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[greenkoolayd]

That's kinda wack, isn't it? Brazil's national anthem is called... "Brazilian National Anthem".

i think they mean it in the sense that our national anthem is called, "The National Anthem of the United States of America", but the song is entitled "The Star-Spangled Banner".

[dejavroom]

i think they mean it in the sense that our national anthem is called, "The National Anthem of the United States of America", but the song is entitled "The Star-Spangled Banner".

That's what I meant, too.

[CortJstr]

i think they mean it in the sense that our national anthem is called, "The National Anthem of the United States of America", but the song is entitled "The Star-Spangled Banner".

That's what I meant, too.

Right. Like for Germany the chyron says "Das Lied der Deutschen (The Song of the Germans). German National Anthem" but for Brazil is says "Hino Nacional Brasileiro. Brazilian National Anthem"

[KeithHernandez]

Ugh, Germans?  Why you got to try to bring us down?

[jay-ell]

Apparently, the German National Anthem (I thought it was called "Deutschland Uber Alles?") almost never gets sung anymore, and never the second verse, because it was used so extensively by Hitler's regime.

[jaydub]

I think the Dead Kennedy's covered that one.

[theinevitable]

I guess it Figures that once I announce that I want to move to Chicago, all kinds of friends will come out of the woodwork finding me jobs in St Louis.

[theinevitable]

Both are the kind of job I definitely want.

Or, I guess, one of them is more tangential, but it will pay the bills, is only part-time, and be rewarding/interesting. I have been working on applying to that job, and now my friend emailed me to tell me he is leaving his internship. The person in charge of interns told him that if i want to be their new intern, I've got it. (maybe he sucked some dick for me or something?)

So it looks like I will be mentoring elementary school kids 3 days a week for The Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma, and interning a few other days a week for a big STL nonprofit with all kinds of different operations.
(fingers crossed)

[miles]

On the subject of jobs, today I will have a promotion and a 10% pay increase made official. Hooray for hard work and appropriate risk taking. Also taking advantage of opportunities. Only took me 31 years to learn all that.

[jay-ell]

Yay, miles!

Inev, I am glad you found some jobs that look rewarding and fulfilling. But I also think you are too young to stay in a town just because you have a job there, if you would really rather be somewhere else.

I don't know if you really like STL and want to stay, or not, but I just don't want to see you give up on moving where your heart is* just because "well i guess i have a real job now might as well stick around."

*_{"Where your heart is" should not be confused with "where your girl lives." Don't move to Chicago for a girl; move there if you fell in love with the city and wouldn't feel at home anywhere else.}

[theinevitable]

It worries me a little bit how much my GF is not a factor in where I want to live.

I like Chicago, but most of what was drawing me there was my feeling that staying here was holding me back. I would still like to live there, but I like it here a lot. Maybe I will feel differently once all of my friends are done with school and move away, or can't find jobs and move away.

As it is, if this internship/job can help me find a full-time job, I see myself staying here. Otherwise, maybe I will use the experience to find a job in Chicago, or heck, even someplace else. Chicago is appealing because it is close enough that I can drive up there for a job interview, I know people whose couches I can crash on, etc. Also, you know, a charming, large city with public transit and tons of young people.

[jay-ell]

It worries me a little bit how much my GF is not a factor in where I want to live.

I like Chicago, but most of what was drawing me there was my feeling that staying here was holding me back. I would still like to live there, but I like it here a lot. Maybe I will feel differently once all of my friends are done with school and move away, or can't find jobs and move away.

As it is, if this internship/job can help me find a full-time job, I see myself staying here. Otherwise, maybe I will use the experience to find a job in Chicago, or heck, even someplace else. Chicago is appealing because it is close enough that I can drive up there for a job interview, I know people whose couches I can crash on, etc. Also, you know, a charming, large city with public transit and tons of young people.

Sounds like you got your head on straight, then. Just making sure.  Wouldn't be Den Mom if I didn't worry about you young'uns from time to time.

Dag nabbit, I'm starting to write like Ash.

[pmcd9]

Just found my glasses so I can actually read what y'all are saying instead of just guessing at it.

[Nabubrush]

Just found my glasses so I can actually read what y'all are saying instead of just guessing at it.

I suspect it's not as good as what you were imagining.

[miles]

...I wonder if Canada will care about me bringing Cuban cigars into their country. I expect not, they seem to be more rational about these things.

I think you're doing it wrong.