Has got to be the hardest book I have ever tried to read in my recent past. It is awful. My bok club meeting is Saturday and let's face it - I still have about 275 pages left. I just can't seem to get through it - it's worse than writer's block. I don't care about the character - I wish I could - but the book is just depressing - it's about a single mother who is trying to care for her bipolar 18 year old daughter. It is dreary, and I wish I could get my money back.
I guess I will wing it on Saturday - I can't believe they voted for this book. I read the sypnopsis and knew it wasn't my cup of tea. How about the da vinci code or something?
C'est La Vie
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Cheap, Fast and Good
My quote of the day:
Cheap, Fast and Good. You can only have two - never all three.
You can have fast and good, but it won't be cheap.
You can have Cheap and Good, but it won't be fast.
You can have cheap and fast, but it won't be good.
You choose!
Cheap, Fast and Good. You can only have two - never all three.
You can have fast and good, but it won't be cheap.
You can have Cheap and Good, but it won't be fast.
You can have cheap and fast, but it won't be good.
You choose!
AA
(Assholes Anonymous) Perhaps there should be a support group. I too dated an asshole. There is hope. The good thing about dating an asshole (an eventually leaving) is that is makes it easier to recognize a good thing. The hard thing is leaving - especially a controlling passive aggressive one.
But once you make the break, it is so worth it. I was watching Joel Osteen (my Sunday ritual) and this time he was speaking on controlling people and how the need to control undermines relationships. He also said to break away from controlling people - that God would honor that decision and send someone better. After all we were not made to be manipulated.
Will he ever commit? I don't know. The commitment carrot was dangled in front of me for so long - if only I was.... perfect.
When you are ready to form that support group, holla at me.
But once you make the break, it is so worth it. I was watching Joel Osteen (my Sunday ritual) and this time he was speaking on controlling people and how the need to control undermines relationships. He also said to break away from controlling people - that God would honor that decision and send someone better. After all we were not made to be manipulated.
Will he ever commit? I don't know. The commitment carrot was dangled in front of me for so long - if only I was.... perfect.
When you are ready to form that support group, holla at me.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
March Madness
So I was watching one of Joel Osteen's programs - which lately him and Creflo Dollar have substituted for my church services - He spoke on having a gentle spirit and everything he said resonated with me. I decided that I would have a gentle spirit so I prayed and asked God to help me control my tongue.
I am such a fiery spirit - and a lot of times I can keep it in check - but yesterday the combination or hormones (on my part) and stupidity (on my client's part) caused me to forget all about that gentle spirit stuff. (Sorry God, I know I could have accomplished the same goal without all the fire).
I get a little taken aback when a client calls me on a Saturday to ask me to do something that is completely unreasonable. What's worse is that I did not give her my cell phone number. I don't know how she got it, but there will be a nice email going out on Monday about our personal phone numbers being for internal use only! I have already missed happy hour dealing with her nonsense and I got up early Saturday morning to go buy some paint for her production (which is not my job). So I have at this point I have gone over and above what is reasonable.
Her newly hired production manager called me shortly after she grilled me for 20 minutes and I feel sorry for the poor chap, because I let him have it. I was livid at this point, this project is a one person shoot and certainly I am capable of organizing that without having to troubled on the weekend - one more phone call and they will need to put me on the payroll. He laughed and told me he would take care of everything - which was a good idea.
The thing is I don't know this woman and it was the fact that her project was damned from the beginning because of poor decisions on their part that has left me with a less than sympathetic attitude. I go above and beyond for my regulars all the time and some of them are welcome to call me anytime - just don't waste my time.
I have a hard time dealing when people don't take no for an answer. I lose it - maybe this is preparation for parenthood. When I say no - I mean no - and what happens is you keep grilling me and I say anything to get you to shut up - but I still have no intention of doing whatever it is that has been requested - because I have already made my decision. I need to work on that - how to say no and not back down yet still be respectful....
Her shoot is Tuesday so I will have a lot more time to practice demonstrating a gentle spirit.
I am such a fiery spirit - and a lot of times I can keep it in check - but yesterday the combination or hormones (on my part) and stupidity (on my client's part) caused me to forget all about that gentle spirit stuff. (Sorry God, I know I could have accomplished the same goal without all the fire).
I get a little taken aback when a client calls me on a Saturday to ask me to do something that is completely unreasonable. What's worse is that I did not give her my cell phone number. I don't know how she got it, but there will be a nice email going out on Monday about our personal phone numbers being for internal use only! I have already missed happy hour dealing with her nonsense and I got up early Saturday morning to go buy some paint for her production (which is not my job). So I have at this point I have gone over and above what is reasonable.
Her newly hired production manager called me shortly after she grilled me for 20 minutes and I feel sorry for the poor chap, because I let him have it. I was livid at this point, this project is a one person shoot and certainly I am capable of organizing that without having to troubled on the weekend - one more phone call and they will need to put me on the payroll. He laughed and told me he would take care of everything - which was a good idea.
The thing is I don't know this woman and it was the fact that her project was damned from the beginning because of poor decisions on their part that has left me with a less than sympathetic attitude. I go above and beyond for my regulars all the time and some of them are welcome to call me anytime - just don't waste my time.
I have a hard time dealing when people don't take no for an answer. I lose it - maybe this is preparation for parenthood. When I say no - I mean no - and what happens is you keep grilling me and I say anything to get you to shut up - but I still have no intention of doing whatever it is that has been requested - because I have already made my decision. I need to work on that - how to say no and not back down yet still be respectful....
Her shoot is Tuesday so I will have a lot more time to practice demonstrating a gentle spirit.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Wanna Get Away?
Imagine being at a formal event - an awards dinner. Everyone is dressed up, even the wait staff, you are being served a 3 course meal including filet mignon and lobster. It is a classy affair. Just as an award is about to be presented to one of the honorees, a cell phone rings. Not just any old regular sounding ring - oh no - it was the ring tone for "Laffy Taffy".
Everyone in the nearby vicinity looks up as the guy is frantically trying to turn the thing off. His friends are laughing hysterically and the teasing continues throughout the night. Some of them even begin to dance a little during the song...
All we needed was a camera - perfect "wanna get away" Southwest commercial ;)
Everyone in the nearby vicinity looks up as the guy is frantically trying to turn the thing off. His friends are laughing hysterically and the teasing continues throughout the night. Some of them even begin to dance a little during the song...
All we needed was a camera - perfect "wanna get away" Southwest commercial ;)
Monday, March 06, 2006
I Cheated
So I am not supposed to be eating anything substantial after 8pm. But those pistachios were calling my name. Where's a little self control when I need it? This is putting my weight loss plan in peril.
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