May 11, 2002
I'm up super-late again,
I'm up super-late again, but luckily, I can sleep in tomorrow! And maybe finally get over this cold that has been annoying me all week. I'm not really sick - it's a pretty wimpy cold (DO NOT TAUNT ME says the germ) but it's just been slow-moving and a constant annoyance.Graph news - I'm above the blue line for the third time so far. I won't break my record, but there might be a chance I'll break it next week. I've got a busy week next week - projects for two clients will be launching, and I'll also be interviewing for another client.
Evidently things are speeding up in Portland - agencies are getting busy again. Good news. I've been asked to do something for a rate that is smack-dab in the middle between my two current clients (one is way too low, and I consider the other one reasonable). They say that to figure your 1099 rate, you should take your W-2 rate and add 20% or so. This one's more like 50%. So I'm torn. I'll find out more next week. On the other hand, it will make me eligible for their group health insurance rates and their 401k stuff.
So, how about that pipe bomber who wanted to make a map of a smiley
face? Aside from the pain and terror and injuries (yada yada yada),
isn't there something intriguing about that? Just on a conceptual
level. I bet any day now someone over at Salon will come up with
some insightful literary essay about it all... maybe even use the
king of all words that don't mean anything except to say "look at me I'm
pretentious and only I know what I mean but you should feel like you're
SUPPOSED to", 'post-modern' - although lately I get the feeling that
using 'post-modern' is a bit passe. Maybe it's neo-post-modern now.
Posted by Curt at May 11, 2002 03:37 AM