Meeting Roxy

Hey, Everyone!

Here's a very dimly-lit picture of me with Roxy "Balboa" Richardson:Roxy owns Roxy Fit Gym and is a Women's Muay Thai champ! I wrote about her in the Official blog for work...

I'd been in contact with her all week online, because of work, and I really, really wanted to meet her. I'm happy I did.

I regret not being able to see her put on her live demonstration though! You see, there was a Live Event for Champions of Champions Elite last night and there was going to be live Muay Thai demonstrations, contests, giveaways, and everyone was going to watch the Kings Cup. However, it was very unorganized. They told us (Ramiro & me) that it was going to start at 6pm. Then, the day before or so they said that it had been pushed back to 7pm. "No problem," we thought. We'd get there a little before 7pm and leave a little after 9pm and everything should be roses! We'd get to see all the fun stuff (the live demo) and get the gist of the Kings Cup show and leave before my blood sugar went wacky and get home before our cats started having anxiety attacks about our being gone so long (they've been having trouble adjusting to us having full-time jobs--Ziggy in particular has been going through some pretty bad separation anxiety).

Sadly, when we left a little after 9pm, the event hadn't even STARTED yet. Plus, none of my friends showed up... We were very disappointed. We hope it got really awesome after we left!! They were supposed to get it on tape, so I guess we'll see it once that gets put up online. But it's just not the same as seeing it in person, you know? :\

Still, I'm glad I briefly got to meet Roxy. :)

Well, I have to go for now. This is the day we go buy groceries for the rest of the week.

Until next time...

--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com

Follow Your Dreams

Hey, Everyone!

I've been getting quite a few people asking me lately how I went from this......to a steady paycheck earning, full-time writer (my dream job), in less than a year.

I'm going to answer that question in two parts.

Part One: How I got the job I have right now

Basically, I put an ad up for myself on Craig's List--who I am and what writing services I offer. The ad linked to my official webpage. The talent scout(?) from the Production company I now work for was looking for writers, found my ad, went to my webpage and from there...went to THIS blog (yes, the one you're reading right now!) and fell in love with it. Next thing I know, I'm being offered a job! So, that's how I got the job I have currently. I got very very lucky.

Part Two: How I was getting writing jobs before that happened...

Textbroker, Fiverr, Craig's List, my Official webpage, this blog, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, hitting up friends/family/local businesses/anyone else I thought might need my writing services...

But, the most important thing: I went after jobs. I sought them out and made them happen. YOU CANNOT JUST SIT AROUND AND WAIT FOR JOBS TO COME TO YOU! You can do that after you've made a name for yourself--but you're never going to make a name for yourself if you don't go out there and get things done. FOLLOW your dreams, don't sit around waiting for them to come to you--you have to CHASE after them!!

I know that I'm (probably) not going to have the job I have currently forever and ever... And, when/if that happens, I'm not going to sit around like a lump and wait, I'm going to get right back to what I was doing before: seeking out jobs.

But how did I learn how to get writing jobs? From my good friend Danielle Lynn of http://daniellelynn.com She's also known as The Clear Copywriter. I'm her first student in a course she's putting together on how to be a success in the freelance writing business. And, once I'm a huge success, you'll know it had a lot to do with Danielle--and you'll know her course is totally worth whatever she's going to charge for it. :)

Anyway, I hope that answers all your questions about my new job. Thanks for asking!

Until next time...

--Lauren*

Rebel Rebel

Hey, Everyone!

Just wanted to say that congratulations are in order for Ramiro as well. He's working at the same company I am now:That's the view from my cubical looking into his (there's a window).

Sorry, I didn't mention it before. He was on a "trial" basis at first and I didn't want to announce it until they made him a legit employee... And they did! Yaaaaaaaaaay!! Congrats, Ramiro! :)

Also, a while back I mentioned a "stranger cat." Since then, that same cat has been hanging around a lot. We don't know whether she's a boy or a girl, but we call her(?) "Rebel." Ziggy's Mom had her before getting spayed (another litter of one!). She hangs out with Ziggy's Mom and Robert's Mom. She looks a lot like our Ziggy, but much smaller (she's a lot younger) and she only has half a tail. My best guess is that someone ran over her tail with their car (like she was sleeping under a car and it rolled over her tail). I knew a squirrel as a kid who had their tail run over by a car and it looked very similar to Rebel's.

