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WCDT: 2440-2444 (6-10 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
GarandMarine:
Another possibility is Marten could use his degree to lecture. Spend enough time working for the college, make the right connections and if you know your shit (Marten does in fact know his shit about music as we've previously observed) and you can weasel into a lecturer position with a BA. Which sounds a lot like Marten's ideal actually. He wants to hang out and talk about music.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan:
Not every permanent, non student position in a university library is filled by a "Librarian". There's a lot of lower level support staff that would only need a bachelors or maybe even a high school diploma for some of the billing/clerk positions. Those are definitely in Marten's reach if he actually applied. But yeah, that's as high as he gets in the Library org chart without years of experience and/or getting tuition remittance to get a library science degree part time. I know people who have made it work but Marten's probably not one of those people.
And it's not like Jeph would ever have Marten do this because its really boring and out of character (or developing his character in a boring way).
Carl-E:
Unfortunately, hanging out and talking about a topic isn't what being a lecturer is all about.
There are these things called students that you're accountable for - grades, course content, syllabi... it's actually a fair amount of work, despite the pittance you're paid for it (he's probably better off at the library...)
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My baby brother, who just turned 41, is a musician (bass player). He's had a few different bands, they get gigs, one actually put out an album before they disbanded (and some Irish group took their name, so I can't find anything online about them anymore). He works at Trader Joe's as a "day job" for the insurance, and helps a cabinetmaker through the winter when the gigs are few and far between, but he lives for the music. He's currently in a jazz trio and a reformed group from the one that put out the album. Occasionally he gets out the string bass and plays with a chamber orchestra.
Will he ever hit the big time? Hell no. Does he make a living off his music? Nope, again. Does he have goals?
Well, hard to tell.
Is he happy? He gets to play his music, and his life's pretty stable. He has friends and lovers. Yeah, he's happy. Marten could do far worse.
Edit: After some concerted searching, I find that their CD is available through Amazon for 29.99.
Better hurry, only one left...
Yeah, edited out the name. Privacy and all that... the cat's either Morrie or Artie, one of my parent's twin cats. They got named by tormenting the dog, Sherlock...
Xthform:
I personally think this comic is far to harsh on a guy who is far better off then the two people ragging on him. Faye is more or less in the same position Marten is in but way less mentally sound, Dora while better off then Marten from a professional level is leagues behind him in both emotional and mental health. Faye nor Dora has any right to rag on Marten for what hes decided to do with his life. He is far more emotionally and mentally sound then both of them put together and he has a job that hes content with and pays the bills.
(moderator: the next sentence was immoderate)
(click to show/hide) As far as I'm concerned both Faye and Dora are certified CUNTS for what they've said in this comic.
Loki:
--- Quote from: bhtooefr on 08 May 2013, 15:54 ---This isn't a pineapple under the sea, it's a coffee shop under an iron fist.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote from: Kugai on 08 May 2013, 18:04 ---And the difference is?
Nothing like a bit of exposition to move a plot along.
--- End quote ---
Hello there, glad to meet you!
Welcome to the worlds of Bikini Bottom and Questionable Content. My name is Loki. People affectionately refer to me as "that weird guy with a degree in comics and cartoons".
Those worlds are inhabited far and wide by creatures we call "characters".
For some people, characters are a source of entertainment.
Others use them for projecting everything they feel onto them and over-analyzing their behavior.
As for myself... I used to waste time consuming both.
You may wonder about the differences between the two worlds.
In one, creatures do pointless things and occasionally have some drama. In the other.... well, wait. There is no difference.
Now tell me. Are you a boy? Or a girl?
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