Takin' Care of Bizness

[triedunture]

Grumpy T has been grumpy, I decided, because work has lately been very stressful and very pressure-rific. That's fine; I like being busy. But if I'm going to come home at 8 every night, worn out and exhausted, I'd like to be making enough money to live on. So I decided I need to ask for a raise.

Tricky, yes, and I know money doesn't make you happy. But I would feel more comfortable if I could 1) afford to eat every day and 2) was acknowledged for my accomplishments. Also, my work lately has consisted mostly of saving other people's bacon, and that is getting old. I'm tired of being the Miracle-Worker. I can only pull so many Hail Marys out of my ass, you know?

Anyway, Bossman preempted me on that front! He sat me down and told me to close the door, and at first I thought I was gonna get canned, but it was good news. He wants to start using our powers for good, not evil, and I am all for that. Bottom line: we're hoping I'll start working on serious interactive projects of our own design instead of being called in on clean up for problem clients. Finally!

So I said, Bossman, is this a good time to ask Big Bossman about money, you think?

And Bossman said yeah, if we can sell these services instead of the old traditional stuff, then I should totes make more coin. Hallelujah! So that's all good news. It's good to know Bossman feels my pain. Though I suppose I haven't exactly been quiet about my recent displeasure. We've been having a sort of passive-aggressive battle of wills, mostly over the fact that he has a new iPhone and I can't afford to buy the $98 G1 from Amazon.

Other things that are happening: the SAGE history project was supposed to get going this month, but none of the elders has volunteered to be interviewed. :[ Whatever! We're just going to infiltrate their cookie-and-coffee meetings and force them to talk to us.

*shoves microphone into an old man's face* TELL ME ABOUT STONEWALL, DAMMIT.

The other men who're working on the project said today that maybe we should write up something regarding our first proto-interview, you know, to give people an idea of what the project is about. I timidly offered to e-mail them the scribblings I'd done in that vein (those of you on the flocked filter have perhaps read this). And the guys just seemed so...amazingly impressed? Like, they said they were certain it was going to be great, because I was great, and everything I did was great. At first I thought they were putting me on (Barry especially is a bit of a sarcastic old sassy) but then I realized they...meant it.

Geez, I'm kind of tearing up. That's so queer of me.

I mean, I didn't think these guys knew me that well. And they certainly haven't ever read any of my work. Except for the notes I take at meetings, which, sure, are very organized and complete. But they just had such faith in me. For no real good reason that I could see except, I guess, maybe, they liked me.

After such a shitty few weeks, that felt really good.

But! Now I have to reread what I wrote after that first interview and maybe clean it up a bit. I'm sure that if they like that direction, we'll need to make some tough decisions about the tone and voice of the individual interviews. I'll have to steel myself for criticism, because I want this project to be the best it can be, and that means working together and fixing flaws I can't see.

*nod nod*

Hey, this has enough writing info to make a case for a writing tag, huh? I will add that.

Night, sweet peaches! You are all lovely, because you all believe in me without ever having met me for the most part, and that's pretty special too.

Comments

[clairefry.livejournal.com]

<3

[ladynina1.livejournal.com]

Kudos on the work thing..everyone deserves to be give coinage equal to the work they put in!! And more cheers for the 'project news'...when it has more of a form to it I would love to read an excerpt from one of the interviews. I have always liked hearing elder's stories about life 'back in the days'. My grandmother was the first in her circle to bob her hair back in the mid 20's and she was married in a blood red velvet slinky dress..she was quite a spitfire back in her youth (and even when she was a little grey old lady, she was heavily into Guns and Roses)
I love reading the pieces you share with us..esp, your J/W stuff! yumyum...:)

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Woo, go you!

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

Because you're AMAZING!

[georgeodowd.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the recognition at work! If you're half as awesome at doing your job as you are at writing J&W, you definitely deserve a raise. :3

[emeraldreeve.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Best wishes!

[niektete.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hope you get the raise! Of course everything isn't about money, but let's be splendid about this for just one noble moment - you need moolah to live in this world ^^

[starpanties.livejournal.com]

That's awesome, T! Way to go!

*does a dance of joy*

[recrudescence.livejournal.com]

Good for you. =)

[hwshipper.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the coinage! And great to hear more about the SAGE thing, I wondered what happened with that.

[lady529.livejournal.com]

Yayness and rejoicing all around <3

The Lady 529

[starlingthefool.livejournal.com]

Awesome! You deserve to be paid for being awesome. *decisive nod* I'm glad life ain't quite so hard at the moment for you.