Depressed Primitive Stuck In Paradise

[tanstaafl]

I recognise the writing style, this has to be none other then Stephen King !!!

Check out the setting he brings us to, rain on the roof of a home with a metal roof.

Then on to draw us into the visuals he creates.

No, not King. No mention of "Derry," Maine. The town name is used in every one of his books. Didn't know that, didja vesta? sometimes it pays to go door knockin' in Lisbon Falls. Never know who you might have a cup of Joe with and spend a few hours talking like old friends.

[Tucker]

Liberalism is the common denominator in all of these "woe is me" sob stories.

That should tell them something if they weren't so DUmb.

[Celtic Rose]

The lawn ornament primitive could get in his car and go out to North Dakota, or to west Texas, and work in the oilfields (in a support job).  His debt would go away fairly quickly.

Seriously, he is young and single, there is nothing stopping him from moving to where the jobs are.  Mind you moving there before he was late on his car payments would have been a better option, but he still has a chance.  Load up what you can in your car, sell everything else on craigslist, or store it with your parents, and start applying to jobs in North Dakota, South Dakota, or anywhere else with decent employment.  Before I got my current job offer in Washington I had a list of jobs to apply to in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska.   I knew that I could find a job, it just might not be in an ideal location, but I would be able to pay my bills.

If you don't want to move then start talking to a temp agency about picking up work when you aren't scheduled at your current job.  You could work a few shifts as a receptionist while their usual one is out sick, or as an HR assistant inputting sick time and vacation time (which was my first temp position out of college, lasted two weeks and I ended up getting a permanent job for the next 5 years out of it). 

I'm giving you the same advice that I'm giving to my brother who is graduating from college this year, and it is the same advice that I took when looking for work.  There are jobs out there, you just need to be willing to work them.  If your job isn't' paying enough then you either need to find a new job that does, start working overtime, or pick up a second part time job. 

[Bad Dog]

Seriously, he is young and single, there is nothing stopping him from moving to where the jobs are.  Mind you moving there before he was late on his car payments would have been a better option, but he still has a chance.  Load up what you can in your car, sell everything else on craigslist, or store it with your parents, and start applying to jobs in North Dakota, South Dakota, or anywhere else with decent employment.  Before I got my current job offer in Washington I had a list of jobs to apply to in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska.   I knew that I could find a job, it just might not be in an ideal location, but I would be able to pay my bills.

If you don't want to move then start talking to a temp agency about picking up work when you aren't scheduled at your current job.  You could work a few shifts as a receptionist while their usual one is out sick, or as an HR assistant inputting sick time and vacation time (which was my first temp position out of college, lasted two weeks and I ended up getting a permanent job for the next 5 years out of it). 

I'm giving you the same advice that I'm giving to my brother who is graduating from college this year, and it is the same advice that I took when looking for work.  There are jobs out there, you just need to be willing to work them.  If your job isn't' paying enough then you either need to find a new job that does, start working overtime, or pick up a second part time job. 

Considering he breaks stuff while manning a motel desk, not sure I would want him around a drill site.  As to the rest of your excellent advice, I expect he's heard all that from mom and dad and his productive siblings.  He's 32 years old and, after mom and dad pass, he will move to a shopping cart.

[JLO]

Seriously, he is young and single, there is nothing stopping him from moving to where the jobs are.  Mind you moving there before he was late on his car payments would have been a better option, but he still has a chance.  Load up what you can in your car, sell everything else on craigslist, or store it with your parents, and start applying to jobs in North Dakota, South Dakota, or anywhere else with decent employment.  Before I got my current job offer in Washington I had a list of jobs to apply to in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, and Alaska.   I knew that I could find a job, it just might not be in an ideal location, but I would be able to pay my bills.

If you don't want to move then start talking to a temp agency about picking up work when you aren't scheduled at your current job.  You could work a few shifts as a receptionist while their usual one is out sick, or as an HR assistant inputting sick time and vacation time (which was my first temp position out of college, lasted two weeks and I ended up getting a permanent job for the next 5 years out of it). 

