Topic: The Music Thread

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@StitchJones That must be nice, to see it every day? I've only lived by the ocean once and technically it was a sea that separated two countries by not very much. It wasn't a country or region known for tourism so I never saw anything like surfing or tourists for that matter. It was so old world that I wonder if they even knew what surfing was. In the mornings I'd often watch boats set out, fishing I supposed. When the sky was very clear I could see that other country too but I don't believe they had the best formal relations so seeing vessels cross was very rare. It was different, living by the sea. I'd watch it at night sometimes too and we'd often sail it. I think it would have been different if there were other people. I'd see cargo ships further out but that was about it. I can't say I miss it, the air made me sleep a lot more. At first I thought it was the climate, it was definitely the air. I never ate the local produce either, it was too coastal. If bodies etc end up the water those local fish would eat them, get caught, then you are eating people so no thank you. That goes for many coastal areas around the world, sadly people do end up in the water and fish do eat them. I love sea food but I don't want to be eating people either.

I think I've seen boogie boards before, they look familiar. Like a surf board that had a bite taken out of it. Thirteen years old sounds like Bob's Burger's, I'm sure you were never hungry. I didn't know people worked those kinds of hours, but if you were a workaholic I can see why. I know a couple of workaholics, they work hard and play hard, this kind of thing but in general I don't know what business is conducted around me unless it's big politics. We're into everything and I wouldn't even hazard a guess, nor is it my place to ask. I just know my only dream job would be a zoo keeper. Most jobs seem to ask for school etc, I never did those things. You must have really liked restaurants to work in one for that long. Would you work again or did you go for retirement? music/gaming etc.

Keeping a roof over ones head is the #1 priority in life and sometimes depending on career choices it can become your life and all you know/do.

• I can't pretend I've ever had much exposure to either. I wasn't told 'you need a career', I was told 'you need a man', sort of like some other cultures do at the legal age, arranged relationships etc. More to bring Families together than anything else. I did sort of have a job for a time but it wasn't real, like the Truman Show and after that I decided I'd leave foolish ambitions be.

I loved the music industry and never questioned how a twenty something year old could automatically be given that kind of position, I didn't even know wages were a thing until someone at a show asked me what kind of earnings that area of the industry offered. I was so wrapped up in seeing my favorite bands to even think about it. I'd only held physical money once, some coins I put in a fountain. I don't think I've seen physical money since then, I certainty haven't held any.

I found out after someone realized my emails were bouncing. It wasn't even a real email account nor was I with that company after all, my access had come from another sector of the industry and when I found out I understood completely. It was part having a nice thing done for me, and part something else. I go to very few Metal shows now, I still know the guest-list staff, stage managers etc but that wasn't all that long ago and I'm still not sure what to feel about it. Maybe if it was a Truman Show restaurant I'd at least learn how to cook an egg or something. I've always wanted to try to cook something, maybe a pizza. My kitchen in the Sims burnt my house down so maybe not.

I've never played hockey but I've attended a couple of games, we're still team banned here for the same reasons. The next time we attend will probably be in Russia, it's not the most thrilling to watch (sorry) but I'm sure it's very different on the ice. That's why I like skating, it's a very different feeling to anything else. I started with ballet which I didn't like and was given leave to take skating lessons instead. I took what I learned from ballet into fencing, that was the compromise. I much prefer ice skating, ballet sounds wonderful but the pressure is too much. I was maybe five years old, that was just some basics and formal technique came after. You can in Russia start figure skating at five years old too. I was late to it at maybe eight years old. Then there was violin, cello, piano, what you call a workaholic it was kind of like that but with activities. Violin is for my Family, cello for my Partner and piano for me. In a way that's a sort of job, the lessons never end and perfection is key.

Martial Arts is for me too, I want to learn how to disable a real world threat. He flattened me last week, I kicked him in the groin (Systema/Krav Maga is about fighting dirty for survival) and he put me on my back, I felt it for two days. It was so fast that I didn't even realize he'd done a take-down until a couple of seconds later. I've you've ever been knocked unconscious in hockey you'll know what I mean. That happened last year, I had to stop lessons for weeks. I caught a strong elbow and he put me lights out. Now we're more careful. I can absolutely see why a hockey injury would put you out of work and that was a mat, I've had some bad falls in skating. Hockey guys hit each other like freight trains, that's bad enough even before you factor in the ice.

I gave up alot of life to work in restaurants. But I don't regret it.

• What did you do in them? I'm trying to think of movies set in restaurants and I'm not having much luck.