23May00
another idiotic encounter on the drive to work today. this time, a guy in a truck with a trailer on the back was on the shoulder of the highway right before an exit... and instead of waiting until all the cars coming up from behind him were clear, he just started driving on the shoulder with his turning signal on in order to merge with the traffic. now, under normal circumstances, this would've been the right thing to do - however, since he chose to pull over directly in front of an exit ramp, people were needing to exit right as he was crossing over it in slow motion trying to merge with the rest of us. he could've caused a lot of trouble, but luckily the only person who needed to exit at that time, just sped up and cut in front of him.... good for him - that's what i would've done.
okay - amie is officially driving me nuts... boy, that sure didn't take long. there really aren't many people i can tolerate for very long in this world of ours. yesterday, she came back from las vegas and she was looking pretty tan. but, when you compliment her on it - instead of saying "thank you" she says "i know"... what a jerk, man.
mary and i are still getting along pretty well though. i haven't grown sick of her. she's not arrogant like amie is though. arrogance is something that i can tolerate in no one - male or female. i've had some arrogant boyfriends in the past - and all it makes me want to do is cut them down to size all the time... it's just how i think - nobody should go around thinking they're better than anyone else.
so tonight i'm supposed to stay late after work to meet with this guy that i'm doing a cd cover for... i was excited about the project in the beginning, but that was, like 6 months ago, and the guy has been sitting on it forever - waiting to finish the cd, i guess. anyway, i agreed to do it for practically nothing, because i haven't had all that many freelance jobs, and i thought it would be nice to pad my resume - now, i'm just starting to resent it because i know the guy doesn't have a clue what a great deal he's getting. if he requests a lot of changes tonight, i'm just going to be honest with him and say i've already done more than his money's worth - and he'll have to pay me more if he wants me to put any more time into it. that's not being unfair, is it? i mean, i can be charitable, but i don't think i should be taken advantage of.