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[solarbird]

Surprisingly, today was a very good day. Not at first; but there was shade and then there were lake breezes, and that make it survivable after an initial near-bout with heatstroke.

But that's not what I mean. What I mean is at this point, for the entire month of August, I am making more per hour busking than I did per hour when first starting at Microsoft. (And that Microsoft number assumes a cakelike assumption of a 40-hour workweek. Factor in the 50-hour reality and I'm now making a lot more.)

Of course, that ignores inflation. Also, it disregards that I work at this about six hours a week. But I am also told that there are current contract positions at Microsoft which pay less per hour than I made today at Juanita Bay.

Also, the vendors gave me cupcakes and flowers, which is always crazy awesome. And I arranged the new mandolin song ("Let Me Help") into a performable interim version this morning and performed it, if suboptimally, a few times today. People seem to like it. Yay!

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[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

initial bout of near-heatstroke = ICK!
improvements via breeze & shade = WOO
making more than a M$ 50hr week = WAY WOO
making more than a M$ 40hr week = INDUSTRIAL WOO!
cupcakes and flowers given free = BONUS :)

sounds like a splendiferous day inspite of the weather impingements!

bb :)
who wilted in said heat!

[solarbird]

Per hour. And, you know, at my crap entry salary.

But still.

I assure you I am as surprised as anyone. If not more. ^_^

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

i was quite certain the per hour was a given, but yes, i should have stated that, i KNEW that :)
and even if you weren't surprised, it is STILL a *WOO* :)

bb

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I was doing balloon animals at the farmers market I was making about $20-$30 an hour I think. Course there's the cost of the balloons to factor in, but still not bad.