Vertical writing? Whaat? But yay Amy job!

Congrats Amy!

They cut our production time by more than half, increased our page counts by more than half, and refused to hire people to replace the three people we lost last year, and did it without even telling us about it before they announced it to our customers, and now - NOW - they're asking *us* to "brainstorm" and "think outside the box" to figure out how to get all the work done on time. (Note, they don't really want our input. They just want to be able to say they asked for our input. Then when we complain, they can say, well we asked you for solutions and you didn't give us any!) As a result, I now have 33 articles that all have to be edited, layout done, graphics fixed, math checked, references checked, sent to authors, author's changes incorporated, back to author, rinse repeat until he's happy, and published on the Web in final form... all by next Thursday.

We seriously have the same job. And I feel like I'm otherwise totally unemployable, so I don't try to look for anything else.

If you're going to be writing vertically, then I suggest you get one of these.

I just love Scola.

If you're going to be writing vertically, then I suggest you get one of these.

Of course!

It's been a long time since I've had a 9 to 5 job, guys. But it's very casual, they're all young and probably aspiring novelists or screenwriters, and I can walk to work and wear headphones and be online all day!

I'm not sure it's actually real yet, but it's going to make such a difference to our budget, and my peace of mind, I can't even explain.

I will stop burbling about it soon, I promise.

Great news, Amy! That's awesome.

I still don't know what vertical writing is.

ION, I got this email notice from Emmett's HS:

Yesterday afternoon after the high school was out for the day (we are in early dismissal due to final exam schedule), three of our students, including one freshman and two sophomores, were sitting near the BART tracks near Fairmount Drive in El Cerrito. What we understand is that they were approached by two men who asked about their shoes. When one of our students stood up, one of the men pulled out a gun and shot the student, injuring him critically. Another one of our students was also shot in the face, but thankfully received just a flesh wound. The other student was able to escape without physical injury. The assailants escaped. I spoke with the parents of all three students last night and this morning. The young man who was injured critically is still in the hospital and his mother describes his condition as stable.

That's the BART station Emmett uses every day to get home.

AMY, YAY!!!

Jesus, Hec. That's awful.

Yays to Amy, and job~ma to Sparky and Jesse.

Hec, that's fucking horrible. I hope all those kids will be all right. I also hope bad things happen to the people who hurt them.

I would be a total neurotic paranoid wreck if I were a parent. No joke. I have nothing but awed admiration for people who can be parents without losing their damn minds.

And I feel like I'm otherwise totally unemployable, so I don't try to look for anything else.

Steph, we are twins in this. This is the first and only non-shit job I've ever had, and despite my bitching I live in fear of losing it, because there is nothing else I'm useful for besides proofreading and pushing paper ("process management", my wide white ass), and I can't imagine finding another job doing it that would be better than this.