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Werner Herzog warns aspiring filmmakers to not quit their jobs and go to film school. In place of academic thinking, he’s is interested in real-life experiences — filmmakers who have done their time in the world, spent a few nights on the street, worked as a bouncer at a night club. I’m sure the same applies for writers. One of my strangest and most eye-opening jobs was as a summer temp working in a frozen pizza factory after my freshman year in college. Pepperoni, pepperoni, pepperoni, one after the other for 8 hours straight, an endless conveyor belt of frozen discs. Mind numbing, but also strangely meditative, though I recognize my great privilege of being able to go back to school in the fall.

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I immediately conjure Lucy and Ethel in the chocolate factory but with pepperonis. Hehe.

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Funny you should say that. After being in the pepperoni zone for a stint, I moved over to the boxing conveyor belt, where I quickly discovered I WAS NOT quick enough at stacking in threes and they all piled up on me. Yes, I did shut the entire factory down for a moment because of this. College students, geesh.

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Haha! Love this. 😅 Lucy would have been proud to call you a friend.

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🤣🤣

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Wow, I’ve never known anyone who worked in a frozen pizza factory. That’s a fresh one for me. Nice!

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