As the education system is now (over-priced, crowded, grade inflation) I think that anything else I want to learn, I'll learn independently. At least until the standard model changes or some amazing company hires me and agrees to pay for...

I've even posted ads on Craig's List offering to be a maid. Really, no one wants me. I apply mostly to secretary/research jobs, but I've also sent applications for freelance writing, security guard jobs, retail, and I worked waiting tables for a week.... that was really, really bad. I kept...

Well, I already have all the paperwork I need for a tourist visa. Basically, if I can't find a job in 60 days, I would just have to go back home. I've moved and traveled a lot in my life, so it's not like I'm not used to living outside of the states. So going there would be like an extended...

This sounds almost too logical to be true, indeed. I'm going to keep spamming resumes for as long as I can. I started seriously looking for jobs in December of 2009, but by now I'm just getting disillusioned with the economy and really, America in general. I sort of want a break, and the...

I had a Spanish teacher in HS that just, lost control of the class completely. We were stuck out in the trailer part of the school and most of the students just didn't give a crap. Finally he just gave up teaching us and it became a free period. Our final exam, no lie, was literally him...

I didn't even know escapist had an advice section -_- lol. Anyway, as far as I know, you really don't have to be that good with the local languages to teach. I plan to take some classes there, but function of English teachers in places like I've looked at is mostly just peripheral. That is...

Make sure that when you apply for college after HS, you pick a major that will actually be useful in the job market.

I have a BA in history with a minor in archaeology. It's pretty useless for getting hired and I regret choosing a subject because I liked it instead of for its practical value. I did have a history-related job here in D.C. Totally won the job lottery...until my company lost the government...

Wahh I really appreciate all these comments. I'm so desperate just to do something with my life. I eventually want to work with my brother to make indie video games (he programs, I'll do plots and pixel art -- been practicing that skill) and write full-time. He plans to buy a house and...

I would wait a few months to go, but the reason I'd have to go by September is that my mother will also be in Taiwan for a few months, and I really need her help to get situated. I lol'd. I have a phobia of radiation though >_< I don't think I could join the army. I'm a weenie and last...