2010-01-25
Technician’s Journal #2 My Very First Job
I started working for Bio-Clean of New Jersey a little over a year ago. Originally, I was just the graphic design guy, but as time went on, after some training, I started to go out on jobs. Some people (including myself at first) may think, “Why would you VOLUNTARILY put yourself in a situation where you had to clean up the most disgusting and dangerous stuff on earth?” For me, I think it was because I had to prove I was tough enough. I wanted to look the remnants of death in the face, and man up to the fear of real-life death and gore. I’m a pacifist, so there was no way I was ever going to war unless there was a draft, so this was the only way to really see death.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not some weirdo with a perverted fascination with death. I didn’t get into this thinking, “YEAH, REAL BLOOD AND DEAD PEOPLE, I CAN’T WAIT!” The day of my first job, I was a little scared on the way up. I wanted to see this stuff because I wanted to make myself tough enough that I wouldn’t be scared or completely freaked out by a real crime scene. Watching a horror movie is one thing, but actually going into a REAL murder scene, with REAL blood from a REAL person… It’s intense. I thought that seeing this stuff in real life would prepare me if I was in a violence filled situation later in life, and now that I’ve done it, I think I was right. Blood and gore, real or Hollywood, no longer phases me. Sure there are still jobs that FREAK me out, but the blood and remnants of violent acts don’t send shivers up my spine like they once did. If terrorists attack, if there’s a violent situation in front of me, if the sh!t just hits the fan; I think I’ll be able to think clearer than the average person just because I’m used to the sights and smells of violent trauma.

Other than proving that I was tough enough to handle actually walking through a crime scene, I think the other thing that made me want to go on a bio-cleaning job was Mike Rowe. Mike Rowe is the man- period (I mean, the guy was an opera singer before he hosted TV!), and dirty Jobs is one of my favorite shows. I went to Rowan University for Radio/TV/Film, with a focus on documentary filmmaking. Bio-Clean let me prove I can handle the dirtiest and most terrifying job; any assignment I could be sent on, or choose to go on while filming would be well within my capacity (so Discovery and A&E, if you’re reading this, send me an e-mail!)

So now you know my thinking going into this job. It’s my first time, I’m a little nervous, but I’m ready to look the reality of life and death in the face. Time to talk about the job.





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2009-10-06
Technician's Journal #1: The Most Terrifying Job Ever.
This is my first entry in the Technician’s journal, so I figured, why not start out with a job that I consider to be the most bizarre and terrifying job I have ever been out on.
Now, it should be said that me saying this is saying something. I’ve seen a lot of seriously messed up stuff in my days of working this job. I’ve seen double murder suicides, death by shotgun to the temporal lobe, remnants of 2 month old corpses, and toilet bowls full of blood. I’ve seen things that would get a movie NC-17 rating. The job I’m about to discuss however, is like something out of a movie co directed by Rob Zombie and David Lynch. So brace yourself, cause it’s about to get gross.

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