My emotional accounts are overdrawn. Went from the MIL wanting everything from me, to everyone else using me up. Three candidates, my parents, my parent's old dog, my brother and his wife, the Library. It all feels too much. I had a fantastic inspiration last week on how to make a novel I've written for years work and it is great. But it is fading as everyone else takes my time. The things I love always fall to the wayside for the things everyone else wants me to do. I worked all day on lit for candidates, while preparing the guest room, cooking dinner, cleaning, laundry, getting the house back together from the MIL visit, entertaining and taking care of a decrept dog who spent from 5am to 8am whimpering for no apparent reason other than to drive me to tears and keep me from sleeping.
The candidates don't understand the rule that you can have two of these things, but not three: Something done cheap, something done fast, or something done well. And they give backhanded complements like "you've done a great job of CAPTURING MY CONCEPT AND IDEAS." Nice, huh? No amount self absorption there -would want to give a complement without taking credit for the whole piece because that would not serve herself. Everyone I've let see that email wince and ask me why I would work for people like that. And that candidate also said "we need to start a business" and "we could offer our services next year to some folks but that will remain to be discussed." Oh yes, I'm sure she'd like that - I would do all the work, at the last minute because she can't plan any other way, and she would take all the credit. Like the joke says "What's this WE, white man!"
Monday, October 15, 2007
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I am sorry, Ipsissimus. Thank you for sharing your talents with my candidate.
Love,
Shameless
Don't be silly - I wouldn't volunteer if I didn't want to do it! It was just a bad week for everyone to come at me all at once. She is annoying, but I do enjoy the graphic design.
And you are damn good at it!
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