The Unhappy Vampire

Once upon a time there was a Vampire who hated his job. He was not a particularly hateful vampire, but he hated pretty much everything about his job.

He hated the frilly tuxedo shirts he was supposed to wear. He hated the ridiculous work schedule, and the stupid pinky rings, and way the moldy stone floor felt on his feet when he went to brush his teeth in the morning. He didn’t mind the silky red capes that much, but he absolutely HATED sucking people’s blood. He just couldn’t stand it.

A lot of his other vampire friends hated their jobs, too, but they didn’t give him much support in the way of a career change. “You won’t last a week”, they said. “Don’t come crying to us when you starve.”

Vampire started looking in the want ads. Right away he found something really cool.

Manager Trainee. Unlimited Earning potential. Rock n’ Roll atmosphere. No experience necessary.
Must be able to work nights.

Ha! Who's the Dummy, now, dummies? Vampire thought. I will show them. Who says you can't find a great job in the Penny Pincher Magazine?

Keywords: Mea Culpa, pattern recognition, theory of multiple intelligences, Life Design, shadow, void, negative space. Culture, stewardship, participation, morality, immortality, to be hired to be a not-vampire; not rat-on-a-treadmill. Incentives for non-commuters. Designing the shadow of things.