Public service announcement

[bladespark]

Sorry if I am short with anybody. I am stressed* right now. I am trying to keep my professional demeanour as much as possible, but frankly, I've always said that part of the benefit of being self-employed is that I can be rude to people if I want to be. :P

So this is a warning. SPark is a cranky SPark right now, and should not be provoked.**

*Reasons include:
I am behind in work.
I am moving. I hate moving and it may make me further behind in work. And it costs money.
I am short on money. But until I'm caught up on work it's hard to get more.
The friggin' economy is going to Hell without benefit of handbasket, and if the whole thing tanks, my business is doomed. Nobody buys fursuits when they're worried about having food and a roof over their heads. So yay, I may be totally unemployed soon. In a part of the country where the unemployment rate is already absurdly high. So I may not even be able to get a burger flipping job. Happy thought.
I have personal issues, and my issues have issues. Depression makes it rather hard to actually get work done. 'Nuff said.

**Things that will provoke the SPark:
Telling me how to run my business.
Giving me trite, cliche statements about how to solve all my problems, how to "just be happy" or other such nonsense.
Stringing me on about a commission. If you're not serious,*** contact me when you are. Right now I am NOT in the mood to waste my time talking with "customers" who will never actually buy anything.
Hitting on me. Get some freaking social skills. Augh.
Making racist, sexist, and bigoted remarks in my presence.
Lots of other things that I can't be bothered to list right now.

***I have no problems with giving quotes to people who aren't certain if they want to buy something or not. But I really don't care to spend hours hammering out all the details of exactly how it will go, only to hear "Well, I'll get back to you when I have the money" at the end of it.

Comments

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry things are so rough right now.

I'm an idiot and totally forgot to tell you that I got the shells. They did forward them to the right address, they just took their sweet time doing so. Thanks a bunch!

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

That's good! Did I ever e-mail you the page about where I found them? I forget.

[firebyrd.livejournal.com]

Nope, you didn't. I've love to have it when you have a chance!

[deoge-rking.livejournal.com]

Hay SPark, Iv been reading alot of your LJ entrys and this will be my first to respond towards because I cant help but feel bad 4 ya! Like I said though, I still have a final payment sitting in my savings account so if your hurtin for $$$, come up with a final payment for me and ill try and send er ur way ^^

[bladespark.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. *considers* When I'm going to need money is next month. During which month I'm supposed to get your suit done. :) But then that's just a few days away, that I start on that. (Yikes, time flies.) So I guess you might as well send it along now.

[thetommydodd.livejournal.com]

Far too many self-help "experts" view happiness as some sort of obligation, and preach that you're somehow letting the side down if you don't wander round all day with an inane doomsday-cult-member smile on your face. Being pissed off in the face of adversity is NOT a fault, flaw, failure, character weakness or symptom of mental illness. It is a reasonable response to an unreasonable world.