I just took it for the money. The real problem is I'll spend 10 hours Not Doing It, to bill five hours, tops. Oh well.
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Jesse - Jul 16, 2011 3:12:44 pm PDT #189 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesse - Jul 16, 2011 3:17:09 pm PDT #190 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Crap. I just realized! I wanted simple, I wanted in-and-out, I wanted easy money.
Liese S. - Jul 16, 2011 6:13:38 pm PDT #191 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hahahahaha! So say we all.
Liese S. - Jul 16, 2011 6:15:07 pm PDT #192 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I am at the portion of my fundraising summer where I want to grab the children by their lapels (okay, I know children's clothing doesn't actually have lapels, just work with me here) and shout, "Just give me the damn money, tiny motherfuckers!" But I suspect that the church camp may be looking for a slightly different approach.
Strix - Jul 16, 2011 10:32:38 pm PDT #193 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ha, Jesse!
And Liese, who knows? That approach could just well work wonders!
Jesse - Jul 18, 2011 7:54:22 am PDT #194 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've found that shaking children generally results in, at best, loose change, which doesn't go very far toward paying the bills. Just my professional opinion....
Connie Neil - Jul 18, 2011 7:59:48 am PDT #195 of 1416
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I've found that shaking children generally results in, at best, loose change
Because barf pays no one's bills.
Liese S. - Jul 18, 2011 8:16:33 am PDT #196 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Just my professional opinion....
Okay, fine. Instead we told a goofy story and a moving one. And lots of the money from previous fundraising efforts has started to come in, so I'm no longer feeling so wroth.
I don't know how an introvert ended up in a career where the only break from talking to students is when you start talking to adults about the students. Isn't there some nice quiet paperwork somewhere that needs doing? Oh, right, that's me too!
Strix - Jul 19, 2011 7:27:24 am PDT #197 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Guys, I sent out my first invoice! And I have a business banking account, and a biz debit card, and a merchant PayPal with an invoicing system set up!
WOO HOO!
I'm drafting contacts right now; posted a Press about it, if anyone has advice on THAT sticky wicket. I wanna cover my ass as much as possible in regards to legal issues and money.
Liese S. - Jul 19, 2011 8:26:38 am PDT #198 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I don't know how to say this without coming off like a jerk, so I'm just going to say it and please know, Erin, I don't intend to be brusque. Of course the Buffista lawyers on here are free to offer whatever services they wish, but doing stuff like that is, in fact, stuff that people get paid for. You might offer to pay even a small stipend for their work. Otherwise it's like people asking you for free editing, and people asking techs for free computer services. You know? Of course people are friends, and may be perfectly happy to give you their opinion, but they are also professionals with value to their labor.