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[jinian]

Wim and I stayed up late last night. I hadn't watched Futurama in ages. I'm still not about to get cable, but that is one funny show.

In other news, it is satisfying to cut the sections of a grapefruit so that they can easily be eaten with a spoon. Simple, precise actions, giving me the results I want.

I talked to Wim about job stuff, too. The list of things I want is getting a little longer as I consider. Working with live things, especially plants. Making beautiful and tangible things (following someone else's design is okay, but graphic design is only kind of okay -- making touchable things with my hands is important). Fiddling with words, in an edity, proofready fashion but not so much a writey fashion. I can't think of anything that satisfies all of them and is likely to exist. Something in a landscaping direction might work to cover the first two, breeding or propagating plant varieties might get a bit of three as well. And my anticipated happiness level does seem to go up as more of the list is projected as satisfied, so I think I am on the right track.

I don't dislike my job now. It pays reasonably well, there's a fair amount of variety (oh, yeah, variety is important too!), and the location is great. It's not what I feel called to do, though, and the company isn't growing as quickly as they said it would so I am still doing some things I don't enjoy. The question is, what do I feel called to do. See above.

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

You know what's yummy? Slice up the grapefruit. Then put it on a large square of aluminum foil, drizzle it all over with honey, wrap the foil over the top, and bake it for 20 minutes at 350F. Take it out, unwrap carefully, put it in a bowl, pour any juice from the foil over the top of the grapefruit, and eat yummily.

[jenett]

It's always cool to be able to figure out the "So what do you *really* want to be doing" from a job you can stand (and which pays reasonably) while you figure it out and get whatever ducks in a row that you need to to be able to get that kind of job.

(This is what I'm encouraging the husband person to do, and it seems to be working.)