Balance.

[icebluenothing]

Today was kind of a mixed bag.

One one hand, I now officially have a part-time job at JoAnn Fabrics. I start Wednesday. I've done a couple of short little fill-in stints for them before, and they asked this last time if I'd stay on. I told them I'd give them an answer when I was back from Oregon. I think they were pretty sure I'd say yes; they already had a name-badge made up for me. (It actually says "SIX" on it, which is very cool.) I feel kind of neutral about all this; it'll be nice to have an income, however modest, and I like the people there. I don't really like the work, though. I don't hate it, though, either, so that puts me ahead of a lot of working stiffs, I guess. I am firmly of the mind that This Is Only Temporary, so maybe this'll get me off my ass and make me look for a real job. But anyway -- yaaay, income.

On the other hand, I argued today with a telephone pole and lost. I was trying to get out of the way of someone who was trying to come down the alley I was coming out of, and I thought I had enough room, and I didn't. The right rear panel of my truck is one huge dent now. It's purely a cosmetic problem, but jeez.

On the third hand, I got to see treebyleaf for a while today and help her pick out movies at Scarecrow.

On the fourth hand, I felt generally lousy enough by the time I got home from that outing that I just crawled into bed.

On the fifth hand, I did manage to crawl back out of bed and make myself dress up and go out to the club.

On the, uhh, sixth hand (nearly lost count there for a minute), there wasn't really anyone at the club I knew well enough to sit and have a real conversation with. I already knew that hetaera15 wasn't going to make it out tonight, more's the pity, but I thought I'd see other friends. (blackmaru did come over and talk to me for a little while, which was fun.)

On the seventh hand, I used the time at the club to sit and finish the short story I started writing while treebyleaf's surgery was going on. It's creeeeepy.

Comments

[grace-batmonkey.livejournal.com]

Shiva's gonna get mad about the competition. Be careful.

Oh my...

[winterjaye.livejournal.com]

I wanna read your story. : )

It just occurred to me in my very tired state, that it has been so long since I've seen you in person that my brain is starting to think you look like that little character you use for LJ. Man, has it really been that long?

Re: Oh my...

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

I wanna read your story. : )

*beam* I thought about typing it up and posting it friends-only, but I think I'm gonna save this one for my next reading.

It just occurred to me in my very tired state, that it has been so long since I've seen you in person that my brain is starting to think you look like that little character you use for LJ.

But -- I do!

Man, has it really been that long?

It has! I miss you having your store, so I could just drop by and bug you whenever. Now if I want to see you, I'd have to, like, make plans and schedule them and be social and stuff, and I'm really bad at all that. (We should do it, though.)

HE DOES

[noiseinmyhead.livejournal.com]

"It just occurred to me in my very tired state, that it has been so long since I've seen you in person that my brain is starting to think you look like that little character you use for LJ.

But -- I do!"


he look like his lj icon i swear

Re: Oh my...

[songhawk.livejournal.com]

Don't s'pose you're taking your show on the road any time in the next 3 years? *sigh*

Re: Oh my...

[ginkgo.livejournal.com]

Maybe we can lobby for a webcast this year. :)

:(

[amnotsurly.livejournal.com]

Hey, are you doing a halloween reading this year? (OK, I know it's probably far too soon to be asking, but what the heck. I liked last year's reading quite a bit...)

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Yup, planning on it. Haven't arranged anything yet, but I'm sure I'll do one. I remember you making some very nice comments (http://www.livejournal.com/users/amnotsurly/59449.html) about the last one -- glad to hear you're still thinking about it, nearly a year later. That's very cool.

When I do have a date and a place, you'll read about it here.

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

I, too, have been meaning to poke you about a Halloween reading.

(I lent my copy of Hand Grenade Heart to goblinsluck. That's love.)

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

Yup, a reading will happen. :)

Thanks for spreading the word -- let me know how he likes it. (Or, you know, have him mail me or something .... )

Congrats on the job!

[bork.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's not ideal, but it's *something*.

[darkmane.livejournal.com]

Ok, you will be having a Halloween reading, you have a new "creepy" story... I'm sooo there.

[songhawk.livejournal.com]

Re jobness- will y'be able to carpool w/ Treeby when she's back at work, some of the time?

I also want to know what the 8th hand was up to-or are you preferring radial symmetry these days?

[icebluenothing.livejournal.com]

I give treeby rides pretty often as it is already, so, yeah, I imagine so. :)

8th hand? Don't be silly. Who has eight hands? I'm not an octopus or anything.