i haven`t done shit at work for the day, and i`m pretty damn proud, i don`t feel like and really there is nothing for me do. on top of which, i`m planning on leaving early this afternoon, too.
how do i do it, enquiring minds want to know? be skilled at what you do. i don’t lie, i don`t fake sick, i`m good at my job and when i have something to do, i get it done. so now with little or nothing to do i`m bored out of my skull.
i should be getting my new and improved folio together. yeah, i got biz cards from the office which is usually a sign that i`m about to change jobs. and i got a call from the bank today for the first interview. if do good here, i can look forward to an assessment and the HR interview to see if i`m mentally capable of working for this upstanding organisation. that should be fun.
off to lunch. be back later.
32 tomorrow.
i like birthdays, i`m like a big child, i get excited. i look forward to getting older. i`m not necessarily sure about the wiser, but definitely older. i`m usually somewhat reflective, but on this particular birthday i`m looking ahead, planning on spending the next one as a family with vic and the children. there usually aren`t many gifts, you know the week before people get paid problem, but as long as the company is good, it`s usually fun.
yes, i am a big child, it helps me get through the day, i can be cynical and bitter, but i`ve found approaching the day with a childlike enthusiasm makes it so much better.
for those of you going to jobs that you loathe and despise today, take a moment to visit this site and start you day off with some merriment [actually enjoy it while you`re at work, take your mind off the crap for a moment]
i`m going to take my soon to be 32 ass to the shower, get dress and go to work. i`ll be back with more entertainment as the day progress.
i have to say that aside from the crappy brian adams song, the three musketeers with oliver platt and tim curry is probably my favourite version.
that is all.
i just bitched about a lack of appreciation and voila, my friend sarah, who i did the programme for her art show, just dropped off a bottle of jd in gratitude. she didn`t need to, i volunteered to help out, i did.
but she did. i`m touched. and these are the little things that make me continue doing what i do.
i`m heading home to take a nap or veg out on the couch.
have a good evening.
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artist longing to be recognised. this is an addendum to a comment i made on tamale`s journal.
why is it so hard to be an artist/writer/young[ish] person with even a modicum of talent and good sense in this country? why we have to fucking suffer so? why we have to put up with the shit and the late payment [if you self employed], the lack of appreciation, the `just` philosophy, the fuckwits in management [how the fuck did someone so stupid become your boss and the sub question, are you the bigger idiot for working for them?], the nepotism?
is this just a caribbean thing or does happen everywhere?
this is not a rant, i`m a little too tired to work up the proper levels of vitriol and righteous indignation a the moment. i`m debating applying for a government scholarship to do a masters in graphic art. but knowing the kind of morons i`m dealing with, it begs two questions, will i get it and what the fuck are they going to do with me if i do.
imaginary conversation
them: what is your masters in?
me: graphic arts, typography specifically.
them: what`s that?
me: the use and application typefaces in design
them: what is design?
followed quickly by screaming [not sure at this point if it`s mine or theirs]
there was a point to this. i think is time to start our own. it might be a pipe dream to produce good work and get paid for it, but you have to hold on to something right?
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i got in last night, flight got delayed about 35 minutes and i was waiting for a ride, so by the time i got home it was close to midnight. i`m still exhausted. spent most of yesterday after the presentation, doing fuck all. i had a couple of drinks with the competition, then had joined the potential client and one of the other agencies for lunch.
in the time between our presentation and drinks and lunch i finished my book. [go out and get this book, it`s fantastic] after lunch i went back to the room and relaxed in the jacuzzi which was not as much fun as it should have been without vic. i watched stealing havard til it was time for checkout then left for the airport.
ended up liming with some other advertising folks in the airport while we waited for our delayed flight. apparently liat [the airline we flew on] is perpetually late. in some places LIAT is an acronym for late, if at all. so we should be grateful that we didn`t spend another night in grenada.
i got a lift home with the gm of one of the competing ad agencies, i think i may need to be nicer to my boss. the woman asked if always talk to my boss that way. `what way?` [i asked somewhat innocently, knowing perfectly well what she meant.] `like you don`t respect her.` well the sad truth is i don`t. but i really should try to hide it better, i never realised that i was so obvious.
but here i am back at work, got some sleep last night but i`m still tired.
i should try and get some work done, i`ll be back later.
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well that went well, and really i`m not being facetious. the presentation went very well, my boss dind`t embarrass as much as i thought she would. and the question and answer period went well, so i have the rest of the day to myself. well we have lunch with the client and the other agencies presenting.
i`m leaving grenada at 9:30 [barring delays] so i`ll post a summation of the days events.
have a good day, i`m going to finish my book and catch some rays.
i had a lovely sleep til i was awoken by my stomach and now that i`ve eaten, i`m going to go back to my room and finish reading my book, i love this place, there`ll be pictures tomorrow. i`m almost loathe to find out the cost of the rooms, it`s just so nice.
thankfully, i`ve seen very little and heard less of the prattling of my boss, we did go try to get some binding done, but i think my monosyllabic answers threw her, so she`s off getting sorbet and annoying someone else. i had a large, late lunch type of thing, so i should be go for the rest of the evening.
we`re right on the beach so some time tonight i`ll come down and say a prayer and medititate a bit. i`m not a big fan of religion, but i do believe and feel the connection a power greater than myself, particularly when i`m close the water.
i`m not going to talk to vic online tonight, the office with the internet connection closes at 9, so i`ll try to share some of my joy and peace with her spiritually.
stay tuned, i`ll be back tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel
i`m at the spice island beach resort in grenada [vic we`re coming here, the bathroom is huge and the jacuzzi is real adult size]
i`ve been napping since i checked in for my flight at four am, airports are not made to sleep in but at least piarco does not do that piece of nonsense where they put a partition between every two seats so you can`t stretch out. so i slept in the airport, i slept on the plane, got here checked in, had a shower, had breakfast, checked the equipment and now like the addict i am, i`m here posting.
where is here you ask? it`s the business centre of the hotel ie a desktop computer, a inkjet printer in a tiny room with ac, for which my room is billed US$10 an hour. so i`m going to make the most of it, i have multiple windows open checking mail, reading the news [oh safari, oh camino, oh mozilla, how i miss thy tabbed browsing] and aim is up, hoping vic shows soon. 🙂 [if we miss each other, i`m safe love, exhausted but safe]
i should go sleep but you know that point where you`re too tired to sleep? yep that`s it, i have officially been up for 27 hours.
i`m going to go to my room now and finish my book and then have a nap. hope your day goes well. adieu
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