Chad Sexington: The Sexingtonest AMA Thread
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What's your favorite movie?
Damn this is hard.
For nostalgic reasons I might say the Princess Bride.
I could put Casablanca on a loop forever.
The Sunset Limited, which was a play by Cormac McCarthy, leaves me in contemplative silence for a day every time I watch it. I struggle a lot with despair, suicide, the 'emptiness' in my atheism, and I am so conflicted/sad/all emotions by the end of this movie.
If I had to choose just one favourite movie, I might break down. Today I will say, in honour of your name if nothing else, Apocalypse Now.
I have ridiculously dry skin, especially in these savage Alberta winters, so yes. Lots of hand lotion and lip balms. Several times a day. My skin is usually soft. I used to avoid using lotions and have cracked/bleeding skin... Ugh. I don't use perfumes/cologne although a friend told me I should try some aftershave? I don't know. I have been complimented on my natural scent by girlfriends, so I figure I'm doing alright.
Oh god. Give me some time. I have no idea.
...............Probably blow.
"I scraped by with baby-sitting gigs and odd jobs- mostly the jobs we call blow."
I'm just not sure. I have a lot of trouble finding something I like, and I'm always afraid that if I find employment doing something I enjoy, I will see it as an obligation and cease to enjoy it. For instance, I love cooking, and I am a pretty good cook, but I will never take another cooking class. I hated it. I saw it as a chore, an intrusion. I think it would be a lot worse if that was what I was doing for a living.
But, you never know. I love to teach, and travel. I didn't like university but if I can kick my own ass enough to go back one day, I might do an education degree and teach abroad. I'd love to teach ESL here, too, but again, one needs a degree.
My dream job would definitely involve a lot of international travel. It wouldn't have to pay lots, I can live cheap. I'd need enough that I could cook at home, and drink abroad!
Phil, you've sent letters. You can touch my butt any time.
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If you could be remembered by one moment in your life for the rest of existence, what would it be?
Hm.
Here's a good story. But I promise it leads up to the one moment. I'll leave a TL;DR at the bottom for all you lazy folks.
I used to work at Blockbuster. I had a manager who was very lazy, and I often worked her shifts and did extra things outside my job to keep the store looking good and running well. She was a nice person but just not cut out to be a manager. She had a lot of personal life crap going on, and I was empathetic: sometimes too much so. We had a student program where students, often for so-called 'special needs' students who would come work 3 or 4 hours a week and get credit for school in lieu of pay. One of these students I'll call Caleb for privacy reasons.
Caleb was awesome. I mean, I hated working at Blockbuster. I am not cut out for retail in general, and that store was shoddy in particular. But Caleb was always happy to be there. I guess his dad works as an actor and so movies were something he could really bond with his father over. He also had some mild autism. We'd set him to work restocking shelves and he'd get distracted reading the backs of movie cases. Something I would have begrudged an actual employee for doing (returns shouldn't take an hour!) but that's all we needed him to do, so I was glad he found enjoyment doing it. He was also great to talk to. He was enthusiastic about everything, always upbeat and positive. I don't have a bad word to say about this kid. He was 15 when he started working for us and when he turned 16 (minimum age to work there), he wanted to apply for a real job here during the summer.
My manager, who I'll call Karen, told him maybe. She was kind of spineless, and I knew her maybe meant no, but I was surprised. He was the ideal employee and we'd suffered through a lot of crappy employees at the time. We needed more staff, too. In private she told me he was "a fucking retard." I was crushed. Not only was caught off guard -I'd never heard her say something so mean-spirited- but also Caleb was just so damn great. By the by, for whatever it's worth, although it was obvious his personality was 'different', he was as intelligent as I'd expect any person that age to be: not 'retarded' by any measure.
Anyway. One evening, I was working as the manager on-duty. I was trained as assistant manager but working as a shift supervisor until I officially received the promotion -our assistant manager, a wonderful human being by the fake-name of Jeremy was looking to be promoted to manager and get his own store.
Caleb shows up on this busy Saturday night, looking to start work. I was completely surprised. I had no idea he'd been hired, and no one told me he was going to come in. His mother was with him, and she seemed vexed at my surprised -one can hardly blame her. I ran to the back room to call Karen.
"Hey, did you hire Caleb after all?" There was a long, awkward pause.
"Oh... fuck... I might have... sort-of given him that impression."
"So... is he hired?"
"No, definitely not. Just tell him sorry for the miscommunication."
"Are you fucking kidding me Karen." I hung up on her. I'd rarely been angrier. I felt some kind of moral rage overcome me, and then, clarity, and a plan.
I was allowed to give job interviews. I was allowed to fill out hiring paperwork. The only thing I wasn't allowed to do was actually hire someone. But the assistant manager could. I called Jeremy. Jeremy readily agreed to sign the papers the next morning if I filled them out.
I left the office and ran back to the front. I explained to Caleb, and I am slightly ashamed of the lie, that the mix-up was that tonight was the job interview, a formality, as we had to have paperwork, and that we'd call him during the week with his first shift. I took him to the back room and did the interview. I did my due diligence, just in case Karen tried to stop anything: I got some references and called them. Solid. Everyone who'd met Caleb had great things to say about him.
I don't remember exactly when, but I had the privilege of calling Caleb and telling him his first shift. About two years after I quit, I ran into him, still working there. The only staff member I recognised as everyone else had moved on. And he remembered me, too. And that's when I felt really proud. That night, when I interviewed him and made sure he'd get hired, despite my superior's insistence that he not be... I did the right thing.
TL;DR: I went behind my manager's back to hire someone who deserved a job when she was being a jerk about it.
If only I possessed the capability to edit BOTH of our posts, ALAS.
In the newest Disney Channel original movie, Miley Cyrus had to deal with ________ for the first time.
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If you had the power to change one persons avatar, who would it be, and what would the new avatar be?
Hah, excellent! It all comes full circle. Did you keep that avatar saved?
Nah, it's the first Google image result. That's how he found it, if I recall.
Do you hope to one day have your picture as the first result, and overthrow the original Sexington?
I am pretty sure I hope that does not happen. I never even considered the possibility, though, so I will give it a little thought.
You realize you've at least cracked the first page results?
Oh dear.
Why did you make this thread when you have http://sexingtonsecrets.blogspot.com
That's for sex advice.
Also I'm not answering these questions in that character although... that would be fun
I... I don't think I would. I think it's more valuable, albeit infinitely more frustrating to go through the process of making your case for an issue and hoping they can reason their way to a similar conclusion, or at least find a way for the two points of view to find common ground. I know that's kind of a cop-out, answer, but I would be afraid of robbing someone of free will/free thought. There are opinions I find reprehensible or confusing or without good support, but I would be happier to see others argue for their positions than to break down because I willed it so.
Full of explosions. Fun fact though, he's never seen one because he's too busy walking away from them.
Who was your first celebrity crush?
I cannot top phil 's entirely true and accurate answer.
Damn that's a good question. It seems Hitchens is dead, so let's see here. I bet Stephen Fry writes a good letter.
Hm. Kate Beckinsdale maybe. I was super into vampires when I was younger, so a vampire wearing skintight PVC? Yes, I think so. Ah to be young and nerdy.
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