Sep. 7th, 2004

evile: (clutter)

  • Sep. 7, 2004

    Friday: dinner at Mongolian BBQ w.Sweetie & peglegasus. Late to bellydance show,
    decided to skip it. got lotto tix (won $3 on Mega millions!)

    Saturday: breakfast at [aunt L & uncle B]'s. Sweetie came with, but then went
    home to work on purple trooper. L&B and I went to Wimberley, shopped.
    I found a neat stained glass booth, "Totally Fabulous" where I got a
    stained glass framed gypsy/goddess picture with a cool frame. it
    rained a bit, but was nice. Got home around 3:30-4, Sweetie was still
    working on the trooper. Took a nap on the couch. Around 6, Sweetie was
    done, I went off to Rockdale's culture fest. Got there around 7:15-20
    ish. Found the event very easily, it was just off the main road going
    thru town, found skye_ds & sineater very easily. Visited w/Them, got a
    peach margarita snowcone, & just hung out until about 9, then came on
    back home. Apparently A & E had some trouble with the chamber's
    organizer for the event wanting insurance on the horses, bla bla,
    they were both very upset about that. They had the horses & their
    chairs near the SCA booth, but the SCA people did not talk with them
    at all. One fighter chick (short hispanic lesbian type) hugged sineater
    Bye as she was leaving, and that was it. heard lots of the same spiel
    re: the critters & her talents, bla bla over & over. Monday at
    breakfast she referred to these speils as 'the litany' so I guess
    she's aware it's repetitive.

    Sunday: slept in, drank coffee w/Sweetie, then went to the bead show at
    the crockett center. Spent about $50, not including $4 admission.
    Found some nice things: a turtle bead ojime for Elaine, a bat ojime
    (no hole, maybe not ojime but same style) for me, Czech beads for me
    & sister H & mom & aunt L, and a vintage-style Kali tin matchbox for D.
    and 2 strands of magnetic beads that I wore as a bracelet for the
    rest of the day. I was looking for pearls, clasps, etc. to make that
    necklace I saw in Vogue but didn't find anything that fit teh bill.
    went to Discount Cinema w/Sweetie Sunday evening. I saw King ARthur at
    6:50 while Sweetie saw Day After Tomorrow. Then we both went & saw The
    Chronicles of Riddick (apparently it's a sequel to something called
    Pitch Black. I guess I'll have to rent it)

    Monday:
    Went to HEB for movie food & a HEB gift card for Jose, then Taco
    Cabana for bkfst w/sineater, skye_ds & sonar0m. All 3 of them frequently
    talk at once, it's annoying. Pathetic, too. They are all just so
    desperate for attention. Various bitchery about people in SCA and
    horse stuff, but they were mostly done with Becky(?) the Rockdale
    organizer for the culture fest who offended them.

    Then we went to discount cinema for Shrek 2 and Harry Potter & the
    Prisoner of Azkaban. I really enjoyed the Harry Potter movie--I had
    not seen any of them before and I think I've only read the first 2
    books, but it was a cute movie & the sets/locations were great. I can
    see why so many people like writing Harry Potter fanfic & doing role-
    playing games revolving around what if they were students at
    Hogwarts.

    Then home, where I got Sweetie to do dishes & then I ate and drank 2
    beers, read, surfed the net, and went to bed early.

    yay for 3 day weekends--It was really good. Aside from being a little
    dehydrated & some mishegoss with [brother A] bringing  Paulie up/not making
    it/bla bla/what else is new

2491ICQ w/A

Sep. 7th, 2004 12:12 pm
evile: (clutter)

    Sep. 7, 2004

     

