: About Me

I'm a forty year old man who has spent most of my life managing restaurants. I'm trying to get back into writing which I havent' done in any consistant manner since high school and college. I always loved to write but decided that management courses and business classes were the route to follow. A decision I now regret.

I was recently diagnosed as bipolar with a sleep disorder, something that surprised no one, including myself. The last episode which caused me to be hospitalized has also made me take a long look at what I'm doing with my life and whether I'm doing what I love or simply what comes easy to me. I've realized that I don't love working in restaurants anymore and I want to see if the passion I once had for writing is still there.

Fortunately I'm single and have no children so if I decide to change career paths or go back to school it will not effect anyone but me.

My passion is ...

something I'm trying to find right now

I know too much about ...

the bad things in life

My parents always told me ...

to be true to myself

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a hitman or a brain surgeon, I was an interesting child

My favorite memory ...

all the good times with my friends over the years

Why I write ...

I enjoy it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

dark, surreal and classic

My first job ...

mowing lawns

My best moment ...

making sure a recently single friend had enough to have Christmas for her kids

My inspiration ...

my mom and all single parents who have gone without so their children didn't have to

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Job interviews

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Most people hate going to job interviews, I hate giving them. Don't get me wrong they serve their purpose but the fact of the matter is in the restaurant business you are constantly doing interviews. As soon as you have your kitchen staffed seven servers quit to go work at the new T.G.I.Friday's opening down the street, never mind that I know they'll come begging for their jobs back I need to replace those people now. As soon as I've covered them, with twice as many people to cover the lack of experience, I need four new hosts because I promoted a couple and lost the ones who thought they ...

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