A Couple of Doodles and a Rant

[mbarrick]

Blah. I've had some pain-in-the-ass work come in from leftover old contract stuff. It's sucked up my evening and left me tired and grumpy and in a mood to bitch.

First off, I want work to be over when I leave the office. This leftover contract shit is going to drive me insane. I've gotten some good work done at work these last few days and I'd be happy about it if I didn't have this annoying obligation to do more of the same when I get home. I'd much prefer to come home and paint, draw, read a book, write something on paper, or, if I am going to sit down in front of the computer then let it be for something I want to do, not more bloody work.

Which brings me to these doodles. They are the only thing I have drawn recently and in lieu of drawing something new tonight, scanning these and posting them is the closest I am going to get tonight. That's not to say I'm not happy with the painting I just finished, just that I am itching to start something new. But no, what do I do? I spend the whole fucking evening alternately researching the solution to a problem for my leftover clients and reading the political equivalent of a Three Stooges schtick on a message board. I shouldn't read this shit when I am tired, the compulsion to post back "You're a fucking idiot, and here in no less that 1024 words is precisely why..."

Fuck it. I'm tired. I don't even have the energy and wit to get a good rant going. I'm going to bed.

Comments

[meighan2.livejournal.com]

I like your sketches =)

I can also totally identify with the working full time plus having crappy left over contract work... I've been doing my regular 40 hours at work, plus overtime at work, PLUS dealing with my free lance client's demands lately. It's no good! I don't even mind doing this in the winter, but during the summer there's a lot of other stuff I would rather be doing then spending my entire waking hours working...

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to be done with the contract stuff entirely. I don't need it anymore. Unfortunately, with the one last client I'm still on the hook and it really wouldn't be wise to break a contract with a client that happens to be a law firm that specializes in business and contract law. *sigh*

[meighan2.livejournal.com]

Oh no! That would not be good then!! ;)

What kind of work are you doing for them anyway?

I enjoy my freelance contract work, I don't need it but it's nice. It only becomes a problem when I have to do overtime at my regular job... then it's too much!

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

It Lotus Notes stuff. I developed a bunch of applications for them to store and manage case-related data. All the "fun" stuff is long since over, now I only hear from them for tweaks, bug-fixes, or to answer the same question for the 957th time.