Things that suck.
Dec. 13th, 2003 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Well, good days, bad days, ickier days.
This week I was out of work at Intuit thursday and friday with a nasty head cold that really had me worn down. Normally I -like- being out sick, because at least I can watch TV, if I can't focus on work. I couldn't even focus on the TV. Nappage just was NOT happening either. Grump.
I managed to rally enough to prep for
catya's Dance, which went off splendiferously, though mighty tiring.
This morning we went over to
ghislaine and
agaran's house for a joint birthday party for Steph and Sarah - that was a lot of fun, and we stayed til about 2. Cat ended up leaving for an afternoon engagement, so me, Zach, Sarah, Langdon, Dwight, and Alex ended up heading out to go BOWLING! Yes, that sport I've been saying I've wanted to do more of, and finally got an afternoon of. Zach had a blast, hurling that 7lb chunk of whatever it is with great abandon. I top-scored at 157, which is 'eh' for me, but makes me go "Okay, I remember this... I should do more."
Unfortunately, in the midst of the party, I got a phone call from the VC fellow we've been working with - I hastily threw on my coat and stepped outside, and had a nice 20 minute chat. The upshot is... he's not funding us. So, now I'm faced with no direct job prospect come Feb 1st, when I finish up with Intuit.
I'll have to start shaking other trees now, and possibly change out funding model if I really want to do this full time.
I'm pretty wiped about it. I'm taking my normal track for these thigns, which is to get really down on it, and start DOING SOMETHING! I basically have to focus on 'completeing' something, just so I get my own worth in, if that makes any sense. This time it's cleaning my room. I have a decent workspace up there, desk, computer, nice arrangement, but it's gotten totally piled under with clothing and -crud-. I'm going to finish converting that back to functional space, and get a workstaiton running there. Hopefully that'll be done early tomorrow morning, so I can do some fiddling and get soem code checked in tomorrow.
What happens after that? I have no idea. It's hard shopping for a job 7 weeks out, most contracting agencies don't work that way, and I feel that shopping a Real Job for that time is giving up on my own business.
I need someone to basically hire me to work on Stonekeep stuff for 2 months. I think that's all I'd need. Heck, $50k cash infusion into the business could keep me working for 4-5 months, with buildup, at which point I'm -sure- I'd have enough business to keep me going.
*sigh*
This week I was out of work at Intuit thursday and friday with a nasty head cold that really had me worn down. Normally I -like- being out sick, because at least I can watch TV, if I can't focus on work. I couldn't even focus on the TV. Nappage just was NOT happening either. Grump.
I managed to rally enough to prep for
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This morning we went over to
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Unfortunately, in the midst of the party, I got a phone call from the VC fellow we've been working with - I hastily threw on my coat and stepped outside, and had a nice 20 minute chat. The upshot is... he's not funding us. So, now I'm faced with no direct job prospect come Feb 1st, when I finish up with Intuit.
I'll have to start shaking other trees now, and possibly change out funding model if I really want to do this full time.
I'm pretty wiped about it. I'm taking my normal track for these thigns, which is to get really down on it, and start DOING SOMETHING! I basically have to focus on 'completeing' something, just so I get my own worth in, if that makes any sense. This time it's cleaning my room. I have a decent workspace up there, desk, computer, nice arrangement, but it's gotten totally piled under with clothing and -crud-. I'm going to finish converting that back to functional space, and get a workstaiton running there. Hopefully that'll be done early tomorrow morning, so I can do some fiddling and get soem code checked in tomorrow.
What happens after that? I have no idea. It's hard shopping for a job 7 weeks out, most contracting agencies don't work that way, and I feel that shopping a Real Job for that time is giving up on my own business.
I need someone to basically hire me to work on Stonekeep stuff for 2 months. I think that's all I'd need. Heck, $50k cash infusion into the business could keep me working for 4-5 months, with buildup, at which point I'm -sure- I'd have enough business to keep me going.
*sigh*
Ah crap!
Date: 2003-12-14 04:35 am (UTC)