01
Aug
2008
Notes to Myself
Is it a good or a bad sign that as I’m proofing our 300 page Ops Manual I’m thinking, “Well, at least this doesn’t need to be SEO-optimized.”
I’ve think I’ve officially become a corporate writer.
Kameron Hurley
“There are two-hundred-fifteen bones in the human body. That's one.”
- Sarah Conner, Terminator 2
Archive for the ‘workadoo’ Category
29
Jul
2008
Consistent Incompetence
Some people, seriously.
02
Jul
2008
Job Tips
For my buddies in the middle of job searches (including my Daddio!), here’s some stuff to keep in mind:
“Here’s why you’ll need humility: If you are like most people, you will get the shit kicked out of you in the job search. Typically, the job search process is a six month-long, broken, politically-biased, ill-conceived, and poorly-executed racket. For most companies, the candidate’s dignity is an afterthought. Some of what will happen to you will not be fair. It will be expensive and frustrating. The injustice of it all will sting, and raging against the machine won’t help. You will need to forgive your transgressors just to maintain your sanity.”
More here.
27
Jun
2008
Conversations with My Coworkers
Coworker: “I know I look old, but would you believe I’m going to be 30 in a week?”
Me: “Holy crap, you’re only a little more than a year older than me? I thought you were ancient, like the DB guy.”
Coworker: “Great, thanks.”
Me: “Know what I’m doing for my 30th birthday?
Coworker: ?
Me: “Going to Peru.”
Coworker: (dubious, like I’m trying to pull one over one him) “Are you serious??”
Why wouldn’t I be serious???
Sometimes I think I live in a different world than most people. I think I’ve just made really different choices.
12
Jun
2008
Conversations with my Coworkers
Went out with my workout group yesterday, and while we walked over to the Y, one of my groupmates turned to me and said, “I had a dream about you last night Kameron!”
“Great,” I said. “Was I typing a lot of things furiously?”
“No, it was this post-apocalyptic world and you were this… this avenging angel, and you had this flaming sword and you were leading this army. This whole army! It was so weird. I mean, flaming sword!”
“Are you serious?”
“Seriously!”
“You have no idea how awesome I think that is.” Because seriously, people, that is FULL OF AWESOME.
“Maybe I just ate some bad chili,” she said.
Ah, bad chili.
I love my coworkers.
03
Jun
2008
Google Adwords
Today’s writing lesson: google adword haiku
I’m developing an incredibly broad skillset here at the dayjob.
16
May
2008
31
Mar
2008
The Benefits of Working for a Tax Company
I’ve done my taxes about four times, and went from getting back $900 to owing $1100. I had finally resigned myself to giving $1100 of next month’s book check to taxes when I finally gave up staring down the cold, hard tunnel of multiple State returns and brought it in to work to take advantage of my free tax prep benefit.
I went from owing $1133 on Federal to owing $107, I’m getting $8 back from the city of Dayton, $80 back from Ohio, and $2 back from Illinois.
This means I went from owing $1133 to owing, all told: $17
I’m never going back to doing my own taxes.
26
Feb
2008
Oh, the Glamorous Writing Life
Up this morning at 5:30 am, morning weights routine, green tea and a cup of frozen raspberries. Out the door at 7:10, catch the bus at 7:27, at work at 7:45.
Script writing in the lobby from 8-10, com meeting from 10-10:30 to communicate assignments and deadlines. Shift from scripts to design changes for company intranet at 11. Lunch is cabbage and pulled pork in a low carb totilla wrap and a spinach salad eaten while reading tips on how to write good web copy.
Intranet & sales process meeting from 1-2, revised sales process up and sent out by 2:30. Approved sales letters given over to intranet manager by 3:00pm.
4:00pm, finalized change process doc done for intranet home page redesign submitted to project manager. 4:30pm, finalized sales brochure mockup sent to graphics designer. 4:45pm, finalized sales brochure sent to videographer.
5:00pm, out the door to catch the bus.
5:11pm on the bus.
5:30pm at home, pack up stuff for a writing night, realize the Starbucks within walking distance is closed.
Steph drops me off at the Books & co down the street.
6:10pm stop by Chipotle across from Books & co. for a quick dinner (steak fajjita burrito, no rice, no beans).
Hole up at Books & co. from 7-9 and squeeze out 1500 bloody, misbegotten words on Black Desert while researching some new fitness routines, bringing me within 500 words of where I’m supposed to be according to my writing schedule.
9:05pm cell phone alarm goes off telling me to pack up and walk to the bus.
9:18pm bus arrives right on time.
9:23pm arrive home. Eat half a dark chocolate bar in the fridge. Roommates tell me pilot light on the furnace went out, so don’t try and take a shower or do dishes until morning.
9:25pm unpack computer. Repack gym clothes for personal training session at work.
9:40pm write blog post while reminscing about my glamorous writing life.
This is it, folks.
And you know what?
I love it.
I love my job. Both of them. All of them.
Now somebody needs to start paying me real money for them.
10:00 collapse into bed.
20
Feb
2008
Revelation
Man, it’s been awhile since I got behind on e-mail. My day job is eating my life. In a *good* way, mind. It’s keeping my brain busy, challenging, rewarding, but yeah, after this big sales project is done I’ll need to slow down a little.
Novels
