27
Apr
2005
0:00 AM

Schmack!

Sparks

This is an entry about my job.

My philosophy on work ethics is very simple. If you're providing a service to someone, you do the best job you can, regardless of what other people want you to say or do. Unfortunately, as with any organization that has a "corporate" branch, conflicts of interest are...

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14
Apr
2005
0:00 AM

Tangential adventures

Sparks

I saw a man at Barnes and Noble the other day, standing in the "Social Studies" section. He had a full beard and glasses. The first thing that popped into my head upon seeing him was "He might be a Raëlian!". I am uncertain what caused me to think this.

I heard someone the other day say to "be you...

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16
Mar
2005
0:00 AM

Room 406

Sparks

Where to begin?

As stated previously, my primary means of making that delicious green substance called "money" is working on, and replacing, computers in a hospital environment. The job is straightforward, really. Most of the computers (With the exception of some really old ones that the hospital...

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27
Feb
2005
0:00 AM

Out of Context

Sparks

It's unlike me to write two journal entries within the space of a one month period. Currently, however, I feel a need to talk (Or write, if you prefer) that the plethora of inanimate objects around me are currently not fulfilling.

Anthony came back from Iraq last week, much to the joy of his frien...

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About Me

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Hope you're not expecting one of those cryptic, nonsensical descriptions. Not my style.

I'm Sparks, a happy little lighting designer and (at one time) sound engineer and pyrotechnician. I don't do those jobs much anymore. For my Real Life Job, I'm a concert lighting designer. Sometimes I go on tour with some folks and do their lights, other times I design and let someone else run the show.

I've had a variety of interesting jobs - from hospital IT guy to technical director of a corrupt megachurch in Des Moines, Iowa, where I grew up. I adore live sound and concert lighting, and I never pass up an opportunity to geek out about my line of work. Generally, if it has faders, buttons, LEDs, or is a large and potentially dangerous machine, I like it. I also love children, fireworks, blueberry muffins, reading, messing around with smart home tech and goofing off. I've played the piano since I was too short to reach the pedals, and I'm learning to play the violin. I used to volunteer at a large children's hospital, but then I moved, then I moved again, and now I'd like to do it again where I live. I'm a skeptic who has no practical use for the supernatural or pseudoscientific. I'm a card-carrying member of the International I Hate Sports Club. I keep my laptop screen really, really clean, and if you touch it, I'll kill maim strongly scold you. I believe strongly in human rights and have a strongly deontological bent when it comes to my ethical outlook, and those positions strongly influence my political outlook.

When I'm not on the road, I live in Minnesota. I'd prefer not to be "on the road" anymore.

I'm easy to get along with, so tell me about yourself! If you read anything I've written (and there isn't much) and have a comment, please leave one - I love getting feedback about the stuff I write.

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