git 'er done!
buoyed by yesterday’s surge in home-improvement productivity and a blissful drop in temperatures and humidity, i continued the work today. 
this place, great as it may be, needed to be put in proper order. stuff i shoved into closets during the mad rush of moving in (while simultaneously trying to juggle multiple writing assignments) was screaming out to be sorted and put wherever it’s meant to go permanently. linens stored alongside pails and caulking materials? not anymore! empty boxes that once contained new lamps or the big green fan? time to sort them, pack smaller ones into the big guys and trash the rest. endless pieces of bubble wrap? bagged and boxed for future use. even the bathroom closet has been organized into neatly arranged shelves, with items stored according to their frequency of use. that’s right, baby, i’m monica geller and i’m not ashamed to say so! AND, after staring at the equivalent of a blank, boring canvas for the past 3 1/2 months, i finally recreated (although to a somewhat tidier, lesser degree to allow for new additions) the glory of my previous fridge (right, as it was at Hell House and my 5'x5' kitchenette) and the explosion of fridge magnetry that covered it. if you squint, i'm sure many of you will be able to spot random postcards you've sent me over the years on that old fridge -- they're back up on the new one!
i’m relieved, in that “sweet mother of all that is holy will this ever end because i’m exhausted!” way, to report that finally, FINALLY a publicist returned my interview request in a timely fashion. in less than 24 hours, even! not only that, but he set up the interview right away and i’ve already completed it! *sigh* it’s miraculous how quickly things can get done when you’re calling people with whom you have an existing work relationship. so, this morning i had a fantastic interview with one of the anchors on CTV news, who was a terrific storyteller, very funny and completely engaging. PHEW!
two down, six more to go. i have another interview tomorrow morning, and i’m hoping to have another lined up for later in the day. perhaps the tides are turning?
all appendages are crossed, just in case.
[edited to add: oh, look at that. the tides are NOT turning. just got another rejection from another celebrity. i think i'm going to crawl under a rock and weep now.]
12 comments:
WOW! Better have Dave screw that fridge to the concrete wall too! ;-)
Nice job on organizing (((Monica))), but sorry about the rejection.
Save the names of those who dissed you and send Dave over to rewire their homes. :-D
i fear not even shoddy workmanship will be enough to get these people to call me.
Okay now you're making me sad.
oh, don't be sad. be MAD. these folks are useless.
once this is all said and done, i feel a massive rant will be in order. i mean, these people are PUBLICISTS. it's their JOB to publicize!
and it's not like i'm a reporter from the mayberry high school gazette; i'm calling from one of the country's top magazines. and even if i were from the MHS gazette, they should STILL take me seriously.
there are plenty of amazing publicists out there, so i'm not lumping them all into the same pile. i just happen to have found a whole whack of jerks.
Your fridge is AMAZING!
Okay then I'm MAD!
But fortunately Lou swiftly changed the subject AND the mood and I have a fridge story.
In raising the boys, especially during the HS & college years, Tom became their personal loan officer. Whenever they needed money, the amount was noted on a piece of paper and attached to the fridge. Their goal was to "get off the fridge". Our refrigerator somewhat resembled the one in Val's photo here. One by one the notes were removed as the boys grew and became employed.
Now the joke is that Sean still remains "on the fridge."
Yep. ;-)
the fridge really was a work of art. i've tried to recreate it here, but with hundreds of items there was no way to duplicate the intricate collage.
so, the fridge here is about 2/3 covered, with room left for years' worth of new additions, new magnets, new postcards and such. but many of my old favourites remain. :-)
Love it--on the fridge! LOL
A work of art, indeed, collage.
Val! After I read this post, I DREAMED about your fridge. In the dream I had good close-up look at the collage. On the front were a bunch of pictures of Smurfs, and on the side were a bunch of Alvin and the Chipmunks. It looked good, but I just kept thinking, "Huh. I never knew Val was so into cartoons."
i think, perhaps, your subconscious was melding our brains. 'cause i could imagine alvin et al. on your fridge, but not mine. ;-)
mine has things like a pic of gina gershon screaming, a cut-out of will ferrell as buddy the elf, and a list of proper mall behaviour from some galleria in the south.
Good point. I had a little cartoon crush on Dave (the human on The Chipmunks) when I was about 7.
"ohhh, dave."
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