April 2012
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WatchJob #28 - Broke a Guinness World Record
Through On Set Productions I got to be a paid participant for Spike’s All Access! We were attempting to break the world record for most high-fives in one minute. After waiting in line outside the Viacom building in Times Square, they took up into a cafeteria with the tables cleared out and put us into two lines like this:
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Job #25 - Background Actor
“Hey Dad, mind if I come by tonight to pick up my tux? I’ll be there for about an hour.”
The busy New York life typically doesn’t allow for long vacations, especially when you have a work schedule as unpredictable as mine. So when my Dad, who works in an office job, heard I’d visit, he happily agreed to pick me up at the bus station. Gool ol’ parents! That...
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Job #23 - Make a Photo Montage
Got hired on TaskRabbit for my first slideshow-making gig. The guy who hired me was a friendly and busy guy, switching constantly between Bluetooth and one-on-one conversation when we first met.
When I arrived in his Upper West Side apartment building, we went up to his penthouse suite. Check out the view from there!
I started the work at his Mac where he showed me a few hundred family photos...
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Hi! I'm Dave Herman: Got My Identity Stolen Today →
This’ll clarify what I talked about a little in Job #21:
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My mom called at 11am today with panic in her voice, “Dave are you okay? Grandmom says she got a call saying you were in a car accident in Times Square with a broken collarbone and needed $3000 cash, and that she couldn’t tell me.”
“What? Nope, I’m in my bed in my apartment. Let me give her a…
