Originally appeared in the Boston Book Review
(Date Approximate).
During episodes of unemployment I find it rewarding to sleep
as much as possible -- anywhere from twelve to fourteen hours a day is a good
starting point. I'd wake up in the afternoon, watch my stories on TV, and then
head over to the sofa for a few more hours of shut-eye. It became my habit to
pick up a newspaper just after five o'clock and spend some time searching the
want ads, wondering who might qualify for any of the advertised positions:
vault verifier, pre-press salesman, audit technical reviewer. Show me the child
who dreams of being a sausage casing inspector. What sort of person is going to
raise his clenched fist in victory after reading "New Concept = Big $!
High energy = Return + Comm. Fax resume." Fax resume for what?
David
Sedaris"Naked"
HB: When you started writing, did you have radio in mind?
