What's on Your Mind

[BlueStar]

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

[palbert]

What toppings for pizza tonight

[LJay]

Spinach, artichokes, asiago, olives and onions, of course.

[Lambert]

I can't believe I did that

[CellarDweller]

trying to rememeber where I put my work ID.

[ShiftyNJ]

I worked at a huge art event last week. I did my thing in one of the rooms while other things happened all through the night. I was just a small adjunct to the big event, but the museum folks said I did a great job, and were very happy with how it all worked out.

The next day, I was asked by an online publication if I would write a blog about working the event. So I wrote a longish piece about the event, what I did, and how it all fit together. The person wrote back saying they loved the piece. "That's exactly what I was hoping for!" Then he asked if I could send a picture of me with the main artist to run with the piece I had written. I wrote back and said "Actually, I don't have a picture with the artist. In fact, I hardly saw the artist at all." He wrote back and said the piece wasn't worth running without a photo, so that's that, I guess. I wish he'd told me that before so I could've skipped writing this long thing.

Lex

Ugh. They couldn't contact the artist or their publicist for a photo?

Some of these people are too much. I have allowed some things I've written to be republished by other blogs and they really do expect you to jump through hoops so that they can re-use your work for free.

[ShiftyNJ]

I'm supposed to go to the office today, and I really don't want to.

[BlueStar]

What goes around, comes around.

[CellarDweller]

[ShiftyNJ]

Two things:

I heard a great quote during some corporate training (and I think I will post something about this guy in an appropriate category if there is one). He is a public school teacher in the Bronx whose kids build hydroponic gardens and green roofs in the inner city. Anyway the quote is "I'm not here to accept the things I cannot change. I'm here to change the things I cannot accept!"

The other is: If you lift weights and own a truck, you will become in demand as a pack mule. I'm pretty selective as to whom I say "yes" because it is not how I wish to spend all of my time.