tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479262397155085574.post1932907618979332737..comments2011-02-24T11:22:19.699-05:00Comments on "Marginally Employed" in My Parents' Attic: Letting Go of the LobsterAlyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07351756514202947699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479262397155085574.post-84637271572454393592009-06-02T17:06:51.482-04:002009-06-02T17:06:51.482-04:00Maybe your ANX stock will skyrocket and then you w...Maybe your ANX stock will skyrocket and then you will have enough capital to start your own org ;)Emily Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007454740144978595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479262397155085574.post-31057682303955950952009-05-30T11:45:30.462-04:002009-05-30T11:45:30.462-04:00You should read David Foster Wallace's essay "Cons...You should read David Foster Wallace's essay "Consider The Lobster" I think you would enjoy it.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819832835310724899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479262397155085574.post-21971842013773526082009-05-27T10:35:16.602-04:002009-05-27T10:35:16.602-04:00That's a good question about the lobster. I felt a...That's a good question about the lobster. I felt as though I shouldn't eat meat unless I was also willing to kill the animal. So, in order not to be a vegetarian because I couldn't bring myself to kill for food, I killed the lobster. I agree, I started small. <br /><br />The thing about the Peace Corps is that it doesn't pay, and I have a Master's. I feel as thought I could do more as a army mediator in Iraq than hidden away in a hill in Guatemala with the Peace Corps. <br /><br />As far as starting my own organization goes, yes I agree that is a great solution, but I have no start up capital, no one to help me, and asking for donations during a recession is worse than finding a needle in a haystack. But this is an idea I have thought about a lot, and I know what my cause would be. Perhaps one day I will do this, but not at this point in my life.Alyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07351756514202947699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8479262397155085574.post-50020736475857240132009-05-27T10:26:20.381-04:002009-05-27T10:26:20.381-04:00How is killing your own lobster combatting your fe...How is killing your own lobster combatting your feelings of hypocrisy?<br /><br />Don't you think you'd be much more satisfied by the Peace Corps than the service? Or being part of a small grassroots aid organization? Or starting your own?Emily Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007454740144978595noreply@blogger.com