All I did in that post was talk about shrimp. How does having an opinion about shrimp equate with "an interesting life?" One need not be a trend setter in order to eat shrimp - Forrest Gump indicates the opposite, in fact. Robert McKee points out in "Story" that a good storyteller can hold you in thrall as he discusses his commute while a bad storyteller can bore you as he describes the death of his children in a fiery car accident. You're not noticing the shrimp, you're noticing the way I describe them. That's not part of "an interesting life." That's part of "sharing my life in an interesting way." And frankly, it offends me that people presume that because I can relate stories in an interesting way, they might be untrue. It's shrimp. If it's boring, why talk about it? And if it's interesting, why presume it's a lie?
I worked above a fishmonger in Seattle It's just amusing that many of your stories have some comment about you working/meeting someone from X. I'm relatively young, so in comparison I swear it seems like you've traveled the world twice already.
http://www.reddit.com/r/worstof/comments/p9pa3/woody_harrels... http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/pdqwm/drama_... The full elaboration of the story is I worked for an acoustical consulting firm that had its offices in the Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle. Our office was formerly Tyson Seafoods. There were a few businesses in there that weren't related to fishing, ours was one of them. It gave me a chance to buy fresh, delicious fish from people who knew their seafood. I guess "fishmonger" is an exotic term but "fish dealer" is just weird. The market in question: http://wildsalmonseafood.com/ My advice? Focus on the stuff that's interesting, avoid the stuff that's boring and you, too will lead a life so interesting that people won't believe it's true.
As for the fishmonger/office, must have smelled something fierce.
Know what stinks? Seagull poop. Keep the seagulls away and you're fine. I used to go out to the end of the pier to eat my lunch and read a book - it was fabulous. Now I ride past the redondo pier on my bike and HOLY FUCKING SHIT does it stink. They've got a jetty where the sea birds just sort of sit and crap all day and that fucker reeks a quarter mile upwind.