Comments on brown bread ice cream: I Just Need to Vent

Hi CC, Ack, been crazy busy but promise to go over...

2006-05-19T13:05:00.000+09:00

Hi CC,

Ack, been crazy busy but promise to go over to your blog and find out what all those mystic remarks about marriage meant... sooon...

I'm not a freelance writer. Please, girl (?)(I am assuming you're a girl, cause this blog don't seem to get any male readers), if I were a writer, um... I don't think... Okay, I don't even know what I'm trying to write, but, no, I'm definitely not a writer. See, witness my inability to write, right there.

I'm a freelance editor, and I got into it basically by writing to people and asking them if they need stuff edited. Very professional and all.

from Rachel

Somehow, hearing about marriage and vows and being...

2006-05-17T00:25:00.000+09:00

Somehow, hearing about marriage and vows and being part of a couple, seem related to my blog abt a horrendous call I received today from someone's wife. Before you get huffy, no I ain't no third fourth or fifth party to anyone's marriage. I ain't done nuffink!

Also, I was just wondering, how do you do freelance writing?

As for invite thingie, yeah that sucks. It is too ingrained in us that you only attend a wedding if your name is on the card. And it is uber rude to send a card to a man without extending it to his wife.

Hi e, Thanks for the anger on my behalf at that ho...

2006-05-15T13:16:00.000+09:00

Hi e,
Thanks for the anger on my behalf at that horrible NY editor. I know, I don't know how she'd be able to hang up the phone after doing that to someone and blithely continue with her day.

Yes, people are always telling me I should get a more stable job, but unfortunately freelancing suits my current lifestyle best, and so I shouldn't really be complaining.

Hi Lynn,
Yep, you went through pretty much what I am right now, complete with powdery dust and everything.

Hi Jaime,
I know you will never be one of those people... But who knows? Maybe after a few years, you get jaded, you realize "That's life," and you find yourself having to lie and string people along because otherwise business wouldn't run smoothly? Maybe none of us yet fully understands what goes on on "the other side."

That would be pretty annoying, to have someone add a date to your guest list and then not show up. Presumptuous, selfish, and uncaring.

from Rachel

Ouch! Sorry to hear that things suck at the moment...

2006-05-13T01:21:00.000+09:00

Ouch! Sorry to hear that things suck at the moment.

When I was first in DC I had like three people tell me after job interviews that they would definately 'call me to decide on my start date' only to dissapear into god knows where never to be heard from again. I have sworn that I will never be one of those people.

The wedding thing is weird. At our wedding we invited one person - he resoponded and scribbled that he would be bringing a guest - neither him nor his guest ever showed up but we still had to pay for their meals. If you want to get even with the un-friendly non-invitors I highly recommend hid strategy...it sure as hell pissed me off!

Good luck

Oh Rachel, I totally understand your craving for l...

2006-05-13T00:50:00.000+09:00

Oh Rachel, I totally understand your craving for light. Remember that damn building construction next to my apt? I never knew if it was sunny or cloudy either!

but strange about the wedding invitation though. I could understand if he didn't know you, but heck he was the best man at your wedding you said?

Hey Rachel !Oh i feel for you! Hear hear! God read...

2006-05-12T17:50:00.000+09:00

Hey Rachel !
Oh i feel for you! Hear hear! God reading your story about that editor up in NY, just makes me mad. How can people live with themselves like that? Where has all the professionalism and heart gone to?
I don't really like freelance work when it is my "main" work. Have you thought about working somewhere else in addition to your current freelance position?
Strange about the wedding invites being addressed just to your husband. Comes across a bit rude, if you ask me. But maybe the husband's name is the "unit of measurement for the entire family".
zen zen shirahen!
E