Updates!!!
I was just looking back over some of the old Blog entries, and I realized I may have failed to update you on a few things. Nothing big and important... Little things. So here we go with the first official Fanfare From The Common Wombat Update Entry!!!
Um... Okay...
Update #1) Let's see... First of all It's been a while since I mentioned how it was going working for myself. The answer is, It's going well! And poorly. And well!!!
I'm starting to get used to the idea that a freelance career is sporadic. I mean, I knew this intellectualy, I'm getting used to it deep down. In my guts.
My guts now understand that sometimes the work and money flows like... Well, like work and money, and sometimes... not so much. Case in point, When I started I had a month or so of no work at all. Just building my own website, setting up my studio... "getting ready" type stuff. Then I worked solid for like, almost 2 months. I just came off a month of nearly no work at all. But last week was busy. This week looks busy too.
Why am I boring you with the play-by-play? Just to say that despite the fact that it has been hard at times, and scary at times, I still love working for myself. Love it, love it, love it. I hope I can keep it up because it is rewarding in a way I never experienced working for "The Man." It's not without its serious hurdles, but I wouldn't quit for the world.
Update #2) I mentioned that I thought there was some drug activity going on across the street from me. My suspicions have been confirmed by a few neighbors who basically said "There's some drug activity going on across the street from you." It's nice to know I'm not crazy. So more people than just me are watching this house across the way. And the frustrating thing is the police have been called numerous times and pretty much told my neighbors that there isn't much they can do. One of my neighbors took down licence plate numbers of every car that came by for drugs and documented everything he could and the police unfortunately told him that they weren't going to waste their time on a small-fry operation when they wanted to get the big-guys.
I understand their point, I really do. My dad was a cop in Baltimore City for 33 years. (did I get that right dad? 33 years?) I have a lot of sympathy for cops and how complicated it is to do their jobs. I understand that resources must be spent where they will do the most good, etc... The bummer is, this still leaves me with the question of how to get these drug-dealing wastes of skin out of my neighborhood. I sit here in my studio and watch the deals go down. I want to run out there and get in somebody's face, but at the same time, I don't want to attract their attention. I mean, I'm right across the street. I don't want to compromise Sal's or my safety here.
The whole thing is a pain to think about. The good news is that I've realized that most of my neighbors, salt-of-the-earth though they may be, are really good people who care about the neighborhood as much as (probably more than) I do.
Okay! Now everyone is all updated. Hope you feel as good about that as I do.
I was just looking back over some of the old Blog entries, and I realized I may have failed to update you on a few things. Nothing big and important... Little things. So here we go with the first official Fanfare From The Common Wombat Update Entry!!!
Um... Okay...
Update #1) Let's see... First of all It's been a while since I mentioned how it was going working for myself. The answer is, It's going well! And poorly. And well!!!
I'm starting to get used to the idea that a freelance career is sporadic. I mean, I knew this intellectualy, I'm getting used to it deep down. In my guts.
My guts now understand that sometimes the work and money flows like... Well, like work and money, and sometimes... not so much. Case in point, When I started I had a month or so of no work at all. Just building my own website, setting up my studio... "getting ready" type stuff. Then I worked solid for like, almost 2 months. I just came off a month of nearly no work at all. But last week was busy. This week looks busy too.
Why am I boring you with the play-by-play? Just to say that despite the fact that it has been hard at times, and scary at times, I still love working for myself. Love it, love it, love it. I hope I can keep it up because it is rewarding in a way I never experienced working for "The Man." It's not without its serious hurdles, but I wouldn't quit for the world.
Update #2) I mentioned that I thought there was some drug activity going on across the street from me. My suspicions have been confirmed by a few neighbors who basically said "There's some drug activity going on across the street from you." It's nice to know I'm not crazy. So more people than just me are watching this house across the way. And the frustrating thing is the police have been called numerous times and pretty much told my neighbors that there isn't much they can do. One of my neighbors took down licence plate numbers of every car that came by for drugs and documented everything he could and the police unfortunately told him that they weren't going to waste their time on a small-fry operation when they wanted to get the big-guys.
I understand their point, I really do. My dad was a cop in Baltimore City for 33 years. (did I get that right dad? 33 years?) I have a lot of sympathy for cops and how complicated it is to do their jobs. I understand that resources must be spent where they will do the most good, etc... The bummer is, this still leaves me with the question of how to get these drug-dealing wastes of skin out of my neighborhood. I sit here in my studio and watch the deals go down. I want to run out there and get in somebody's face, but at the same time, I don't want to attract their attention. I mean, I'm right across the street. I don't want to compromise Sal's or my safety here.
The whole thing is a pain to think about. The good news is that I've realized that most of my neighbors, salt-of-the-earth though they may be, are really good people who care about the neighborhood as much as (probably more than) I do.
Okay! Now everyone is all updated. Hope you feel as good about that as I do.
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