2004-12-03 - 1:10 p.m.

damnit.
i have got to find a cheaper group of friends to hang out with.
i keep on forgetting the moulas is not going to fall off of trees for me.
bah.
i just lost an assignment to another writer, but i got the world's nicest rejection letter ever. he said i was a "fantastic" writer! holy cow!
and then he said that the piece was going to be on a very short time line and that he didn't want to stress a first-time writer for his publication, but that he'd like to work with me sooner rather than later and pitched me another story that i like a lot, so maybe that will pan out.
in the meantime, i'm pitching kate siber on something. isn't that funny, the way these things work? i mean, good grief, it makes me very happy that we've stayed friends over the years--and that we weathered the breakup between me and her brother!--but more importanlty, it just cements the notion that i'll never ever treat anyone with less respect than i would expect--especially another writer, even if that person has the potential to poach a story from me.
clearly that's on my mind lately. anyway. it's better to not be selfish, i've found. if you help people they'll help you eventually, that's the way it goes.
yesterday i went to the mercer hotel with friends and blew a wad of cash, and then we went to dinner. i am poor, poor, poor. silly me.
and today i have to go into town again. bah! what was i thinking?
in other news, a good friend of mine who has been pondering divorce forever is taking the leap. i'm very proud of him, as it would have been easier all around given him personality to just keep muddling through and not be bothered with all the icky stuff, but he's done the right thing.
hmmm.
i wanted to go to the museum yesterday but i didn't get a chance to and now i am not at all inclined to go anywhere. very very drained today, for some reason. i've lost all my mo'!
oh well. more tomorrow. saturday. am hoping to do something fun tomorrow. maybe jim and i will go trail running. or actually...i should go swim. hmm.

 

 

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