Oh, for god's sake. I've just started my newest freelance gig (as in, started it today), and the managing editor sends me an email and says that he just saw the budget for their fiscal year that starts July 1, and they want to eliminate freelance positions and hire in-house people.

That blows. A lot. I mean, I appreciate him telling me about it (and he said that eliminating freelancers is something that was always suggested in the past, but never followed up on, so it's possible that they won't follow up on it again this year), but it still blows. Because I was counting on this as a regular gig. I realize jobs can end any time; I'm not stupid.

It's just very disheartening to find out the day I start this job that it's almost certainly ending in 3 months.

I am very discouraged right now.

Tep, is there any way for this to turn into good news (i.e. a full time job instead of freelancing)?

ION, Arthur C Clarke's 1964 vision of The Future.

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Steph, that totally sucks. I'm sorry.

As for me, I am off work, which is nice because work has been UNUTTERABLY boring. I'm just grinding through a backlog of stupid small projects that are almost completely devoid of any substance, just paperwork that needs to be generated and filed so we can say we did it. Plus my standing desk isn't in yet, and the guys who sit next to the windows draw the blinds at noon every day so I am not getting much daylight. Bah.

So today I slept late, had some leftover pizza, started a load of laundry, and now I'm going to walk the dog and then go to the gym.

Meanwhile, I'm pondering painting my bookshelves. Right now they're all a pale yellow/cream shade, but I'm wondering how awesome it would be to paint the rear panels bright red or blue. Too much, or just fabulous enough?

There are people doing very interesting work these days where they take ordinary support cells from the (rat) brain, regress them back a couple of stages to an less differentiated state, and then coax them to develop into neurons, which are able to find a way to make the right connections.

Amazing things are on the way, whether we are ethically and emotionally prepared for them or not.

Tep, is there any way for this to turn into good news (i.e. a full time job instead of freelancing)?

They want someone in-house, and they're located in Chicago. I'm not saying I wouldn't move for a job, but I wouldn't for this job.

it wasn't specifically "vagina cells"

The article said it involved a biopsy of genital cells, so that's what I was going from.

Steph, that totally blows. Losing a gig now or soon incontrovertibly sucks. I hope you can find another gig in a timely fashion.

Fastest commute ever. Once I got into my desired lane on the freeway, I didn't hit the brake pedal once until I got back to surface streets.

They want someone in-house, and they're located in Chicago.

Ah, bummer.

Steph, that really blows. I hope you find a permanent gig soon.

Growing new organs is amazing. I think we'll be able to do it reliably in 30 years. Which will hopefully lie within my lifespan.

Steph, that really blows. I hope you find a permanent gig soon.

I still have the AMA gig, so I'm not totally out of work. But I was counting on this second one to be permanent, too. (I mean, again I get that the AMA gig isn't permanent as in forever; any job can end at any time. I'm not ignoring that.)

You won't have to print pdfs and rescan? Ok, only "bright side" I can think of.

I had a decent size to-do list for work this morning and I've accomplished them all. Not that they are 100% complete, more that I've done as much as I can and I'm awaiting responses from others. I blew what motivation I had getting this far and now I just wanna go read a book.