The Dark Balloon

A weblog by Hao Lian.
A terrible secret guarded by golems.
A note that thanks you for being born, all those years ago.

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Now I want a job.

Two excellent Ask MetaFilter threads about touchy discussion topics when you talk about someone’s job.

[(2008 December 17) • • .]

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Working 9-to-5 to put food on gymnasts because even gymnasts have night jobs, and they are tables.

Recently, the denizens and monsters of Ask MetaFilter listed weird but lovable jobs. One person is schoolbus router, and another is a soap documentation writer. “I was an intern at a magazine, and their factchecker was overwhelmed by a fact-filled article.” “Hi, my name is Spatula, and I spam old people.” Suck it, Web 2.0.

[(2008 October 4) • • .]