the brain has thrown in the towel. So I muse and meme.

[lagilman]

I spent much time today being upset because I wasn't getting enough done. On the advice of a dear friend, I wrote down everything I had gotten done -- not just on the writing front, but everything this week.

Oh. Okay. No, it's not as much as I feel I should have accomplished by Thursday. There are still a lot of things that need to be crossed off, and should have been crossed off, and need to be gotten to ASAP. But I am, as oft-admitted, the world's second-laziest workaholic, and the list of "Done" is decently respectable, including as it does office work, an overnight trip to NYC in whch many things were accomplished, and a healthy amount of sleep.

It's the sleep that screws me up. I love it so much, and resent the time it uses equally as much....
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The Inside the Actor's Studio meme is going around again. I did it back in 9/06, and didn't think my answers would change that much...but they did. Personal evolution in action!

What is your favorite word? 'wow.'
What is your least favorite word? 'oversensitive'
What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? intelligence-in-use.
What turns you off? complacency.
What is your favorite curse word? m*therf*cker.
What sound or noise do you love? thunder.
What sound or noise do you hate? sirens.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? photographer. or salsa dancer.
What profession would you not like to do? actor.
If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? "you were right, that reviewer was an idiot." (okay, no, well, yes, but what I'd like to hear is: "stretching, growing, risking, learning, loving...yeah, you got everything done.")
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and I leave you with this:

"The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down."

Good for Joe. It's not about the money, I suspect (he made 7.5 mil last year, part of a 3-year contract worth more than 12 mil) but the 'tude of management. He deserved better treatment than he's gotten the past week or so from Yankee management, and I think he's well within his right to tell them to take a long leap off a short pier.

If you don't respect yourself, personally or professional, how can anyone else?

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Joe Torrey

[otterdance.livejournal.com]

The Yankees offered Manager Joe Torre a one-year deal with a base salary of $5 million and the chance to make another $3 million in performance bonuses. But after 12 years and 12 postseason appearances (including four World Series titles), Torre turned it down."

Good for Joe. It's not about the money, I suspect (he made 7.5 mil last year, part of a 3-year contract worth more than 12 mil) but the 'tude of management. He deserved better treatment than he's gotten the past week or so from Yankee management, and I think he's well within his right to tell them to take a long leap off a short pier.

Couldn't agree more. I thought that was pretty shabby.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I am, as oft-admitted, the world's second-laziest workaholic

I like that very much, as a description. And recognise it (ouch!). Gotta ask, though: who's the world's first-laziest workaholic?

[lagilman]

Gotta ask, though: who's the world's first-laziest workaholic?

I don't know, I just don't have the hubris to claim to be the world's first/best/most anything. *grin*

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Ah, modesty. The most precise of modesties - I'm sorry, I must mean the second-most precise - to place yourself exactly in the number-two spot in an unknown hierarchy. I like that, too. *g*

[pxcampbell.livejournal.com]

I've got mixed emotions. Joe's served the team well for twelve years, but for how many years does he need to be told to get some decent pitching before you have to wonder if maybe his time is past. Baseball isn't a just a hitters's game and with steroid use now being eliminated, it's going to be more and more of a pitchers' game (boring -- like it was in the 80's). Joe ought to have been better on that front -- and if it's his pitching manager who screwed up, well Joe should have done something about that himself.

So, I'm sorry to see Joe go -- he's done a lot for the team -- but I don't think his reputation can afford another disappointing year.

It will be interesting to see what happens next.

[lagilman]

Oh, no doubt he could have done a better job -- but then they owed it to his history and accomplishments to treat him with respect now, not hang him out to dry in public for an extended period until they made a decision.

[pxcampbell.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Playing out job negotiations in public is tacky, to say the least.

[pxcampbell.livejournal.com]

And yes, quite disrespectful.

[greeneyedkzin.livejournal.com]

Steinbrenner & Co. tried to humiliate him.

That's one hell of a no-reward.

I can't say "Say it ain't so, Joe." I think he did the right thing.

BUT SO DID BECKETT last night.