I’m trying to write here every day, so pardon the rambling. It’s official: I will be writing a real, live ARTICLE for Centerstage. Can I get a woot-woot! I’m writing a virtual L tour guide. 1200 words about an L stop near Jay’s old apartment, so I’m actually familiar with the area. (In case you think a suburban girl isn’t qualified.) Unfortunately, it’s due Sunday, which means waking up early on Saturday and staying up late on Sunday, because we’re also planning on going to the Bulls game and Cubs game this weekend.
Also, I had an epiphany yesterday regarding what kind of jewelry to wear with my wedding dress. (Is it just me, or does all wedding talk come out a bit treacly and gross? Oh well.) Anyway, my mom’s friend does beading (or whatever you call the art of stringing together necklaces), and she was going to make me something out of swarovski crystals. So I was looking on ebay for some inspiration about what I wanted, and I kept coming back to vintage-y 2- or 3- strands of graduated round crystal beads. And then it hit me: My grandma had a necklace just like that. And my mom has it in her jewelry box! So there you have it. I will be wearing my grandma’s vintage crystal beads. So perfect, it makes me want to puke. Am I right?
The aforementioned links from Centerstage.net:
3 Penny Cinema
Field Museum
The word on the street is that I may progress to something slightly more than just writing venue reviews for Centerstage, but it’s all still purely theoretical.
Also, in case you have some time to waste, here’s a page of links to articles I’ve written for Pagewise.com (otherwise known as the Buying a Spring Wardrobe Project): my author page. The articles so far are only travel-related, but I’ve got some other ones waiting to be published. (I know you can’t wait to read “How to remove candle wax from carpet.”) I made $135 in March on these things! Plus I brushed up on my speed writing skills. I’ve got it down to the point where I can write one article in about an hour and a half. My goal is to whittle it down to less than an hour.
Feeling a litte crappy today due in part to Daylight Savings Time, and also in part to the fact that part of my brain is trying to escape my head through my extreme upper forehead. Thanks to the wonders of adult acne, half of my forehead is all swollen. Not the Quasimodo swollen that my brother had years ago, where he had to go to the hospital and go on an IV drip of antibiotics so that the infection wouldn’t spread to his brain and optic nerve, but you can bet I’m keeping a close eye on this… I’m pretty sure that it looks like a normal blemish to anyone who is not as familiar with my face as I am, but I know it’s there, and it’s freaking me out.
Claire at MBToolbox admits that her boss doesn’t know about her freelancing, her blog, or her MBToolbox gig. Uh….Wow. I’d guess it’s only a matter of time. Not like that’s a super common name or anything.
Yikes. The admission that she blogs from work makes me CRINGE. If you have enough time to blog from work, you should be taking on more responsibilities at work. Not that I want to be “The Man” here, but I do believe in the concept of time theft, and that’s a pretty ballsy admission for someone who’s relatively well known in the (not going to say it… not going to say it) blogosphere (ugh, gross). I’m not even using her last name in this post, because I don’t want any part of this potential train wreck.
I haven’t blogged from work (except for on my lunch hour, and even that’s a little dicey) since I was fired for it almost 4 years ago. My boss found out about my blog, and I wasn’t getting anywhere near the traffic that Claire gets. (OK, I’m blogging from work right now, but I already put in my 2 weeks notice, so my workload is quickly dwindling.) I do not expect to blog from work at my new job, and in fact, I doubt I’ll even use my lunch hours to blog. We’ll see how the culture is there, but I signed an agreement that said I wouldn’t do personal business on their time or equipment, and I meant it. Blogging is fun and all, but ya’ gotta pay the bills, you know?
At any rate, I hope Claire has a back-up plan, because that’s one secret that is bursting to get out into the open…
