Excruciating Noise Levels
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Waxing Moon
Saturn Retrograde
Cloudy and mild
The building noise was so bad yesterday that it was like having a dentist’s drill in my head for eight hours. I really thought I was going to lose what’s left of my mind.
I found that the music of the B-52s, Springsteen, Chumbawamba, and Pat Benatar block the noise the best. Because, let’s face it, Maidens of the Celtic Harp and Sweet Honey on the Rock aren’t going to do it.
So it was not the productive day of which I dreamed. I did find some jobs for which to pitch - I’ve been bad these past weeks, concentrating on the fiction and ignoring the business writing I need in order to pay the bills. I wrote up an interview request for someone I’d like to get for SDR. Tracked down a former colleague with whom I’d like to get back in touch and shot off a catch-up letter.
Read more . . .
Waxing Moon
Saturn Retrograde
Cloudy and mild
The building noise was so bad yesterday that it was like having a dentist’s drill in my head for eight hours. I really thought I was going to lose what’s left of my mind.
I found that the music of the B-52s, Springsteen, Chumbawamba, and Pat Benatar block the noise the best. Because, let’s face it, Maidens of the Celtic Harp and Sweet Honey on the Rock aren’t going to do it.
So it was not the productive day of which I dreamed. I did find some jobs for which to pitch - I’ve been bad these past weeks, concentrating on the fiction and ignoring the business writing I need in order to pay the bills. I wrote up an interview request for someone I’d like to get for SDR. Tracked down a former colleague with whom I’d like to get back in touch and shot off a catch-up letter.
Read more . . .