So much for my day off...
May. 1st, 2009 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
felis_lupus...I knew I had to create a basic website from scratch today for our little Independent Garden Center Group. Finished that early evening, will be some tweaking once everybody else gets a look at it, which is fine. I got $25/hour to do so. Good money, cash, I'll take it, for what my limited webby skills could bring to this little endeavour. What I hadn't planned on was a panicky phone call from my boss at 11:00 this morning that threw off the rhythm of my entire day, made me really, really grumpy, and necessitated my going into work for a half hour. Something about the logo not showing up right on the commercial, which was a tiny, compressed version that could be sent over email, and no Joe, that is NOT what it's actually going to look like on TV, it's going to be much sharper. What? No, I sent the logo that we've been using for the last two seasons, what do you mean you don't like the colors now? We've been telling you that the logo, though very pretty, yes, is not terribly media friendly, but you haven't quite consented to listen to us yet... the other garden centers' logos show up nicely because they are two or three colors, ours is 256, at least. A painting is not going to reproduce and be recognizable from any distance away the way a nice, basic, green tree is. I've done a black-and-white version of it, which we've used, but it's still way, way too busy to be any sort of recognizable. You're going to call our media rep and see if we can get a cleaner copy of the film? Yes, please. It'll be fine on TV, I promise. They (unlike you) know what they're doing. I'm going grocery shopping. Call me if you need me to send a different logo over to channel 13. Was cranky when I got there and when I left, and the new folks saw what Cranky Gen is like (which I've been told is kinda like what normal people usually are all the time), but I felt horrible having them see that side of me so early when we hardly know each other...
In other news... I've filled out my tetra school(s) now, all fishies are accounted for and happy. Had to bring one of the neons back that I bought today; the poor li'l guy did nothing but gasp for air when I put him in the tank with the others, while his purchasemate was fine... he's been replaced, the pet store probably put him out of his misery rather than try to save him, but I have two more healthy fishies now. 4 neon tetras and 3 black, with the 2 catfish makes a happy tank. Hopefully the littler of my two original neons won't be picked on quite as much with the additional two new fish to chase around.
Garden is slowly coming along; I have 18 little seed plugs of basil growing indoors; most of the seeds I planted came up, which is just wonderful. I love basil... delicious tomato-basil-mozzarella sandwiches are in my future. Planted lettuce seeds, and several rows of both 'Purple Haze' and 'Carnival Blend' carrots. Hopefully I have better luck with both this year. Had not much of either one come up last year. Filled in the spots where the peas did not germinate, and promptly grabbed a handful of the soil where the lettuce seeds were sprinkled to fill in the holes... whoops. I guess I'll have lettuce all over the garden this year. Planted just half the packets of all my seeds, in case we somehow find a new place before garden season is all over, and I can start over... Put in the 'Jewel Mix' nasturtium seeds along the border too; I didn't have any volunteers this year, which is unusual. A few pansies, and a tomato (which I pulled out... the Tomaccio have come in! "Tomaccio(TM) is a result of 12 years of breeding work based on wild Peruvian tomato species. The outcome is a healthy snack. Extremely sweet fruit for fresh or dried consumption. Uniquely sweet tomato Dries naturally to a healthy snack. Trendy Mediterranean spirit. Robust growth Early fruit setting."), but that's about it. Carol (our awesome veggie grower) dropped off some cold crops and herbs today, so I can start the Haus Wanderstamm Mobile Herb Garden tomorrow afternoon! Also: will have Kohlrabi. So excited. :)
In other news... I've filled out my tetra school(s) now, all fishies are accounted for and happy. Had to bring one of the neons back that I bought today; the poor li'l guy did nothing but gasp for air when I put him in the tank with the others, while his purchasemate was fine... he's been replaced, the pet store probably put him out of his misery rather than try to save him, but I have two more healthy fishies now. 4 neon tetras and 3 black, with the 2 catfish makes a happy tank. Hopefully the littler of my two original neons won't be picked on quite as much with the additional two new fish to chase around.
Garden is slowly coming along; I have 18 little seed plugs of basil growing indoors; most of the seeds I planted came up, which is just wonderful. I love basil... delicious tomato-basil-mozzarella sandwiches are in my future. Planted lettuce seeds, and several rows of both 'Purple Haze' and 'Carnival Blend' carrots. Hopefully I have better luck with both this year. Had not much of either one come up last year. Filled in the spots where the peas did not germinate, and promptly grabbed a handful of the soil where the lettuce seeds were sprinkled to fill in the holes... whoops. I guess I'll have lettuce all over the garden this year. Planted just half the packets of all my seeds, in case we somehow find a new place before garden season is all over, and I can start over... Put in the 'Jewel Mix' nasturtium seeds along the border too; I didn't have any volunteers this year, which is unusual. A few pansies, and a tomato (which I pulled out... the Tomaccio have come in! "Tomaccio(TM) is a result of 12 years of breeding work based on wild Peruvian tomato species. The outcome is a healthy snack. Extremely sweet fruit for fresh or dried consumption. Uniquely sweet tomato Dries naturally to a healthy snack. Trendy Mediterranean spirit. Robust growth Early fruit setting."), but that's about it. Carol (our awesome veggie grower) dropped off some cold crops and herbs today, so I can start the Haus Wanderstamm Mobile Herb Garden tomorrow afternoon! Also: will have Kohlrabi. So excited. :)