     

    evile: happy Tuesday!
    SkyeDS: :)
    SkyeDS: any word on Paulie yet? talked to Connie yesterday, all
    systems go there.
    evile: [brother A] never did show up yesterday. I'm glad y'all didn't get
    stuck waiting around for him.
    SkyeDS: ah
    SkyeDS: well, I told Connie this may or may not happen.
    evile: the story now is he's going to come up and leave Paulie in our
    backyard if we aren't home.
    SkyeDS: sineater explained as much as she needed to know about the
    situation and she is very understanding.
    SkyeDS: wtf???
    evile: I am not sure why he can't be left at L&B's, who have a
    fence & [aunt L]s actually home most of the day.
    evile: Oh well.
    evile: We can't believe anything [brother A]/[the rubber pig] tell us, so I will just
    wait & when/if Paulie shows up, we'll go from there.
    SkyeDS: situation normal, all fucked up....
    evile: yup
    evile: How was the rest of your Monday?
    SkyeDS: very restful
    SkyeDS: I needed it (still need it actually)
    SkyeDS: went home, read, slept
    evile: good.
    SkyeDS: writing that godawful letter now
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: no way it's going to be one page either (sigh)
    evile: yuck.
    SkyeDS: well, I can't think of any other way to put this but, "please
    don't let it happen again"
    evile: *nod*
    evile: the simpler the better, IMHO. Seems very logical to ask them
    to leave others out of the loop & contact you directly with any
    questions or problems re: your own dang business..,
    evile: and not unreasonable to ask to be dealt with respectfully ie:
    no shouting or people hanging up on you
    SkyeDS: if I posted this to my livejournal do you think you could
    take a look?
    evile: Ok.
    SkyeDS: how do you do that (read more) thing so everyone isn't
    subjected to it unless they want to be?
    evile: <lj-cut> to open it, and </lj-cut> to close it.
    SkyeDS: ty
    evile: no problem :)
    evile: Wish Sharjinka would use that more--her entries are always nice
    to read & whatnot but very long.
    SkyeDS: ack
    SkyeDS: it removes all the very necessary formatting
    evile: thank goodness for the 'preview' button...
    SkyeDS: I would rather it be long and formatted.
    SkyeDS: it's too hard to read without the formatting
    evile: yeah.
    SkyeDS: I read it to sineater
    SkyeDS: he thought it was harsh :(
    evile: *sigh*
    SkyeDS: posted.
    evile: I usually write, get it all out, then leave it sit for a day
    or so and go back and re-read, edit, etc.
    SkyeDS: what I was thinkin
    SkyeDS: I read half a dozen business writing sites while I was
    writing it too
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: all comments welcome of course
    evile: Ok
    evile: I think you should mention her by name & title, if applicable.
    evile: Personally, I never respond well to 'some people said' bla bla.
    SkyeDS: you mean Becky?
    SkyeDS: all I know is her first name, and she didn't mention having a
    title
    SkyeDS: and I could f ind no reference to Becky at all on the chamber
    webpage
    evile: the actual person who called you at the crack of dawn, yelled
    at you, hung up on you, and then defamed you to whatsername at the
    SCa.
    SkyeDS: right
    evile: Try to find out her last name & title
    evile: the problem is not with the Chamber as a whole, as you said.
    So keep it specific to the one person who caused you trouble & did so
    under the assumed mantle of 'chamber rep'
    SkyeDS: nods. is why I used Chamber rep to refer to her
    SkyeDS: get the point across that, um, is this the way the Chamber
    wants to communicate?
    evile: I'd still try to go with name & title, or name & 'chamber rep'
    SkyeDS: that would work
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: I don't think she has a title or it would be on the webpage
    with everyone else's
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: I thought it would be better not to name names because I
    don't want it to sound like a personal vendetta
    SkyeDS: but if you think I should give her name.
    SkyeDS: I don't even know her last name, btw
    evile: it's not. I'ts just very 'star magazine' to say 'a person from
    your org did this and such and was rude'
    evile: I would make an effort to discover her last name, if she was
    organizing this or purporting to be the organizer, I'm sure it's
    available.
    SkyeDS: reverse lookup on phone
    SkyeDS: oh good, sineater already wrote down her last name
    evile: good.
    SkyeDS: I know Karen told Becky she'd be glad to give me a msg
    SkyeDS: but that isn't the point
    SkyeDS: Becky ought to know better
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: and if the response is, she isn't a chamber representative,
    well, that's what she put herself forth as
    SkyeDS: and the Chamber gave us her number
    SkyeDS: and most importantly, that's what the clients see her as being
    evile: *nod * And she was also saying she was the event organizer,
    right?
    SkyeDS: right
    SkyeDS: and the event was sponsored by the Chamber
    evile: yup. so they need to know that their organizer was causing
    people hassles. Or that someone they did NOT designate as their
    organizer was puting herself out there as the organizer & hassling
    people, either way.
    SkyeDS: yep
    SkyeDS: I don't see why sineater thought it was harsh
    SkyeDS: I didn't say, if you do this again or don't fix it or give me
    what I demand, or whatever, I"ll sue you.
    SkyeDS: to me, that's harsh.
    evile: I'm not sure what I think of it yet.
    evile: harsh isn't the word, but ...something.
    evile: sit on it until thursday or friday, then take another look &
    see what you can leave out or how you can tighten it up. Definitely
    keep it to the main issues & focus on what you expect from future
    interactions with this person and/or any member of the Chamber.
    (which you've pretty much done already)
    SkyeDS: food is good
    evile: yup
    evile: 1 and a half hours until go-time and I'm done with my quota.
    WIth all the 'all stick no carrot' treatment I've been getting at
    work the last 2-3 years, imagine how motivated I am to work more...
    SkyeDS: lol
    evile: I do have some papers I can shuffle until time to clock out.
    SkyeDS: <looking up tortious interference
    evile: what fun.
    SkyeDS: probably couldn't establish TI because we don't have a
    contract
    SkyeDS: even though it did cause damage to a relationship between two
    parties
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: tortious interference is a third party's act to intentionally
    and willfully interfere and break a contract between two parties,
    causing damage to the relationship between those contracting
    parties.

