This post is the other stuff involved in my journey with
clay.
O.K., so let me see if I have it! The sound of a computer generated voice now
fills my thoughts as though I have a new best friend to converse with. Yikes!
Battlestar Gallactica here we come (and if you notice they are back to
using land lines on the star ships). In the future we may have another word for land line on a space ship.
I remember a time when phone numbers use to start with
evergreen or garfield, then the numbers would follow. Aunt Valia and Uncle Emedio’s number was
evergreen 24082. I also remember when
the land line phone companies were tweaking there phone networks and you would
often get what was called party lines.
This meant that somehow a line would cross and a complete stranger would
be on your phone line or, you could hear in the phone line a distant
conversation others were having. Proper
phone etiquette back then was to pretend you did not hear someone else’s
conversation as you stayed glued to the phone eating popcorn like it was Saturday
night at the movies. Come on, like phone
tapping is a new thing. Back then it was
the norm.
Now, flash to today…
And, as a small business owner I thought it would be great to get a
smart phone in order to accept credit card payment with the help of the square.
But, access to a data phone plan which
would allow me to accept square payment does not fit in my monthly budget. Yes, I (we, my husband and I) have a budget. I would not have survived this long in the
arts if I did not have a budget. My best
friend in high school convinced me to take an accounting and typing class and
it ended up being one of the best things I ever did to keep me out of debt. Oh yeah, it really is in the numbers. This is one of the reasons I stopped selling
at the “big” shows and even some “smaller” ones. What, $1200.00 for a booth fee and you can’t
pull up to your booth; and, oh sorry about the post in the middle of your booth;
and the elevator is out so you need to carry your booth to the second floor;
and, and, and…… O.K., so that is another
story that I may never visit.
Concept to Creation,
Theresa Yondo