Anyway, here are some pictures of Rebel that I took this morning:Other than her(?) messed up tail, she's a very beautiful cat. It's a shame she's feral.

When we can, we're going to get a trap from FixNation and take her(?) in to be fixed. Go through that whole rigmarole again... Sigh.

That's about it for now.

Until next time...

--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com

A Little About Me

Hey, Everyone!

For the past few days, I've been spamming everyone I know with the Champions of Champions Elite stuff. I can't help it. I'm very excited about this job!

Anyway, those of you who have Friended me on Facebook know that I promised to make an entry about what I've been up to personally.

Saturday the 2nd, I went to the Montrose Oktoberfest and supported my dojo as they did their yearly demonstration. I was mostly there to help Master Dannon film the demo so that he could edit it and turn it into his YouTube debut. That hasn't happened yet, but here's a picture of him showing off his good balance that you can look at in the meantime:
The prices at the Oktoberfest were outrageous this year, they only blocked off half the street, and there wasn't a whole lot going on... It figures. It was Ramiro and Ray's first time ever going to it. That was pretty much a gauruntee that it was going to be lame. It seems to be one of those unwritten "laws" of life that whenever you want to show a friend something really cool (an event/show/game/band) and they say "It's my first time experiencing this," it ends up being really lame. :\ So, we didn't really get to do anything there (again, the prices!!!), but we did get to play Scott Pilgrim VS. The World: The Game on Ray's PS3. We played far into the night and got alllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the endings.

Sunday the 3rd, I was in the ER. Olive View again. I ended up cutting/puncturing my right thigh with a pair of scissors. I was doing something stupid. Anyway, a bunch of blood & fat came out and I had to get stitches. (I'm purposely not saying too many details because a few people I've told became physically ill just from hearing about it). I was walking around on crutches for a couple days because whenever I tried to put my full weight on my right leg (incredibly painful!!), the muscle would flex and I'd start bleeding all over again.

I popped a stitch on Monday (my first full day at my new job!) but we were warned that might happen and we had an "emergency kit" to patch me back up again. Since then, it oozed a little yesterday as I was getting off work, but it's healing nicely. Today, everything was as it should be. No blood. Substantially less pain. I'm going to be fine. Don't worry. <3

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd... Work is really really awesome. I absolutely love it.

Check this out. I made it today: http://youtube.com/user/COCEliteOfficial



I didn't make the videos. I just made the channel. Just a little something extra I ended up doing. Like I mentioned before, my actual job is as an in-house writer. Unfortunately, I can't tell you exactly what I do because I'm under contract not to. Hope you understand :3

Our kids (the cats: Robert, Ziggy, and Ringo) are all doing well. We fixed the cat door so they can come in and out as they please (it was broken before and they could only go out, but had to scream at us when they wanted back in). They've been staying in a lot in this SUDDENLY RAINY weather (it's hard to believe that it was 113 last week!!--what happened?!).

Oh, and today (Oct. 6) marks Ramiro and my third year of being a couple. :) <3

Guess that's about it for now.

Until next time...

--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com

Champions of Champions Elite!

Hey, Everyone!!!

Guess what!!

I FINALLY got a "real" job!!

I'm an in-house writer for Risarc Productions and the G4 Network. My focus is going to be on their new show CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS ELITE!

Check it out!!!

http://coc-elite.com

Psst! I get extra Brownie Points at work if you click that link. ;)

I'm super-duper happy! For the next three months, I have a full-time job. And it's a great job!

Seems like all that writing I've been doing over the past few weeks has paid off! Thank you for all your thoughts & prayers. Those paid off too. <3

I'm going to the Montrose Oktoberfest tomorrow. Maybe I'll see some of you there.

Until next time...

Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com