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No, not that sort of help, you bastards! I'm stuck. Genuinely stuck.
You see, just after Lex was born, we looked at his birth certificate and Sharon asked, "What are you going to put down for yourself as 'Occupation?'"
Without pause, and in a tone of voice that implied that it was a weird question, I replied, "Drover."
Then realised what I'd said. I haven't been a drover for over 15 years, but it's still so tied up in my identity that it's who I feel I am. So then I started thinking about it.
What is my occupation?
Strictly speaking I run a small business, but that's not who I am except from the perspective of wanting other people to be able to get this stuff too. It's what I do to stay sane given I've yet to defeat my inability to write fiction since the stroke.
I can fit into a box, but there'll be a lot of me sticking out the cracks and over-flowing the top.
One of my running gags has been that I should just put down Work of Art, because my life is my canvas and I just keep playing with it. You know, Bastard in the phone book, Danger as a middle name, always playing to the crowd, even when they aren't there...
Some may say 'This is Lex's Birth Certificate, he won't thank you for putting something silly on there,' and they may be right. But you know, every time I look at my birth certificate and see under occupation for my dad 'Slaughterman/Drover' it brings a palpable sense of who my father really was back to me.
And I'd kind of like Lex to have the same thing...
And let's face it, if he has my sensibilities, there's not much I could put down that would bother him.
So I've done a poll. I may not go with what people say, but it may help me figure out what I'm going to put down... So vote away!
[Poll #1274112]
You see, just after Lex was born, we looked at his birth certificate and Sharon asked, "What are you going to put down for yourself as 'Occupation?'"
Without pause, and in a tone of voice that implied that it was a weird question, I replied, "Drover."
Then realised what I'd said. I haven't been a drover for over 15 years, but it's still so tied up in my identity that it's who I feel I am. So then I started thinking about it.
What is my occupation?
Strictly speaking I run a small business, but that's not who I am except from the perspective of wanting other people to be able to get this stuff too. It's what I do to stay sane given I've yet to defeat my inability to write fiction since the stroke.
I can fit into a box, but there'll be a lot of me sticking out the cracks and over-flowing the top.
One of my running gags has been that I should just put down Work of Art, because my life is my canvas and I just keep playing with it. You know, Bastard in the phone book, Danger as a middle name, always playing to the crowd, even when they aren't there...
Some may say 'This is Lex's Birth Certificate, he won't thank you for putting something silly on there,' and they may be right. But you know, every time I look at my birth certificate and see under occupation for my dad 'Slaughterman/Drover' it brings a palpable sense of who my father really was back to me.
And I'd kind of like Lex to have the same thing...
And let's face it, if he has my sensibilities, there's not much I could put down that would bother him.
So I've done a poll. I may not go with what people say, but it may help me figure out what I'm going to put down... So vote away!
[Poll #1274112]
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Sometimes I crave a simple, totally mundane existence...
Actually, that's total bullshit *grin*
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I love this moment you've shared. I'm too tired to explain, but am sending big red buckets of love.
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Although there so many ohters you fit into , problem is they don't that much room on the forms :(.
My occupation sucks right now , I am a bum :(.
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That'll teach me to post a comment at 2:48 in the am .
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It may not be embarrassing for Lex, But to a certain extent, and this will probably make the decision harder, what do you want your descendants to know about you? How do you want to be described / identified 100 years from now?
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So there's an option. Probably not a good one though.
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Age 2: My daddy. Not your daddy.
Age 3: That's my daddy. He has long hair/a beard/a penis (believe me, Cassie used this to describe her father).
Age 6: This is my dad. He's Father Christmas.
Age 10: My dad's name is Danny. He sells Dr Who stuff.
Age 12. That's just my dad.
Age 15: Don't walk near me, dad. I don't want people to know we're together.
Age 20. Let me introduce you to my dad. At the moment he's the judge of the Miss Australia contest. Nest year? Who knows.
Notice the one constant. No matter what you choose to call yourself, to Lex you'll always be dad.
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I usually say I am the AV guy-yes its for the cool toys.
On your quiz I did put down part-time Father Christmas, as well as writer, that is more how I know you these days.
Identity is an interesting thing. "I often tell people I met my wife at a science fiction convention, she was a Romulan and I was a Vogon" No-one is suprised my daughter loves Red Dwarf and will ask questions like "which one is you're favorite, Cat or Kryten?"
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I like the idea of Drover/eBayer as a way of linking past and future...
But I voted for Story-Teller. Perhaps 'Bloke', but you've already got Oz in your name :)
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