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= F.U.C.K. - Fucked Up College Kids - Born Jan. 24th, 1993 - F.U.C.K. =
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Ups and Downs
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I am sitting here in my hotel room in Washington, D.C. at 2:00 in the
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morning not knowing what the fuck to do. While it's a Saturday night, this
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town is not safe for white boys like me, so I am staying in watching some
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horrible movie on HBO. Ninety-nine fucking channels and not shit on. At
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least I have my beer to keep me company.
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In just a few days I will celebrate my one year anniversary of not having
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a real job. I have made a living as a professional speaker talking all
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over the country about computer security. While it may seem like a cool
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job, it has had its ups and downs.
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The ups? Well, for starters, not having to get up and go to work every
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fucking business day in my shirt and tie and watch the Dilbert Principle
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play itself out over and over again. I did that once; never again.
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There are also the benefits of doing whatever you want whenever you want,
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of not having a set bed time when you need to go to sleep, and not having
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to deal with people if you don't want to.
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Then there are the benefits. My work with NASA allowed me to take a
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private, one man tour of the space shuttle launch pad. I got the rare
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chance to crawl all over it and check it out. Definitely cool. But not as
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cool as being invited to the launch of the space shuttle. Last Thursday I
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got to watch Discovery light up its 300,000 pounds of fuel and rocket into
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space at 17,000 miles per hour. Forget television, you have to see it in
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person to really appreciate it.
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The best part is being able to see the country and meet your Internet
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friends in person on someone else's tab. If not for this job, I would
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never have seen as much of the country as I have in the last year.
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It's a lot of fun being in this line of work. But it also has its downs.
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First are the financial ones. In this line of work, it is either feast or
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famine. I have just spent the last month in famine, and am now entering a
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feast.
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Then there is the constant hassle with the airlines, of which I have well
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documented with my prior writings. Of course, let's not forget the hassle
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with hotels, shuttles and everything else a traveler must have to deal
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with. They don't make for a pleasant stay while one is on the road in a
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strange city.
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The biggest drawback is being away from home, away from your girlfriend,
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racking up the phone bill as you try to stay as close to her as possible
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when you can't be next to her in person. My current stay away from home is
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for eighteen days, and it has become too much after only five days. I have
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cut into my feast a bit and she's about to join me for the remainder of my
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trip.
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I don't know what to think about this line of work. It's fun, but some
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stability would be nice. Maybe it's time to deal with "the suits" and get
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some stability. At least if the money is right.
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se7en
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8/9/97
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