Hey, Everyone
I made $32.80... For the entire month.
Pathetic. I hate myself.
The whole of that money was from the same wonderful client (and I'm extremely grateful to him!--especially for paying in advance) and the articles he hired me to do are due tomorrow. So I'm going to try to keep this entry short.
Anyway, I've also been super busy this past week talking to/interviewing lots of interesting (and very nice!) people for
US Combat Sports:
- Gary Finnerty
- Roxy "Balboa" Richardson
- Goran Karamfiloski
- Kason Chan
- Joe Schilling
- Mike "All World" Ryan
- Al Franco
All of them very interesting and very helpful and just all-around awesome to talk with. And they made for some GREAT interviews. I've got to get back in contact with a couple of them to double-check a few last details, but I think I've got the makings of some really great articles to submit in the very near future. Unfortunately, USCS is a little bit strange when it comes to how they pay their writers. Basically, since they're an online only Combat Sports News site,
they pay their writers based on how many hits their articles get. Like a dollar per person or something (probably less). The minimum I could get paid for each of these stories is $2.00 and the maximum is $100.00. So...pardon me in advance to my friends, family, and whoever else reads this blog, for spamming the heck out of these articles once I get them posted. I'm a sad, sad, person who's desperate for the sweet, sweet, coin. Thank you for understanding.
Last bit of news has to do with my "Subject" line: Rebel Exists.
A couple of wise-ass friends of mine have joked that Rebel doesn't actually exist and that I'm just taking pictures of Ziggy from another angle and saying she's an entirely different cat. Because "I never see them together!" Well...that's because they hate each other. :\ Anyway, this morning, I saw them NEAR each other out the kitchen window and I decided to take a really crappy cell phone picture to share with everyone:
For those of you who are new to my blog, Rebel is a feral cat that hangs out in our backyard. She has half a tail and is either a full or half sibling of Ziggy's (same mom). Our area has a whole big trouble with feral cats (which you can read about in other entries) and
Ramiro (my guy) and I work to capture them and have them fixed.
This is Ziggy--the cat people confuse with Rebel because they're both white:
As you can see, Ziggy has her whole tail. Also, she's pretty much ALL white (except for her tail and that spot on her head). Rebel is very spotty. Hopefully that'll help everyone tell the difference. :)
Here's a cute picture of Robert & Ziggy (Ramiro & my cats) from the other night:
Robert will be 2 years old in April 2011 and Ziggy just had her 1st birthday in October 2010. They were both born in our backyard. For their whole stories, see my blog entry that has their (and their mothers & siblings) Catster pages:
http://littlezotz.blogspot.com/2010/08/our-cats-are-on-catster.htmlWe also take care of Ramiro's sister
Sarahe's cat, Ringo:
He likes bags.
In other news, I'm still in pain, I haven't been sleeping, and when I do sleep I have terrible nightmares. Also, I updated
my LinkedIn page! Feel free to connect with me. People have been leaving me really great reviews. It's so nice that even though I feel so
SO crappy that people still think so highly of me.
And that's all the news that's fit to print in the Life of Lauren these days!
Until next time...
--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com
Only slightly exaggerated...
