Not a bad day, all in all, I'd say. The company put me on a totally different campaign today--soliciting pledges for a college alumni fund. I guess I did pretty well for a newbie: nearly $700 dollars was raised by me, in 7 1/2 hours...but it was a greuling day--everything people say about dealing with New Yorkers--it's 100% true...rudest people on earth--but, that said, when they are generous and compassionite, they are equally capable of excelling in that area as well. But 7 plus hours of being yelled at and abused, can be a bit draining--mind you, I NEVER take it personally--I'm getting paid whether people are nice to me, indifferent, or outright nasty---but, it is a bit wearing, nonetheless. And 7 hours of constant chatter on the phone, does very unpleasant things to one's throat..and mind, by the end of the day--but I do enjoy this type of work, and I'd like to think it shows.

The office, for workers who meet certain quotas, has a Wheel of Fortune type game--with several small prizes, ranging from free raffle tickets, to candy, to 5 minute "free breaktime" passes--which can be accrued up to fifteen minutes--and used to leave work fifteen minutes early, if desired, and a few other little things.

Seems I met the quota for my campaign...I spun the wheel, solved the puzzle, and won a raffle ticket for the Friday free lunch drawing--free lunch at the caf downstairs. I had to solve both the quote, and who said it--as it happened, I was familar with the quote, through a friend of mine--who loved saying it to me, for some reason--he's a very butch gay, ex-bouncer and ex-merchant marine from Brooklyn--teaching himself to read at age 59, and generally, though he never finsihed school, a real thinker, and excellent listener, and just a super interesting conversationalist. Anyhow, this was one of his favourite quotes, by one of his favourite generals...so there were just enough letters showing in the puzzle for me to get it right off. So...maybe tommorow I'll win a free lunch.

"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." General Omar Bradley.

Anyhow, though I'd only started it as a "summer" hobby, I am coming up with some good ideas for more Dr. Who stories (well..I hope they are at least sort of good), and am looking forward to Sunday, when I can spend some time making notes--and working on finishing The Run for Rose and Time Warp, soon, as well as totally re-writing Sagebrush Terror, as well...gah! That first one (ST) was awful, awful, awful! Pure rubbish--but, it has enough..interesting...bits, that I think I can do a bit of a rewrite...total rewrite, actually.

In the DW Online forum, I'd posed a query to a DW writer..and had it answered, and answered very well, at that. It's giving me new insights in how to approach a charatcer--I sometimes have trouble getting inside a Who character's head enough, to really, I feel, capture the total essence of the character--the "voice" of the character(s), as they say.

ROSE: "Is that snow, Doctor?"

DOCTOR: "Nawww--it's those millions of cybermen...the stress of going through the void has given them all metal dandruff."

Sorry, that one's truly rubbish.