1. When are you at your blogging best – a.m. or p.m.? I am at my blogging best when I feel like blogging. The impulse hits me at different times.
2. How many blogs do you have? Please include the links in your answer. In addition to this blog, I am part of the massive team that helps Crazy Sam with Saturday 9 and Sunday Stealing.
3. Do you prefer silence when you compose your posts and write your comments? No. I have tinnitus, and when there's silence I'm distracted by the whooshing. It sounds like I'm forever holding a seashell to my ear. I don't notice it at all if there's the TV or music on.
4. What's the grossest thing you've ever spilled on your keyboard? Let's see, it wasn't gross and, technically speaking, I'm not the one who spilled it. Years ago – I believe the statute of limitations has expired – my cat Reynaldo was jealous of the time I was spending on my work laptop and spilled a nearby margarita. I thought I got most of it before it reached the computer. I was wrong about that. About 12 hours later, when I was back at the office, it started to crap out. IT replaced it with no questions asked, which obviously made me happy.
5. Ever posted while intoxicated? Posted on my blog? No. Which is not to say I've never written under the influence. I was in advertising for 43 years. At my last job, we had a beer keg in the kitchen (our biggest client, a beer company, sent a new one regularly) and wine was served every day at 4:00. I had a bottle of vodka in my bottom desk drawer at all times and, well, there was the aforementioned margarita incident. But no, I have never posted to this blog while intoxicated.
Now that I'm no longer in advertising, I realize this is not de rigeur in other work settings. For example, we don't pound 'em back at the card shop. But watch Mad Men. It's just how it is. It's hard to come up with creative concepts on demand and work with a team to deliver them to a timeline. And once I agreed to a deadline, I never missed it. (I've been retired since 10/22 and almost three years later, I still have nightmares about the stress of that job.)
Wow - beer, wine and vodka in the office? We weren't allowed any alcohol of any description in the office - apart from when it was a gift for somebody leaving. I do recall one occasion when a guy left, he decided to spend his last afternoon sipping wine. Thankfully he wasn't driving.
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I did not realize it was a team that put together the questions for Sat 9 and stealing. I thought it was you for sat 9 and Bev for stealing when she was doing it. I thought you took over stealing too. I am glad it is not just you. You all do great work though.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we talk about how our job might drive us to drink (schools and it is a joke), but I have never had a job where alcohol is ok. Josh has talked about Mad Men. I might need to watch. I always thought it was so cool you were in advertising, but I am glad you don't have the stress of it anymore.
Josh is going to see Sunset Boulevard tonight with a friend. It is playing at a local theater. Did I tell you he has started doing comedy? There is a comedy place in Branson and he goes down and does stand up. I would never be able to do that. I am too scared. I always told him when he was in school to get involved in drama. He has always been good at that sort of thing. I don't know where he gets it. My husband I guess. Loved your answers! Have a great day!
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Thanks for Stealing. My condolences over the loss of Ryno!
ReplyDeleteStress can be hard on a body, but deadlines have a certain allure for particular personalities, I think. (And thank you for doing Sat 9 & Sunday Stealing. You do a fantastic job.)
ReplyDeleteMy therapy goals revolve around stress management and self-care lately. The stress of teaching is leading me to burnout. Which is unfortunate because I love teaching more now than when I began in 1998. But the political/financial side is ruining it.
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