i love my jobs

I can't say this enough: Working from home is the greatest thing in the world. Being given the chance to do so is a rare treasure, and I happen to work from home for BOTH of my jobs. Yeah, it's freakin' sweet. On top of that, both my jobs are in my two biggest loves: music and philosophy. On top of that, I have a hot wife who makes delicious food. I love life so much.

My first job - my 'day job' as it were - is as a research assistant for my favorite teacher I've ever had in any subject. So not only do I get to work directly with one of my biggest mentors - Professor Paulsen, in the philosophy department at BYU - but also, said mentor is a really laid-back boss and the job itself is super rewarding. I basically get to read and research for hours on end, and then I get to pontificate in print and send it on to Professor P for revision. This is my desk at my day job:

My side job is as an independent contractor for Flowplay, Inc. as a composer and sound designer for their video game website. I call this my side job only because I get significantly fewer hours. Notwithstanding the lower hour-to-week ratio, this job is within the scope of what I hope to be my future career, and it pays triple what my "day job" does. On top of that, it's fun as hell! Here is my desk at my side job:

The "deluxe" thing is from me re-installing my crappy webcam.

Everything you could possibly dream is great about working from home you'd be correct in dreaming. The coolest thing about it is that it's the greatest trump card. If anybody is ever talking about their cool or interesting job at a party, I can always say, "Yeah, well at my job, I'm naked." As far as anybody knows, I am. My brother had an ingenious idea. He told me that when I have a great idea for some song or sound effect, or feel that the proceeding paragraph is about to be a really quotable one, I should take all my clothes off, so that when anybody ever comments on my work, I can go, "Yup. I was buck naked the entire time I wrote that."

Finally, as it's a brilliantly sunny summer (albeit delayed in starting), I have the window of the 'studyo' (study+studio) open, the swamp cooler pumping and the jams blaring as loud as I want. On the flipside, I can also work in relative silence, free of things I had to hear regularly at previous jobs, such as, "hey, did you get those TPS reports done?" or "hey, dumbass, that carpet isn't going to move itself." That's a beautiful thing. So, the thing both jobs have in common (aside from both occurring in the same room, in the same apartment and starting after I've satisfactorily slept in), is this great view:

This picture was taken on the aforementioned crappy webcam. It's not really
that dark in the studyo, I just had to adjust the exposure on the crappy thing
such that the window didn't look as if an A-bomb was going off outside.

So yeah, life is great. I get paid to do sit at home and do stuff that I think is fun. My job is better than yours. I enjoy life more than you do. Hahaha, poor you.