Saturday, August 21, 2010

Busy, Busy, Busy

Man, i've been busier than i've ever have been in the past. not finding time to blog as much as i'd like to. hopefully this just means the quality of it kicks up a notch because the quantity is definitely lacking. i have some good ones in store that i'm waiting to unleash but i don't want to rush them. i'm never satisfied with my posts when i rush them, well i'm not satisfied when i don't rush them either but the satisfaction exceeds that of the rushed ones. you know what i'm sayin'.



so i've been working a hell of a lot more which is good but it comes with set backs like posting less and i've taken a pay cut to work the morning shift so i can still have a social life. those cheques get a lot smaller and the savings dwindle because i go out after work on an almost daily basis. it's summer though right? gotta enjoy it while it's here. i miss watching movies all the time but i get to read at work, in fact i don't even read at home anymore. so there's the pros and cons of work right now. boring, boring, boring, boring... moving on...



THE FUNDRAISER! now before we get all excited about that exclamation mark, let me clarify that the punctuation mark represents a little bitterness for me. the whole process has somewhat soured me from wanting to do it again next year. i didn't think it would be easy but it's definitely harder than i thought it would be. well, not harder either, more like frustrating and stressful. there's not much to it really, the hardest part, the only hard part is getting people on board. ya, i know, you thought that would be the easy part. IT'S NOT! stressing, stressing, stressing, stressing... can't move on...


of course, getting close friends to come and buy tickets is not the problem. it's when you're reaching for the other ones where this becomes tricky. you definitely have to hustle and convince and harass and sell and then hustle and convince and harass and sell. you get a lot of "ya, i'll come." but in no way is that a concrete "yes". that usually just means "leave me alone, if i have nothing better to do, i might come." i'm a pretty "happy go lucky", "go with the flow" type of guy so hustling, convincing, harassing and selling isn't really in my repertoire. one of my friends on the other hand isn't having much problem at all. the guy can seriously shoot the shit with the best of them. i was with him one day, stressed about selling tickets and he got on the phone and sold like 5 in 5 minutes. i don't have it in me to chase people and bother them. i was naive in thinking people would just call me and ask for tickets. only 1 person, YES 1 PERSON! called me without me having to call first, asking for tickets.... and that was just yesterday, after about a month of promoting. now i realize i'm being a baby considering the eventual good that is to come from all this but dammit, can't things just fall into my lap!?!?!? the air on this page is getting stuffy with grievance. annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying... moving on...



i'm going through major life changes at this point and embarking on scary experiences that i know not how to handle. i will stress, i will learn, i will evolve, i will write, i will de-stress. i will stress, i will learn, i will evolve, i will write, i will de-stress. evolving, evolving, evolving, evolving... let's move on...

3 comments:

  1. Hey there busy guy. It is hard when people just don't feel what we feel about a project. I am no good at sales either. I don't want my friends to dread my calls. There is a reason PR companies exist. It is so hard to get something like this going. Often it takes years of small functions before it starts to improve with a bigger attendance. I don't know if you are planning a yearly event or not.
    It is a good cause and anything that you can do to better the chances of a change are worth it. People always say that they will come and then they bail. Makes me so mad.
    I think night shifts are unhealthy. Bad for your brain. Lets see how your writing changes when you are back among the day people.
    Major life changes...hmmmm. Evolution is a good thing.

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  2. Right after I left here I saw this and thought of you.
    "Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!" (Dr. Seuss)

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  3. thanks, lori. i really don't wanna do it again next year but that would be pretty selfish of me, woulndn't it? i think i'm just gonna wait and see if ppl ask me to or ask about it or if more ppl offer help. i don't know, don't really wanna think about it now, we'll see next year.

    great seuss quote! im coming with some heat next time. expect another installment to the evolution series!

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