Now infinitely better after slobbing out in front of the TV watching Jurassic Park and eating pizza. Felt about 9 years old cos I still jumped when the velociraptors were doing their thing. Had to watch it whilst peering over my book so I didn't get too involved. Am a wuss. Still, my utter patheticness did mean that I finished reading Getting Personal. Had a really nice twist that was very unexpected for a chick-lit book.
Spent the rest of the day surfing around Ryze - a really good networking organisation. Have already met some interesting people through it. Was introduced to it by a friend who runs Mbites - a daily tech/media newsletter (although he's on holiday at the moment which is really annoying cos I miss the easy fix of news ariving in my inbox every morning so I don't need to surf for it)
Realised how horribly addicted to the internet I was when I found myself changing the screen settings on my computer so I could see who'd emailed me from the comfort of the couch, thus not needing to waste my time getting up to read spam. Although that could be a symptom of the general laziness that was running through my veins today.
Not beating myself up about spending the day doing bugger all cos I was working till 4am on Thursday so it kind of evens out. Did my first bit of ghost writing. Weird concept. You wouldn't get it in any other profession; factory workers sending someone else into work to do their job: "Yes, I know you hired me but I don't have the time so I've got Fred to fill in for me and I'm giving him a cut of the cash" Was fun to write though - although a 24 hour deadline and *very* open brief with no previous examples to work from meant it was 'challenging'. They liked what I did though, so looks like it's going to be a regular fixture.
Getting paid to write is ace.
Posted by emilyd at July 28, 2002 12:32 AM