No Work Today

[rolanni]

I'd been hoping to pick up some extra hours, but the workforce hotline reported that everything was under control without me. So, I stayed at home and wrote in between doing the laundry.

The morning run of writing was mostly research, and then a rewrite of what I'm presently calling chapter four, to incorporate what I'd learned. The afternoon session broke new ground, and set up the entrance of a character I'm dying to play with, so I'm pleased.

Mozart went to the vet yesterday and has new medicine for his eye. Four applications later, it's looking markedly better. Color me relieved.

Dulsey and Scrabble were in the same room for hours today and nobody got killed, or even all that upset. Progress.

Need to make some notes for tomorrow's chapter -- at the moment I'm doing 1 scene=1 chapter, which will doubtless need to be addressed at a later point, but which is working well for me now -- and do a couple more chores. Then, a shower and a lazy evening curled up on the couch reading in my warm and decadent new robe.

Doesn't get any better than this.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Does this mean that you got the job at the call-in center? Cool! I was wondering how the interview went.

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was me. Thought I was logged in.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Actually, no; I didn't get the job. Didn't even get the first face-to-face interview. Lack of "current" (i.e. verifiable within the last five years) work history. Freelance writer and woman of all work for SRM Publisher not counting. Sooooo, what I'm doing right now is a seasonal customer service gig with LLBean.

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Grrrrrrrr. They be idjits.

Sorry to hear it, but at least LL Bean has half a brain (seasonal).

Perhaps this is an argument for incorporating. At least that way you can say you work for a company that is not you. Sorta.

[(Anonymous)]

So what's the chance we'll get you if we call? I usually order online, but I'd make an exception.

Next topic: Do your cats name themselves or do you pick names? By naming themselves, I mean that their delightful personalities reveal their names.

One of these days I need to get a LiveJournal account.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

So what's the chance we'll get you if we call?

Well, let's do the math...

Four call centers @ +/- 300 people per shift, two shifts per center = Not a Really Good Chance of Getting One Particular Person on the Line.

Do your cats name themselves or do you pick names?

Depends. Mozart was five when he moved in with us and knew his name, so we kept it. Max! knew his name, too, though we did add the exclamation point. Someone with an underused classical education named Scrabble "Titania" when she was checked into the Cat Orphanage; this was changed by staff to "Scribbles," adjusted by her work-study supervisor to "Scrabbles," and adjusted one more time at her permanent placement, because she didn't answer to anything anyway and "Scrabble" was a reasonable name for a cat living with writers. She now does answer to her name.

Kodi arrived bearing the burden of "Felicia." She didn't answer to it. After a few days of observation, we realized that she looked exactly like a tiny bear, so we named her Kodiak, shifting "Felicia" to the middle (Kodi's full name was Kodiak Felicia Browne). She answered to both Kodi and Kodiak. Felicia never even got the flick of an ear from her.

'Patia was tagged "Sgetti-O" when we adopted her. Reasonably enough, she didn't answer to that. It took some days, but she finally revealed to us that her name was Hypatia.

Archie named himself -- he was always into something, so I named him after Archie Goodwin, in the Nero Wolfe books.

We named Dulsey long-distance, after input from her kitten home. It's working out well so far, but in general I like to at least meet the person before I go trying to name them.

Half-way to an article?

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Now that you've got the anecdotes, add a bit more verbiage and send it off to the cat journals! I'd enjoy reading about how to name a cat, wouldn't you?

Thanks!