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Fuck me, I haven't updated since Saturday?!
Well, there is a reason for it. A boring, dumb mundane reason, but a reason, and that is work. I tried to cram in every last moment (stupid February with its missing days!) before having to invoice at midnight tonight. And granted...I'm getting exactly $979.08 out of it, two hundred of that from today alone (God bless you, Stargate SG-1 DVD commentaries).
Too bad that's all going to pay taxes (no, I'm not kidding).
But anyway, not bad, for only eight day's work. And really, even accounting for getting into hot water with my own procrastinating habits, all averaged out I didn't work more than six or seven hours a day. I've been keeping track (mostly).
Not the best financial situation, of course, but better than I was doing before. Certainly, this hotel + typing is going to be nice, once I get set up for it.
And can I say how much I love the idea of production-pay versus salary/hourly? Sure, in the office I might have been able to do a minimum and then goof off on the clock, but that also meant that it was impossible to earn more than a set amount every paycheck. Pay me by the line and I have charge of my own financial destiny, so to speak. While there are limits to how much I can physically type over a certain period of time, they're limits that I get to set for myself, not the government. If I need a stack of cash fast - or at least, in the next three weeks, I can work extra hard and get paid extra hard. The limitation is only my personal endurance!
Sorry. *cough* I'm just totally delighted by the invoice I'm sending in, by the fact that I didn't have to drive anywhere in traffic, that I didn't have to dress for work, that I didn't have to spend money for lunches out, that I didn't have to be anywhere at a certain time, so long as the work was done by deadline.
However, my LJ rather suffered, I think, both in both timely updating and content. Well...I'll figure out something to put on Saturday and Sunday. I mean, I did vague other things besides type. I read a book and scowled at it, and such. I want to talk about Battlestar Galactica. I want to finish that Thing's I've Done That You Might Not Have meme.
But, as I have just typed about 55 pages and over 10,000 words in the last four hours, I can't really type more, even for LJ. I'm taking a few days off of transcription - I'll type LJ stuff then.
Well, there is a reason for it. A boring, dumb mundane reason, but a reason, and that is work. I tried to cram in every last moment (stupid February with its missing days!) before having to invoice at midnight tonight. And granted...I'm getting exactly $979.08 out of it, two hundred of that from today alone (God bless you, Stargate SG-1 DVD commentaries).
Too bad that's all going to pay taxes (no, I'm not kidding).
But anyway, not bad, for only eight day's work. And really, even accounting for getting into hot water with my own procrastinating habits, all averaged out I didn't work more than six or seven hours a day. I've been keeping track (mostly).
Not the best financial situation, of course, but better than I was doing before. Certainly, this hotel + typing is going to be nice, once I get set up for it.
And can I say how much I love the idea of production-pay versus salary/hourly? Sure, in the office I might have been able to do a minimum and then goof off on the clock, but that also meant that it was impossible to earn more than a set amount every paycheck. Pay me by the line and I have charge of my own financial destiny, so to speak. While there are limits to how much I can physically type over a certain period of time, they're limits that I get to set for myself, not the government. If I need a stack of cash fast - or at least, in the next three weeks, I can work extra hard and get paid extra hard. The limitation is only my personal endurance!
Sorry. *cough* I'm just totally delighted by the invoice I'm sending in, by the fact that I didn't have to drive anywhere in traffic, that I didn't have to dress for work, that I didn't have to spend money for lunches out, that I didn't have to be anywhere at a certain time, so long as the work was done by deadline.
However, my LJ rather suffered, I think, both in both timely updating and content. Well...I'll figure out something to put on Saturday and Sunday. I mean, I did vague other things besides type. I read a book and scowled at it, and such. I want to talk about Battlestar Galactica. I want to finish that Thing's I've Done That You Might Not Have meme.
But, as I have just typed about 55 pages and over 10,000 words in the last four hours, I can't really type more, even for LJ. I'm taking a few days off of transcription - I'll type LJ stuff then.
