Thanksgiving Advent, Day One: My Job

[swan_tower]

I'm going to take a page from John Scalzi's book (or rather, site), and try to do a "Thanksgiving Advent," where I post each day about something I'm thankful for.

Given that I just came back from World Fantasy, it seems appropriate to start with my job. It has its downsides, but at the end of the day (which is usually when I go to work...) -- man, I get paid to make stuff up. And not just any stuff, but fantasy worlds packed as full of wonder as I can make them.

That's pretty goddamned amazing, that is, and I hope never to lose sight of that fact.

Comments

[shveta-thakrar.livejournal.com]

man, I get paid to make stuff up. And not just any stuff, but fantasy worlds packed as full of wonder as I can make them.

So beautifully put, Marie! :)

[cepetit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

You get paid to make stuff up, in fantasy worlds packed as full of wonder as you can make them.

Are you really, really sure that you're not secretly a commentator for Fox News? Or at least a frequent guest on Fox and Friends?

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Nonono -- wonder, not bullshit, outrage, and manufactured fear. They are not the same.

[cepetit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

They certainly are inside the Beltway. And I notice that you did not answer the question directly, either, thereby confirming my inference... <vbeg>

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

There is no answer I can make to this that you can't spin around to interpret as proof of your point -- including this very sentence. (Maybe YOU work for Fox News!)

[cepetit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

No, I don't work for Fox News. But I had to be nice to Roger Ailes a lot when was in DC, so I'm afraid I'm not surprised by anything coming out of Fox News...