Why am I starting a podcast devoted to two very different (but equally awesome) topics?
Well, to explain that I'll have to tell you a little more about myself. I'll try to gloss over the boring bits.
I'm a professional dog walker in New York City, and I love my job. I get to work outside, I get fresh air and exercise, I'm my own boss, and I spend all day with dogs who are, let's face it, nicer than people. It's a hard physical job, however, and I'm not getting any younger. I don't want to develop back or knee problems. That's why I'm planning to do this for three more years, and then move on to something else.
I don't want that "something else" to be another dumb job. It'll be my last career, the last act of my working life, and I better make it a good one.
So I started making a list of the things I like enough to devote the latter part of my life to, and the list was a short one:
1. Sex
2. Weed
3. Comix
Comix is out---I had a career in comix once upon a time and I burned all my bridges behind me in a pretty spectacular way. So that leaves sex and weed.
Sex: Well, I don't think I could make it as a streetwalker or rentboy, but I wouldn't mind being in the pornography business. Sex toy retailer? Sex educator, maybe? I might be able to make a living selling bdsm clothing at events like
Dark Odyssey. Or I could try writing sex books and/or erotica.
Weed: I'd love to work in the medical marijuana business, but that means leaving New York. I might move to Michigan or California---I've lived in both states and still have friends there. I've been lurking on
THC Jobs and I've seen a lot of positions I could be successful at.
So there it is---my next career will either be in the sex industry or the weed industry. Some days I lean toward sex, other days I lean towards weed. But I've got three years to make a decision and build a new business for myself, something I can do and do well for the rest of my life.
My hope is that
Sex and Weed will help me establish contacts and learn about both industries. I hope it will be entertaining and informative as well. I've still got a lot of work to do before I upload my first episodes, but I think this will be good for me. I hope you'll enjoy it too.
But enough about me. Look at this Beaver Bong!