OT Unemployment......

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I'm a bartender, so obviously I'm screwed for the time being. Everyone at my work was laid off. They're currently doing food and beer to-go, with management/owners running the show, just trying to stay afloat. It's a very successful, locally owned sports bar, but I don't know how long they'll be able to keep the doors open.
I just had a baby boy in January, which changed my perspective on everything in an instant. I have wanted to go back to school for years, so, at 37, I finally took the plunge. My plan was to go for a B.S. in Nursing, and become an R.N. However, the last few weeks, I've been reading anything and everything about COVID19 and other past outbreaks, and I'm obsessed. So instead of Nursing, I'm going to get my Bachelor's in Microbiology and go on to grad school to study epidemiology. Better late than never right? So hopefully this global health crisis will turn out to be a blessing in disguise in some small way for me and my family. That's my story! Hope you are all staying safe and healthy and I can't fucking wait til we can all watch our Blazers again!

Get into nursing. Pay is great, work is sooner rather than later.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

A friend of mine who got his PhD in microbiology while I was getting my BS from the same school once told me that you can't do anything in microbiology without a graduate degree. If this is your intent, my advice is to put ALL your effort into getting that degree. Forget this place.

When you get the degree and a big time well paying job, remember the Blazers and your good buddy, Lanny.

Yep. Except you'll be in school 7ish years to get a B.S. and PhD and you'll end up 200k in debt to hopefully make what a nurse makes.

 

[Lanny]

Yep. Except you'll be in school 7ish years to get a B.S. and PhD and you'll end up 200k in debt to hopefully make what a nurse makes.

My old friend makes money hand over fist. His greatest accomplishment as of 25 years ago was discovering how to grow vast amounts of herpes rapidly. I think he learned it while fooling around with hookers.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

Get into nursing. Pay is great, work is sooner rather than later.

For sure. That’s what makes it such a tough call, since my dumbass waited til my late 30s to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up. I almost have enough credits for my Bachelors, so it’s mostly science classes I have to take, that’ll buy me some time to weigh the options.

 

[barfo]

Yep. Except you'll be in school 7ish years to get a B.S. and PhD and you'll end up 200k in debt to hopefully make what a nurse makes.

Hot tip: You'll be more successful if you do what you want rather than what El Prez wants you to do.

barfo

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Hot tip: You'll be more successful if you do what you want rather than what El Prez wants you to do.

barfo

Nah.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

For sure. That’s what makes it such a tough call, since my dumbass waited til my late 30s to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up. I almost have enough credits for my Bachelors, so it’s mostly science classes I have to take, that’ll buy me some time to weigh the options.

There are a lot of things you can do with nursing. Or being a Physician Assistant. You can specialize in epidemiology. Get an Masters in Public Health. Whatever.

I just think with a microbio route you'll end up in a shitty job in a lab or want to do pharm sales once you see the pay.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

There are a lot of things you can do with nursing. Or being a Physician Assistant. You can specialize in epidemiology. Get an Masters in Public Health. Whatever.

I just think with a microbio route you'll end up in a shitty job in a lab or want to do pharm sales once you see the pay.

I read that as, “Physician Assassin”, and was like well thats a profession I hadnt heard of before...

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I read that as, “Physician Assassin”, and was like well thats a profession I hadnt heard of before...

IATROGENIC ERRORS ARE THE #1 CAUSE OF HOSPITAL DEATHS

 

[THE HCP]

@THE HCP you may still qualify for unemployment depending on your situation since you lost other jobs outside the Blazers.

That’s what I’m working on right now.

 

[THE HCP]

Just got a call from the Seahawks today. I work their 4 preseason games each season. They informed me the regular season schedule is coming out May 9th. The NFL as of right now is planning on a normal season, full steam ahead.

 

[THE HCP]

So that looks like the next thing on my schedule first week of August. One can hope.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Just got a call from the Seahawks today. I work their 4 preseason games each season. They informed me the regular season schedule is coming out May 9th. The NFL as of right now is planning on a normal season, full steam ahead.

Don't they have astroturf in their stadium?

 

[BigGameDamian]

So that looks like the next thing on my schedule first week of August. One can hope.

Will you be wearing a mask?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

sent this to my rental management company. Its only $45/month, but you have to do everything by the book. Otherwise when the moratorium is over, they may try to raise it up the yearly Cost of Living Adjustment again.

Hi,

I noticed that you had increased my rent per the usual yearly increase.

However, Mayor Garcetti had halted these increases on March 30th.
Press Release: https://www.lamayor.org/mayor-garcetti-orders-halt-rent-increases-rent-stabilized-units

Please advise, thank you

 

[Chris Craig]

Will you be wearing a mask?

Yes

 

[SlyPokerDog]

sent this to my rental management company. Its only $45/month, but you have to do everything by the book. Otherwise when the moratorium is over, they may try to raise it up the yearly Cost of Living Adjustment again.

Tell them you now self identify as an airplane.

 

[Chris Craig]

Tell them you now self identify as an airplane.

Bernie was right

 

[Road Ratt]

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.”

 

[crandc]

I had to pay my rent.

 

[ABM]

I had to pay my rent.

Did you ask for any reprieve?

 

[crandc]

Did you ask for any reprieve?

No. My income hasn't changed although I am losing my savings.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Bernie was right

Bernie pussed out.

 

[andalusian]

Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.”

Terry Pratchett quote. Nice.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Terry Pratchett quote. Nice.

I too can read sometimes. It's been probably a decade and a half since I read night watch though. I do see it on your signature here and there though which is a good reminder.

 

[andalusian]

I too can read sometimes. It's been probably a decade and a half since I read night watch though. I do see it on your signature here and there though which is a good reminder.

One of my favorite authors and underappreciated - not enough people were exposed to it. "Small gods" is the best damn theology book ever written, imnsho.

 

[e_blazer]

Tell them you now self identify as an airplane.

This is a great idea! I shall relabel myself "Jett Boeing".

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

One of my favorite authors and underappreciated - not enough people were exposed to it. "Small gods" is the best damn theology book ever written, imnsho.

I really like/liked his writing. I think we all have authors who we think didn't get the attention they deserved. For me it's Raymond E. Feist. - Different genre but for what he did I always was fairly entertained by it and he did a really good job of weaving several storylines together.