Analog-Theater 2.0

A while back someone had said that Donald Trump had trademarked his catchphrase “You’re fired!”  I wonder if my boss had to pay a fee for using it on me yesterday.           

At first the news that I had to suddenly find a new job shook me up pretty bad.  I would have to job hunting during a depression when virtually no one is hiring and lots of people are looking.  That is not a good time to be unemployed.  That night I took a walk to clear my mind and started thinking that maybe this is for the best.  I have never been happy with myself or where I was in life and I figure that this might be a good time to start over.             

I didn’t hate my job, but it was not what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.  I was just working there because I needed a job to pay the bills.  It was what society expected of me.  Now I want to tell society where to shove it and this will be the story of how I do that and live the life I want to live.            

Most of you probably don’t know me and that’s to be expected as you can see below.  Let me tell you a little about myself.           

When I was about fourteen years old, I went to a church dance.  It was large dance with people from several different cities.  The people in charge decided that everyone should wear name tags.  There was a table at the entrance with blank name tags and markers with which to write our names.  When I got to the table I decided that instead of writing my name I would write “Nobody”.           

Back then I did that to get attention and it worked.  Some of the other kids thought that it was funny, it served as a conversation starter with some of the girls I danced with, and one of the chaperons tried to get me to make a new name tag with my real name.           

However I choose the name Nobody for a reason, the same reason that I am choosing it again now.  I am not a millionaire, nor an actor, nor a pop star, nor a sports star, nor have I won any prestigious awards.  I am not handsome, though my mother disagrees with me about that.  I have not written any bestselling books (though, hopefully I will put this together into a book and sell it).  I don’t stand out in any way.  I am a nobody.           

More specifically, I am a 28 year old, 5′11″, 260 pound, brown haired, blue eyed, single, Caucasian male.  I am a college drop out.  My chess rating is 584.  I have worked in a variety of jobs including as a dispatcher for a courier service (which was the job I recently lost), a custodian in a hospital, a cashier at a fast food restaurant, a host, a waiter, a bartender, a cook, a dish washer, and a pizza delivery driver.  I like anime, manga, chess, science fiction, fantasy, and video games.  My favorite movie is Equilibrium, my favorite book is Ender’s Shadow, and my favorite food is sushi.  I don’t have a girl friend.  In fact I have very few real friends.  I tried to be a science fiction writer, but my book failed to sell.           

So, I think that pretty much sums me up.  Most of you probably know at least someone like me, a guy who doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, who’s just going through the motions of life. 

I tried to live the life I was expected to live.  I got a normal job.  I bought a car.  I went to college for a while.  I dated some women.  But, there was something missing from that life.  If that was the American dream, then it wasn’t a good enough dream.  A few times I sat down and made up a list of things I wanted to do, places I wanted to go, goals I wanted to achieve.  However, it seemed like I never had a chance to do those things.  Now that I have lost my job and I have no idea where I’m going, I think that it’s time to start working on that list.

I will talk more about my list soon.