August 02, 2004

It's Good to be the MEP

Being a musician means constantly kicking yourself for the poor choices you have made in your "life." Or, well, I guess everyone does that. And does everyone also continually find themselves looking longingly at the gainfully employed, no matter how humble or wretched, while saying to themselves: "Jeez, I'm in the wrong racket"?

Well, here's a new racket about which to kick yourself, at least it's a new one for me: Member of the European Parliament.

(via Samizdata.)

Posted by Dr. Frank at August 2, 2004 03:19 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Ok, this is gonna sound cheesy but I'll say it anyway. Everybody, at some point I'm sure, has second thoughts about what profession they're in. But what's really important in the long run is if you're in a place where you can be happy or at least content. I mean, as long as you can live with the choices you've made and continue to find enjoyment in what you've chosen to do, it's gotta be ok, right? I hope so, at least, or else I'm pretty screwed.

Posted by: Amy 80 at August 3, 2004 01:42 AM

I got the award for "highest achievement" in Law of the European Union. Never thought that my studies would pay off at all. I guess I was wrong, since I understood this post to the "highest achievement" possible.

Posted by: karen at August 3, 2004 04:10 AM

dr. frank, how do you find this stuff?

Posted by: paco sanz at August 3, 2004 10:11 AM

everyone doubts the choices that they've made... being a musician = no worse off than a 20 year old photographer just out of college.. no one wants to hire you hahahaha. it sucks! and choices like these are harder than others... because you never know when you'll have money and you could be unemployed for quite sometime...

but truth be told i'd rather be a photographer and play in a band trying to make enough money to maybe even just get by on my own and be happy and proud of what i'm doing than miserable doing something like retail. gag me with a spoon.

you've made the right decision. :)

Posted by: *Barbie* at September 3, 2004 11:14 AM

yeah, but you get all the babes.

Posted by: mike c. at September 7, 2004 09:36 PM