Friday, July 13, 2007

Hockey Mask

I'm embarrassed to admit, that, in my job search, it's very important to me what I'm going to say to people about what I'm doing.

So, what are you doing now?

I'm an administrative assistant for a boring company.

Oh.

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So, what are you doing now?

I'm an editorial assistant for a design magazine.

OH! Which one?!

Dwell.

OH! MY!

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So, what are you doing now?

I'm a law clerk in San Francisco.

Do you want to go to law school?

Thinking about it.

Do law clerks work a lot?

No free time. Never.

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It's scary how much stake I'm putting into those 3-6 lines of interaction.

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