I'm giving you the same advice that I'm giving to my brother who is graduating from college this year, and it is the same advice that I took when looking for work.  There are jobs out there, you just need to be willing to work them.  If your job isn't' paying enough then you either need to find a new job that does, start working overtime, or pick up a second part time job. 

Excellent advice.  I also have done my fair share of looking for work when I moved around the country years ago.  Temp jobs always led to full-time jobs.  No exception.   

[tanstaafl]

Considering he breaks stuff while manning a motel desk, not sure I would want him around a drill site.  As to the rest of your excellent advice, I expect he's heard all that from mom and dad and his productive siblings.  He's 32 years old and, after mom and dad pass, he will move to a shopping cart.

32yo and still has student loan debt? Works PT at some po-dunk "semi-local" motel in the North Maine Woods? Other than being a DUmmie, what's wrong with this guy?

When I was sent to Maine 2 years ago, there seemed to be some hiring activity all over the state. Granted, the denizens of the towns had discovered free money from welfare (51% of Maine folk on some level of assistance in 2011).

So I surmise that:
A) This dufus is a DU Troll, laying the ground work for beggaring. Or:
B) This Dufus is more stupido than the cords of wood his dad cuts.
And I have a problem with his description of his parents' home. Tin roofed shack in the woods my Aunt Rosie. He and the stray dogs in the area live in a single wide trailer that has had its back end burned out due to a unforeseen accident with the meth lab.
 

[vesta111]

No, not King. No mention of "Derry," Maine. The town name is used in every one of his books. Didn't know that, didja vesta? sometimes it pays to go door knockin' in Lisbon Falls. Never know who you might have a cup of Joe with and spend a few hours talking like old friends.

Wondering what his son is working at now.     His son in the past rode his bike into town and caused a stir but have heard nothing about him in the last couple years.

Oh I would know Mr. King, he sort of looks like my picture in the Cave,   except he had black hair and by now he must have snow on the roof.

People do have a signature phrase in their writing but they know this and drop the phrase when writing incognito or a pen name.

Biggest gripe for me is when a book goes to Hollywood and the screen writers change the intent, first noticed this when I as a young girl read Nevil Shoots ---On The beach.

I cried at the ending and when I saw the movie I was outraged that the hero was turned from a lasting love man into a man that was all to human.   Teen age fantasies on what love was supposed to be all about.

Then the movie Cujo by Mr. King upset me.   I had a Saint Bernard and knew well what a dog that size was capable of not to mention if they were rabid.

Mr. Kings book had a moral premise where the naughty were punished, the Movie had no lessons to be learned.

I read a book and after that see the movie and out side of Jaws ever come close to the book.

Yes I have been a critic not of Mr. kings books but the movies he allowed to be bastardised by Hollywood.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

And these are the people who presume to know how to run our lives.

[BlueStateSaint]

And these are the people who presume to know how to run our lives.

They are the "smarterest."  Didn't Alex try to impress that upon us?

[tanstaafl]

They are the "smarterest."  Didn't Alex try to impress that upon us?

Alex only impressed herself.

[I_B_Perky]

32yo and still has student loan debt? Works PT at some po-dunk "semi-local" motel in the North Maine Woods? Other than being a DUmmie, what's wrong with this guy?

When I was sent to Maine 2 years ago, there seemed to be some hiring activity all over the state. Granted, the denizens of the towns had discovered free money from welfare (51% of Maine folk on some level of assistance in 2011).

So I surmise that:
A) This dufus is a DU Troll, laying the ground work for beggaring. Or:
B) This Dufus is more stupido than the cords of wood his dad cuts.
And I have a problem with his description of his parents' home. Tin roofed shack in the woods my Aunt Rosie. He and the stray dogs in the area live in a single wide trailer that has had its back end burned out due to a unforeseen accident with the meth lab.
 

Yep... and the liberals, having ****ed up the state, will move to a state that ain't ****ed up and proceed to... **** it up.

[JLO]

Yes I have been a critic not of Mr. kings books but the movies he allowed to be bastardised by Hollywood.

I so totally agree.  A few movies were ok, but my imagination from the books were better.  That's what made him so interesting was to read --- not watching someone else's movies.