Indeed, smonster!
It sounds like a pretty positive experience all around! Good work!
I tell you I have this theory. It goes where, you're the one who's not my sister. Cuz mom adopted you from a shoe box full of baby howler monkeys, and never told you cuz it could hurt your delicate baby feelings.
Dawn ,'Selfless'
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Strix - Oct 06, 2011 6:40:18 pm PDT #668 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Strix - Oct 11, 2011 8:51:31 am PDT #669 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I got my first gig from a F2F networking thing! WOO, GO ME! A client called me ON THE PHONE.
That is amazing to me. The PHONE. Whodathunkit?
smonster - Oct 11, 2011 4:31:00 pm PDT #670 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Yay, Erin! Fabulousness.
beekaytee - Oct 12, 2011 5:16:22 am PDT #671 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
Erin, I really liked your email blast this morning. Major Yay on both counts.
Again, I just love your 'voice.'
smonster - Oct 12, 2011 5:31:17 am PDT #672 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
bonny! I was just thinking about you. How's the new venture?
Erin, am I not on your list? Must remedy that on next break.
beekaytee - Oct 12, 2011 6:30:30 am PDT #673 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
Hey smonster, thanks for thinking of me.
The new venture is good. As always seems to be the case in my life, it has turned into something different than expected.
For some reason, it's been a period of cascade of events for the company...not in a good way. Mistakes, missed services, employees personal problems.
Partner keeps looking at me and saying, "I love you," because I am the champion of the art of apology. I have been smoothing ruffled feathers, assessing the potential of certain employees, calling dozens of clients and advising everyone on what language NOT to use.
It's been fun. No, really. I am enjoying handling the difficult stuff because a) I enjoy being good at it and b) it is supporting the company in a way that none of the rest of us feels good about.
I'm not sure what has precipitated the rain of toads but we are actually getting through it pretty well.
On other notes, I'm hosting a long-standing tradition...the Howl-o-ween costume contest this year. It's always a riot and the store that has done it for 15 years is going out of business...or being sold...I'm not sure.
It's a great way to get out in front of a huge audience and promote both the Company and the local rescue organizations. I'm pretty psyched.
One downside is that I have been advertising a skills workshop for this weekend on walking but no one has signed up. People _constantly_ tell me that they want cheaper, group services, and this is the number one complaint. It's $20 per dog, which is less than most training hours outside PetSmart.
I absolutely love group teaching in my people business, but I'm developing a complex around my events. Is it my breath?
It is more likely that I'm doing something wrong in my promotion. Not sure what that is though.
Howzit with you?
Strix - Oct 12, 2011 7:47:00 am PDT #674 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Thanks, bonny! Of course, I woke up and saw a typo, but I wrote the damned thing at 6 am after Night o' Insomnia!
Sarah, I got your sub! YAY! Thank you!
bonny, I KEEP saying this, but I haven't forgotten. First week of November, let's make a date for writing/interviewing and maybe getting some more of your lama stuff out. I don't think it's your breath, hon!!
And I am stupid like whoa this morning (2 hours of sleep -- FIE! I speet upon you, Insomnia!) so I'll leave it at that for right now.
But I'm glad to hear that the other gig, despite the travails, is something you're kicking ass and taking names at. GO TEAM YOU!
Burrell - Oct 12, 2011 10:49:02 am PDT #675 of 1416
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hey I have a question for Erin and others. I've been asked if I would do some editing for a friend (or rather, for a client of hers), and I was wondering what the going rate was for that kind of freelance work.
If you don't want to talk that kind of specifics here, feel free to email me directly at my profile address.
thanks
amych - Oct 12, 2011 11:08:51 am PDT #676 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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smonster - Oct 12, 2011 11:23:15 am PDT #677 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
bonny, it's so not your breath. It's probably a combination of inertia, tight budgets, and poor memories. At the costume contest, could you do a "$5 for 5 minutes" mini-session to hook people in with your serious doggie wisdom? And then offer a small discount for people who sign up right then? Even pick a dog from the audience and do a demonstration.
Just brainstorming.
I'm doing well. My coworker and I are going to keep researching and moving forward on the beads thing. Frankie got bitten at the park, by apparently a serial offender. Figuring out how to handle that. He's fine - vet clipped and flushed the wounds and put a staple in the bigger one.