Did you ever
watch the movie Shakes the Clown? Wow, cinematic
brilliance. I’m a big fan. At least I was when I
was in college; and it was pretty much par for
the course to have a living room full friends
that seemed the walking dead or the people on a
public service announcement commercial than they
did America’s leaders of tomorrow. And really
not much has changed, so I’m sure I’m still
down. Where I’m going with this is that even
within the clown community there is a certain
hierarchy within which you can be the kicker or
the kickee. It makes me think that there’s
really no community of (sub)culture that isn’t
organized with this egalitarian antithetical
ultimate end. Its unfortunate to be sure. God,
even the Bolsheviks couldn’t resist their urge
to prioritize.
Well, that leaves you with a choice. Where do
you want to position yourself? A party clown or
a mime? When it comes to working at home, the
dilemma remains, but the strata fluidity puts
socialist utopian fantasies to shame. It’s just
a matter of decision and taking the appropriate
steps. You can just as easily have a work at
home internet job as you can have a work at home
job of selling tiny, plastic Christmas
knickknacks all year round.
It’s pretty clear where you want to be. First
off, there’s the reality that this is a job that
you’re going to have to do everyday and deal
with whatever enjoyment or drudgery the position
brings. And second though, you will inevitably
meet others out there that also bring home the
bacon in the comfort of their own squalor. At
this point you will find yourself kicking or
being kicked, probably more mentally than
physically. Clearly the work at home internet
job will offer social status that the other work
at home jobs simply can’t compete with.
Hierarchies are inherently problematic and
unjust, but while they’re here and while you’re
working at home, get the internet job,
condescend to all other work at homers and soak
up the luxuries that only a party clown can
understand. |