    evile: but you'd have to prove financial/business losses, hes?
    evile: hes=yes
    SkyeDS: right
    evile: a bit of a challenge this early on.
    SkyeDS: point of letter being, you came >< this close to it, this
    time. please don't do it again.
    SkyeDS: but anyway, I'm supposed to be paring it down, not adding to
    it.
    SkyeDS: even if I'd lost Karen's business and all the rest of my
    business, I don't have contracts, and that's an element of TI
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: ooh in Texas tho:
    SkyeDS: Tortious Interference With Prospective Contracts: Different
    from Tortious Interference With Contract
    The following differences from the tort of interference with a
    contract are important when considering a claim for tortious
    interference with a prospective contract:

    The actual existence of a contract is not required to maintain a
    claim for tortious interference with a prospective contract.
    Some courts have held that malice, whether actual or legal, is
    required to maintain a claim for tortious interference with a
    prospective contract.
    Fair competition may be a defense to a claim for tortious
    interference with a prospective contract

    evile: I'd save that one for a 2nd offense, if I were you.
    SkyeDS: it isn't leaving my head believe me
    SkyeDS: although Denice made a point of thanking us for participating
    twice before we left
    SkyeDS: my guess is she's going to fall all over herself to make this
    right
    evile: *nod*
    SkyeDS: and actually I should have termed it Business Disparagement
    rather than Slander and Defamation
    SkyeDS: although they all three apply
    SkyeDS: the first to business dealings and the second two to personal
    dealings
    SkyeDS: thing is, my business depends on my personal reputation
    evile: right
    SkyeDS: After trial, a Dallas jury awarded Mr. Hagler $1.5 million in
    actual and $14 million in punitive damages. This verdict represented
    the largest libel verdict in the United States in 1993. The National
    Lawyer described it as one of the most important verdicts of the
    year.
    SkyeDS: that is a lot of verdict.
    evile: wow.
    evile: Well, i'm gettin ready to take off and you're AFK. I emailed
    you with suggestions. Feel free to take them with as much salt as you
    want. *hugs*
    SkyeDS: [Auto Response] I am currently away from the computer.

     

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