Thursday, September 13th, 2007

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4:00p	Days Off and On Yesterday was my day off, though it's increasingly laughable to use that nomenclature -- I worked from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., barely stopping to eat, so there wasn't much "off" about it. Freelance work in the morning, then various administrivia and household chores and errands and such for the rest of the day. I didn't even touch my copyedits to Poison Sleep, which landed on my doorstep yesterday afternoon, nor did I do layout on the next issue of Flytrap, which I'd really like to finish before the sudden arrival of a baby makes such work implausible if not impossible. My to-do list is mighty and long, but I knocked a few hunks out of it yesterday, at least. I soldier on. Have I mentioned I'll be at Conjecture at the end of the month? September 28-30 in San Diego. I will certainly be on some panels, and, I hope, doing a reading. I said I was willing to do three panels over the course of the weekend. They asked if I'd be willing to do six. I think we might have compromised on four, but we'll see what my schedule says when it arrives. If I could get away with it, I'd just do a reading, but panels are the lifesblood of conventions. I don't mind doing panels, really, I just don't enjoy them the way I enjoy readings, and I don't think I'm particularly good panelist. Anyway, it's right around the time my novel comes out, and the weekend of my anniversary (the two actually coincide), and also probably the only airplane trip we're likely to take for a while, what with impending parenthood. Should be fun. (4 Comments | Comment on this)
11:24p	Gotta Go To Work Snatched from all over. 1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/ 2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark. 3. Take their “Career Matchmaker” questions. 4. Post the top umpty results: The careers I’ve worked in are bold. Careers I've considered (if only during irrational moments in college) are italicized. (This was actually kind of scarily accurate.) Desktop Publisher Cartoonist / Comic Illustrator (the utter lack of drawing/drafting skills is a drawback) Animator Writer Critic Market Research Analyst Print Journalist Medical Illustrator Translator (I'm actually quite bad with foreign languages) Political Aide Activist Graphic Designer (I love this kind of work, but being color blind meant I couldn't seriously pursue it) Artist Computer Animator Anthropologist Editor Archivist Casting Director Comedian (yes, I considered this, in, like, high school, but back then I had stage fright. Also: not funny enough.) Health Records Professional Historian Composer Musician (shut up. I was an almost-competent bass player!) Public Relations Specialist Website Designer (sadly, yes, because I was the most web-savvy person in the company. I made this website, many years ago, though it's changed a bit. I quickly realized web design was not the job for me.) Communications Specialist Public Policy Analyst Actor Fashion Designer Criminologist (!!!) Special Effects Technician Costume Designer Interior Designer Potter (tempting. But do potters get health insurance? Hmmm.) Craftsperson (I like how generic this one is.) Medical Secretary Set Designer Postal Clerk Industrial Designer Technical Writer I'm surprised it doesn't mention advertising copywriter, which I'm very temperamentally suited to, except for the whole part where it makes me feel like my soul is dissolving. (2 Comments | Comment on this)

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