Posts by Hadyn Green
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That one's for you Llew -
Yeah I agree. I've got a favourtie line I like to use: "work isn't fun, work is work, if it wasn't they'd call it play"
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I think Riddley's point is that it is often very difficult to "get paid" without compromising the integrity of the art.
I'm not convinced. Especially because I was talking sport first.
If you're doing something that you like and then someone says "here's some money, keep doing that thing but at least now you'll be able to eat and stuff", how does that make you less happy? (currently too lazy to google stuff)
IF they start saying things like "here's some money, change what you're doing" then maybe it'd be less worth it.
I can understand Merc's point as well about the lure of proffesionalism, but if you don't roll the dice you'll never win. And that is a completely different discussion.
There is another tangential discussion about illusions too. You might follow your dream to be pro-surfer thinking it'll just be travel and girls/boys when in fact it's just a lot of sand in the crotch. (can you tell I've not surfed and should've picked another anaolgy?)
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Is the sarcasm Ridley?
Crap what is with my typing this arvo?!
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Is the sarcasm Ridley?
Personally I would love to get paid to do something I want to do. As opposed to doing something I'm not really into just to pay for my hobbies.
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I only ever watched one reality tv show. It was something about chefs and had Gordon Ramsey on it. Here's how much will power I had:
In order to show the TV who was boss I switched it off just before they announced who won. It felt incredibly freeing to know I really didn't care.
ps. we once caught a brilliant show on Sky Sport that was filler during a cricket match. It was called Crazy About Cars or something and the funniest hillbillies you ever did see
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Not everyone aspires to being a paid pro, some play for other reasons
Yeah but we're not talking about losers....just a joke, just a joke :)
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Oh the pineapples!
...and then the refills of the pineapples!
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Back to the rugby:
Over in the states, home of the professional athlete, when football players introduce themselves they always (always) say their College team. Even if they are in their 30's! So roots are important to the pros.But playing for your club side won't keep players here.
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I was surprised when watching (the fantastic) Pardon The Interruption on ESPN to hear the presenters agree that this would not have happened if it wasn't possible for Americans to easily obtain guns.
On ESPN!!!! The sports network!!!
(the presenters are veteran journalists from the Washington Post)